#Chapter 106 Doctors and Damsels

Bastien

Dr Kane looks as if he’s been expecting us.

After a thoroughly frustrating visit to the security offices, where we discovered nothing more than twelve hours of blacked out camera footage the night the paternity test was run, my betas and I navigated up to the chief physician’s office on the tenth floor.

We now stand in the doorway of his corner suite, carefully watching the doctor’s reaction to our sudden appearance and finding nothing but a blank slate.

He’s seated behind his desk, his shiny loafers propped up on the sleek wooden surface and a takeout container splayed in his lap. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the man, and though he’s only a few years older than myself, I can’t help but think he’s aged. His dark hair boasts a few streaks of gray, and the lines around his eyes and mouth are more pronounced than I remember.

“Alpha, to what do I owe the pleasure?” Dr Kane greets me, barely looking up from his lunch.

As far as Alpha’s go, I’ve also considered myself on the more relaxed end of the spectrum. I don’t expect my people to stand on constant ceremony, but it does strike me that most shifters still show a degree of deference out of respect. Dr Kane clearly does not. I can’t decide whether or not it bothers me.

“Dr Kane.” I reply curtly, “I have a few questions for you.”

The doctor gestures to the chair opposite him, “Please have a seat.” He encourages me with a warm smile, “It’s been a while, I owe you much congratulations.”

“Oh?” I prompt, sitting stiffly across from the familiar man.

“It’s not every day a man becomes a father, or finds his long lost mate.” Kane elaborates, as if this should have been obvious to me.

“No it isn’t.” I agree, feeling a sudden spike of anger. “especially when you told me with total confidence that my mate was dead.”

Dr. Kane purses his lips, lowering his feet from his desk and setting his lunch aside. “You have my sincerest apologies Alpha, I’ve already launched an investigation into the matter.”

“What investigation?” | demand, “aren’t you the one who examined the body?”

His expression clouds, “Bastien, I delivered the report to you out of respect for your position and as a courtesy given our Yongstanding relationship. I reviewed every last detail of the case, but the medical examiner conducted the autopsy and

all the

was absolutely not made clear at the

job in a different territory.” Dr Kane explains, “but I have always had

don’t think it was

“You mean, you think

through clenched teeth, “Just as someone wanted me to believe her pup belonged to another wolf, and falsified yet another

now, confusion and concern lacing his

able, I pin the doctor with my fiercest gaze, ‘The way! see it, one of three things is happening here. Either you have some very incompetant staff here or more likely, we’re dealing with some form of corruption. Whether it’s coming from within the system, or someone has been paying

take oaths in this hospital, Alpha – sacred oaths to do no

Doctors

this pack’s wellbeing is a very grave

of that.” I rumble, “though it’s curious that you should talk about the pack’s

are an extension of the pack, are you not?” Dr Kane argues, “to harm you is to

used this hospital’s resources to further those aims. Oaths can

Kane nods in acknowledgement. “There’s something else,

“Go ahead.” I allow.

your concern for your mate’s misidentified body, you’ve overlooked a

to the question that, if the body in the fire wasn’t Selene’s, who did it belong

nods, looking almost impressed

my full height. “No one else was reported missing before or after the fire.” Moving towards the door, I gesture for my betas

where’s that?” Dr Kane asks,

I reply, searching for any signs of emotion in his blank expression, and finding none.

Selene

don’t know about this.” Odette frets, wringing

my clothes to reveal the simple black swimsuit I donned for my “hairbrained scheme”

be cut off by my

press. Neither of us is worried my powers might

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