I looked at the wall clock again, noticing that it was already an hour past the end of my shift, and groaned.

"For fuck's sake, where the fuck is Dr. Chen?" Is this some kind of joke, or did something happen to her? Because this is an hour past my shift, and I want to get out of this damn hospital and get some sleep already."

"Maybe she is getting her botty tapped like in that song, I am a bad girl and I am going to get my booty tapped all the time, oh oh oh," Clara said while dancing like a soggy noodle.

"Sometimes, I wonder why I risked my life and went against my brother for you when you make the worst remixes ever and don't know when someone is serious to not make a joke."

"Always so angry, dear Doctor Alina, And there are three answers to your question, and the first one is that you are so soft-hearted, like a squishy banana, and the second is that you love me," she said and winked at me.

I nodded because I did love her. "What is the third one?"

"That you couldn't have left someone with my kind of beautiful face in the hands of your brother," she said and started dancing again.

I rolled my eyes. "Sure, that is the reason. I wonder where you got the strength to be dancing after your shift."

She shrugged, "All of us aren't that old, you know."

I threw my candy bar at her. "Who are you calling old? I am only twenty-five."

"Twenty-five and forty-five are almost the same."

I was about to remind her that I was only two years older than her when the intercom started buzzing".

"Dr. Alina, Report to the ER immediately; there is an emergency".

I groaned, then drained the rest of my coffee and stood up.

"Do you want me to come with you?" She asked, standing up.

"If you want, but I beg you to be quiet, hold off arguing with other nurses."

"I will try, but I can't make any promises."

"Come find me when you can make it a promise," I said while sprinting down the hall.

A man and a pregnant lady were already in the ward when I arrived. The lady was obviously in labor, and the man holding her hand while answering the questions the nurses were asking must be the father of the child.

"We are so sorry, Doctor Alina, but Doctor Chen isn't here, and her BP is spiking," one of the nurses explained.

"That's okay, I said, then bent down.

"Hi, I am Doctor Alina. I am going to take care of you. "

She gave me a weak nod and then groaned while I read the information from the nurse.

" Do something. She has been in pain for over an hour," he said, facing me.

"She is in labor; there is nothing I can do about that.........."

I was still speaking when he hit his hand on the wall, his eyes flashing blue. He was a wolf like the rest of my family.

"Do something, damn it!" he grunted out.

"Get out of here before you do something you will regret. I promise you, she is in safe hands. I am a wolf too!" I whispered the last part so that only he could hear me.

He wanted to argue, but a nurse tapped him.

"Come and sign a few more papers, please."

"Baby, go get some air; I will be fine; Doctor Alina will take care of me."

"I will be right back," he said and went with the nurse".

My patient, Serafina, had given birth; her husband was by her side doting on her and the newborn. It was nice to see that; it was a good change from the Wolves at home. Men who stayed in the bar while their wives were in labor and men who used the word "submission" whenever it fit the wicked agenda. The hospital had sent another doctor, and I was free to go home, so I changed and looked around to find Clara. I found her looking at something while drooling.

I moved closer to see what it was, and it was a man or something along the lines of that because he was tall, towering over everyone, broad-shouldered, and dressed in blue jeans and a shirt that did little to hide his muscles.

Next to him was Serafina's husband, who was probably waiting for him to get off the phone.

"He is dreamy, right? I knew you liked them tall like a grizzly bear, even though you deny it," Clara whispered.

"I was not..." I started to defend myself, but she, being herself, cut me off.

"No need to get all defensive; I felt something tickling my leg when he looked at me with a brooding face. That is probably the face he makes in bed."

I gasped, "Clara, shut up, and let's go before someone overhears you."

"Oh, come on, tell me you didn't feel something, you didn't feel your body stirring while looking at him."

I rolled my eyes. "He is a nice-looking champ but not my type. I am not going for my brother's type of man."

She scoffed, "Please, Agnar does not look like this. I would have let him have his way with me if he did. But this one, I would let him do whatever he wants with me."

"I can't believe you are joking about your trauma. Now let's go."

"Let me grab my bag. I was going to get it, then got sidetracked by this good-looking bear."

"Meet me in the parking lot," I said and went out.

I sat on the driver's side waiting for her when I saw Serafina's husband talking to Clara's grizzly bear.

