The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 89: Dr. Caspian Brooklyn

I'm not sure why it helped me, but it felt cathartic to help the warriors coming in who were in various stages of injury. It had been a pretty non-stop flow of them from the moment that I walked out to help. I quickly realized that the best way for me to be effective was to pass off the bigger injuries to the nurses and for them to leave the stitching to me. Eventually, there was a line of warriors waiting for me to stitch them up.

"You have a very soft touch, Brooklyn," the current warrior I'm stitching says softly. I'm not sure if they have all just appreciated me or if it's because they know what happened, but every warrior I've spoken to, no matter how injured they were, has been kind and gentle with me.

"Thank you, Warrior. You, on the other hand, have a very deep g**h. I'm going to need to put several layers of stitches into his wound to keep it closed while your wolf heals you."

"Do what you need to do. Argus is exhausted and needs his sleep," he says, referencing his wolf. "As do you, Warrior," I say, looking up and meeting his gaze for the first time. This warrior is older, my father's age and I can see the sadness and the kindness in his eyes. Yep, he definitely knows what happened to

me.

I get back to work, worrying that my trauma will be the way that everyone remembers me. I know it was bad when I got here. My mother barely got me here and I was unconscious, but I've

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heard the whispers and I know how many stitches were required. to put poor little Brooklyn Row back together again.

When I'm done, I put a bandage on his hip and he sits up, flexing his leg before standing. I turn from washing my hands to see if he has another injury that I missed, but he's looking at me.

"For what it's worth, we all think you were very brave for what you did. If you or your mother need anything at all, you let me know," he says.

The line of warriors behind him echoes his sentiment and I feel tears p**k at my eyes.

"Just so you know, we're going to get the body out of your house and we're fixing your door so that when you're ready, you can go back to your home," the next warrior says walking up and sitting down. "Thank you," I say, feeling overwhelmed with their kindness.

About an hour later, one of the female warriors sits down. I begin working on her while she quietly assesses me. I'm not sure what she sees, but I have a job to do, so I do it quietly.

"They're right, you do have a soft touch. I barely felt that," she says to me. Once again, she stands and waits for me to look at her.

"If you ever decide that you want to learn to fight, let me know. I' Il work with you. Even if you're not ever a warrior, knowing that you can throw a punch can make you feel powerful," she says to

me.

"Thank you," I say, feeling overwhelmed with gratitude to this

pack and the warriors who are being so kind to me. 1298 mouche

day, I've had whiffs of my favorite dinner, roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy. My mom would make it for me on cold days when

the kitchen for lunch and now for dinner, but no one seems to know. All I know is that I've gotten whiffs of the mouth-watering food and I've even felt my quiet wolf fluttering around in my mind today. I'll have to tell my mother when she wakes. If our favorite comfort food is all I need to awaken Ermelinde, my wolf, my mother will make it every

warriors, taking a moment to accept their thank you for gently stitching them before I close my

up my area. The nurses, once they realized that I could stitch up everyone, had brought all

last of the garbage cleaned up when I smell it again, my favorite comfort food. I lift my nose in the air and take a deep breath. They must be making it either here or at the packhouse. My mouth waters and my

man I don't know watching me closely. He's in scrubs and he has a surgical hat in his hands like he pulled it off his head

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step back quickly, terrified

not sure if I can find help before he gets to me. Just then a nurse walks by and stops, seeing me

not going to hurt you, he's a doctor. He's been here

sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

me.

I

leaning against the

something?" the nurse asks him, a bit protectively. I'm very thankful for her right

me. "Do you not....can you not sense who I am

again, closing my eyes, as the nurse sucks in air beside me. He's where the smell has been coming from.

doctor takes a step

holds out a hand to stop the doctor, and turns to me, taking my face in

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look at the doctor. "Stay put," she says sternly before guiding me toward

after all the

to breathe more easily as we walk away. I turn and

they are all in the same wing as my mother, I check on her first, then go to check on each one of the women, letting them know they aren't alone, letting

nearby or if he's just been down this hallway a couple of times, but I always take a deep breath before going into the next room. When I go back to my mother's room, I see that one of the nurses has brought me a cot to sleep on with blankets and a pillow. I

to get the hurt look on Dr.

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When I turn, I see him, Dr. Caspian. It looks like he's been waiting here all night to talk to me. He sits up from the slumped position that he

I

everything here is quiet now.

hands over his face before looking back up at me. "One of the nurses told me