Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 89: Dying

Drystan's POV

The air in the waiting room is thick with tension, not just because we were waiting for news about Astrid's condition but also because of our conversation.

Before a huge argument could start between us, the heavy door to the emergency room slid open with a muffled hiss, jolting us from our tense reveries.

Our heads turned around in unison to the room behind us, our eyes trained on the figure in the crisp white coat striding towards us.

The Doctor's expression was inscrutable, giving away one of the news they carried.

We have forgotten about the topic we were fighting about earlier. Every one of us held our breaths as time seemed to slow to a crawl. We waited with bated breath for them to deliver the update we both dreaded and desperately needed.

"Are you all an immediate family member of the patient?" Finally, the Doctor spoke, his words cutting through the deafening silence like a scalpel.

"Astrid doesn't have any living family members, doc. She's a member of my Pack," I answered instantly.

Killian, who looked like he wanted to answer the Doctor's question earlier, fell silent beside me.

family member. However, they have divorced already. He is no

I need to talk to you only," The Doctor

here for Astrid," Killian insisted, making the Doctor look

Pack, I

his feet firmly planted as if anchored to the very tiles beneath him. The Doctor's words had fallen upon deaf ears as he refused

Giselle whispered next to him as she urgently tugged at

stayed rooted on the ground, his gaze fixed on the closed

to his ears once

leave until he realized that

inside his chest, he finally listened to Giselle

okay?" I asked the Doctor as strongly as I could despite the fear that gripped my heart as soon as Killian and the others were out of earshot. The Doctor sighed. Finally, the weight of the news he had to bring had seeped through his

a grave tone, making me feel more anxious. "Astrid broke a lot of bones in her fall, and she also suffered from a lot of blood clots. Normally, her injuries won't be this serious if her wolf is in a

brows furrowed. "What do

right now. I'm afraid she won't be able to heal on her own," the Doctor

eyes widened.

than her human body, which is suffering from a lot of injuries? Even if she is an omega, her wolf shouldn't be weaker than the current state of her

wolf did not