"Do you want to see the baby? She gave birth to a strong boy. She wants to name him after you if you will tell us your name."

"No need. Congratulations," he said and got into his car, ignoring the wolf who was smiling at him.

"Arrogant ass," I whispered under my breath, but he looked at me immediately. I held his gaze until he looked away.

"How do we thank you then, for the money and for helping us?"

"By staying out of my way, goodbye, Aaron," he said, then started answering another call.

Aaron nodded and then started going back into the hospital. Then the man told the person on the phone that he would be there and then cut the call.

"You know it wouldn't kill you to be nice; that couple is not the cause of your misery. All he wanted was to thank you."

"Are you talking to me?" He said, giving me a cold stare.

I scoffed. That look may intimidate many, but I have been dealing with scary men forever. "Who else? Is there another rude person here?"

The man's lip twitched. "You are so confident for a woman sitting in an empty parking lot at 6 am."

"If that is a threat, well, I will have you know that I am a really good fighter."

Clara chose that moment to arrive, holding a can of an energy drink.

"Ooh, what are you and Daddy talking about? How is he going to spank you?" She said and got into the passenger seat.

"Ca," I warned, giving her a look that said to close her mouth.

"Hi, my name is Clara. If she said no to the spanking, I would like to accept on her behalf," she said and winked at him.

He gave us both a conceding look and then started his car.

"Rude," Clara said and rolled her eyes.

I started laughing, "Aw, I thought you were in love a few minutes ago."

"Who said I fell out of it? Maybe he was just startled. I will ease him into my love slowly."

I was about to answer her when my phone started ringing again. I knew who it was without picking up.

My brother Agnar, I cut it off and then started the car.

My name is Alina Lance, the first and favorite child of Alpha Robin Lance and Lena.

Her name is the only thing I know about my mom; my father refused to ever speak of her. Being my father's favorite child and the eldest, one would expect me to succeed my father as the new alpha. Well, I didn't have a wolf.

The only thing that betrayed the fact that I was not an ordinary human was that I could take on any of my pack warriors in a one-on-one fight. I used to whoop Agnar's ass too, I beat him in the last moon festival, humiliating him in front of those he bragged to that he would be the winner , which is one of the many reasons why his mother, my father's wife, Lana, hates me.

I was given the training of an Alpha alongside Agnar, but I never turned. My father always said I was something. I knew that too because when I touched someone, I could get into their head, and when I touched objects of dead people, sometimes I could speak to the owner. I wanted to go see someone to look at me, but he refused to let me go see a seer, warning me that I would have people after me if my identity was revealed.

I decided to be useful to the pack, so I took the entrance exams for medical school. My father died a year after I graduated from a silver bullet to the heart by hunters.

My stepbrother wanted to be the alpha, so he tried to get me in trouble a couple of times but never succeeded. I was also as cunning as he was. He hated the praise I received from pack members whenever I solved a case or when I massacred a half dozen rogue wolves who tried to kidnap me once, even though I was wolfless. Many pack members, especially the men, started to respect me, saying that I was lethal even without a wolf, and were considering voting me as Alpha.

He later succeeded in sending me out of the pack by using Clara. She was given to him as a treaty by an Alpha who offended our pack. He let her roam freely for that week. She was great company, so we bonded well. She told me that the Alpha wanted her to be his mistress, but she refused before he set her up by hiding his jewelry in her bag.

Agnar was a cunning bastard; he let the both of us bond and then decided to make her his sex slave. He was putting his dirty hands all over her in front of his men, who kept laughing while she kept screaming. I wanted to ignore them, but I couldn't. I pushed him away from her and offered to leave the Alpha position for him till I got my wolf.

He agreed quickly, which told me that this was his plan; he knew how much I hated when people did not understand consent.

When many unfortunate incidents began to happen to me, I left my pack a few days after in the middle of the night with lots of money and Clara and had her enrolled in a nursing school.

My pack members were worried that I might never meet my mate while I lived in the human world, but I wasn't worried. The kind of men I saw in our pack did not make me feel like I was missing anything. If my mate turned out to be those imposing assholes like my brother, then I am rejecting him immediately. That is one of the reasons I mask my scent while I go out.