Chapter 53
Chapter 53 Hospital Basement
Lana’s POV
For a moment, I couldn’t hear anything but my heartbeat.
“What?” I asked, my voice barely working. “What do you mean he went to my pack’s hospital
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The nurse frowned and looked at me like I should have known this information already. I was at oss for words. My father had been at this facility for almost 2 years, and I had a pretty good relationship with his personal nurse. She was always keeping me updated on my father’s well-being.
“Look, we take pride in the lives that we can save here. But sometimes a patient needs something we cannot provide. Because your father was never banished from the Dark Moon Pack, he has more options than most of these patients here. I’ll never fully understand why he was in the Rogue District in the first place p>
My heart was hammering so hard in my chest I thought I was going to pass out.
“No, he can’t go back to our pack,” I said, panic setting in. “They won’t take care of him as this hospital would. We are Omega’s, we get treated terribly p>
I hated that my voice cracked at the end of that sentence, or that tears were starting to fill my eyes before I could stop them. My entire chest felt like it was about to explode, and breathing became difficult for me.
I barely registered Kade’s reassuring hand on my back.
“Even so, they will be able to help him far more than we can,” the nurse said, leaning back in her seat.
I shook my head, my vision becoming blurry.
“Where’s nurse Jen?” I asked, my voice coming out barely loud enough. “My father’s nurse p>
“She went with him, of course,” the nurse said, raising her brows. “She does get paid to care for him. Though I’m not entirely sure who’s paying her because he has no money from what I can tell p>
It wasn’t any of her business how we were getting the money. I felt sick to my stomach at the thought of my father being mistreated in the very pack that he would do anything for, that he has done everything for… only for them to not give a shit about him in return… or his family.
My mother died from a disease that could have been prevented and even cured if that pack had done more. But they didn’t care about her because she was nothing more than an Omega. They let my mother die, and I made a promise to myself that I would do all I could to ensure that those who can’t afford proper medical care…those of all ranks, even rogues, had proper medical care.
The thought of losing my father in the same way that I lost my mother… it made me want to throw up on the spot.
Kade put his hand on my shoulder and, after exchanging a few words with the nurse, words I wasn’t paying attention to, he guided me out of the hospital and into the musky Rogue District air.
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There were rogue districts all around the world. They were pretty much abandoned towns that no Alphas ned. Those who were outcasts from their packs typically took residence in these abandoned towns. Because rogue districts wanted to stay off the radar and hidden from society, none of them had a proper
name.
Some of these districts were safer than others; some of them were just people who wished to start over and had nowhere else to go. But then some districts are filled with wild wolves and criminals.
If you go a long time without a pack, it could make your wolf feral.
Some districts, like this one, built buildings like medical centers/rehab facilities, libraries, and schools. Not all of them wish to forget their human sides… some of them want to start fresh in life.
Once marked a rogue by your former Alpha, it changes your scent. It’s hard to disguise yourself as anything but a rogue… It’s hard to get jobs and go out in public with the rest of society. So, they mainly keep to themselves.
“It’s not a big deal,” Kade said, trying to bring me out of my spiraling thoughts. “We will just go to the Dark Moon Pack Hospital p>
I shook my head, tears burning in my eyes still, and I knew it was a losing battle.
“It’s a huge deal. My mother died in that hospital. I can’t lose my dad, too,” I said, watching as his brows knitted together.
“Okay,” he said, taking a breath as he studied my face. “Let’s go to the hospital and see what we can do p>
My body was thrumming, but I nodded, unsure of what I was going to do. I didn’t want to step foot back in my pack. I rarely spoke about my time here, but it was anything but pleasant. They had turned their backs on us a long time ago, and the thought of returning made me feel sick to my stomach.
Kade and I were silent throughout the drive. The car pulled around to the gates of the Dark Moon Pack. The gammas at the front spoke to the driver, and then we had to provide some form of ID to prove we weren’t a threat and a reason for our visit.
The driver had a badge, so they didn’t require his ID. However, they did want mine, despite the fact that we can sense our own pack mates.
I wasn’t even surprised that they didn’t recognize me, despite having gone to the same school growing up. When they looked at Kade’s ID, their eyes narrowed.
“I’m here on official business,” Kade said, narrowing his eyes right back before they could say anything. He then put an arm around my shoulders and pulled me into him.
“My girlfriend Lana and I are getting engaged, and I need to ask her father’s permission before we make anything official,” Kade said, the corner of his lips lifting in a knowing smile as he looked at the men in front of him.
I knew without a doubt that my face was on fire. I stared at him with my jaw nearly detached from the rest of my face. I couldn’t believe he had just said that. My heart was pounding in my chest, and my eyes were glued to the side of his face.
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If he noticed, he didn’t pay me any attention. Instead, he focused on the gammas that stood at the ca window, their eyebrows pinched together in confusion.
“You’re getting engaged?” One of the men asked, looking at the other one with a puzzled look. “Tan Eastern Wolf p>
“When it’s the right one, what territory they are from doesn’t matter,” Kade said, winking. “Anda is my forever girl. So, I’d like to speak with her father right away so we can get preparations for this welding started p>
“Should we alert the Alpha?” One of the guards asked, looking confused.
“No use getting him involved over something minor like this,” the other one said with a shrug/”They’ll be in and out by the sounds of it p>
“Fine,” he muttered, motioning for the gates to open. “But we’d better not regret this p>
“Thank you, gentlemen,” Kade said, making sure to wink before rolling the window back up.
The moment we were driving through the gate and out of the guard’s sight, I swatted his arm, making him turn to look at me with mock surprise.
“What was that for?” He asked, laughing.
“You know exactly what that was for,” I said, folding my arms across my chest. “That wasn’t funny, Kade p>
“Oh, come on… it was a little funny,” he said, stifling a wider smile. “Besides, it worked p>
I couldn’t argue with that; we did get through the gate, so I couldn’t really complain about his methods. But still, a little warning would have been nice.
The hospital was huge; the driver parked right outside the emergency door, so we didn’t have to walk far. I thanked him before I got out of the car. Kade took my hand to help me, and I thought he would have released it once the door was shut, but he didn’t.
In fact, it seemed as if he was holding it tighter.
We walked into the hospital; a few that I recognized looked up at me, frowning deeply. I tried not to look at them in return, just some mean girls I went to school with-nothing I wanted to relive.
I went to the nurses’ station, and of course, another mean girl from my school was seated there, tapping away on her computer and holding her phone between her ear and her shoulder.
She barely paid us any attention, no matter how many times I tried to get her attention. Eventually, Kade stepped in front of me.
“Get off the phone,” he said, his voice deep and authoritative.
She froze, mid-sentence, and her eyes went wide when she saw Kade standing in front of her.
“Uh… Becky, I have to go,” she said, and then she hung up the phone without another word.
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Kade folded his arms across his chest and glared at her.
“We are here to see Jeremy Rivers p>
She went to her computer and typed something on it; her hands shaking as she did so.
“He’s on the bottom floor… room 20 p>
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My stomach rolled; my mother was put on the bottom floor as well. It was pretty much the hospita basement where they put those they couldn’t care less about. I barely registered what Kade was saying as he took my hand again and pulled me along with him to the elevator.
My heart was pounding in my chest as we reached the bottom floor. With each step we took towards my father’s room, my anxiety grew even worse. I froze when I saw Nurse Jen standing outside the room, pleading with a doctor who was walking by.
“Please… he’s having trouble breathing. We need medical attention right now p>
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