NovelApexChapter 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 | walked out to help. I quickly realized
that the best way forto 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 forto 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 appreciatedor 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," | say, looking up and meeting his gaze for the first time. This warrior is older, my father's age and | can
see the sadness and the kindness in his eyes. Yep, he definitely knows what happened to
me.
| get back to work, worrying that my trauma will be the way that everyone remembers me. | know it was bad
when | got here. My mother barely gothere and | was unconscious, but I've
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heard the whispers and | know how many stitches were required. to put poor little Brooklyn Row back together
again.
When I'm done, | 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 | 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 letknow," he says.
The line of warriors behind him echoes his sentiment and | 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," | say,
feeling overwhelmed with their kindness.
About an hour later, one of the female warriors sits down. | begin working on her while she quietly assesses me.
I'm not sure what she sees, but | have a job to do, so | do it quietly.
"They're right, you do have a soft touch. | barely felt that," she says to me. Once again, she stands and waits for
"If you ever decide that you want to learn to fight, letknow. 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
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me.
"Thank you," | say, feeling overwhelmed with gratitude to this
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Throughout the day, I've had whiffs of my favorite dinner, roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy. My mom
would make it foron cold days when our omega wolves struggled to keep us warm. The comfort food always
made us warm and happy.
I've asked a couple of people if that's what they are making in the kitchen for lunch and now for dinner, but no
one seems to know. All | 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 day until she returns.
I've just finished stitching up the last of the warriors, taking a moment to accept their thank you for gently
stitching them before | close my eyes and stretch my neck and back. My body is aching from bending over to
stitch all day.
| stand and turn, beginning to clean up my area. The nurses, once they realized that | could stitch up everyone,
had brought all the supplies toso | didn't have to waste tsearching for them or someone to tellwhere
the supplies were.
I've just gotten the last of the garbage cleaned up when | smell it again, my favorite comfort food. | 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 body begins to calm after the long day.
| turn and stop, seeing a man | don't know watchingclosely. He's in scrubs and he has a surgical hat in his
hands like he pulled it off his head and then forgot he was holding it.
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| take a step back quickly, terrified of who this man might be.
The man raises a hand and takes a step toward me. | whimper, not sure if | can find help before he gets to me.
Just then a nurse walks by and stops, seeingstaring at the man. Her nose lifts and she comes rushing over to
me.
"Brooklyn, it's okay, this is Dr. Caspian. Luna Margot asked Luna Sophie if he could chelp us. We needed
extra hands, as I'm sure you realized. He's not going to hurt you, he's a doctor. He's been here for several hours
helping us with the more difficult injuries," she says, putting her arm around my shoulder.
"I'm sorry, | didn't mean to startle you. Brooklyn, is it?" he asks
me.
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I nod, leaning against the nurse.
"Doctor, did you need something?" the nurse asks him, a bit protectively. I'm very thankful for her right now.
He frowns, looking from the nurse to me. "Do you not....can you not sense who | am to you?" he asks me.
I whimper again, closing my eyes, as the nurse sucks in air beside me. He's where the smell has been coming
from. They aren't making my comfort food, it's the scent of my mate..
"lI can't. | can't. | can't," | say, beginning to s**b. The doctor takes a step toward me, and | yelp, terror filling my
body.
The nurse holds out a hand to stop the doctor, and turns to me, taking my face in her hands. "Brooklyn, look at
me. Look at me. Breathe, sweetheart. Breathe. That's right, just breathe with me."
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She gently wipes the tears from my eyes and turns to look at the doctor. "Stay put," she says sternly before
guidingtoward my mother's room.
"Why don't you sit with your mother. I'll have food brought in for you. You're exhausted after all the work you did
today. It will be good for you to eat and then get ssleep."
| nod, beginning to breathe more easily as we walk away. | turn and see Dr. Caspian watching us, hurt clearly
written on his face.
Luna Sophie askedto check on all the mates who are in the hospital, and there are four, not including my
mother. Since they are all in the swing as my mother, | check on her first, then go to check on each one of
the women, letting them know they aren't alone, letting them know that their children need them if they have
them, or that the pack needs them if they don't. | don't know if it will help, but hopefully they can hear me.
Each tI've stepped out of a room, I've smelled my favorite. comfort food. | don't know if he's nearby or if he's
just been down this hallway a couple of times, but | always take a deep breath before going into the next room.
When I go back to my mother's room, | see that one of the nurses has broughta cot to sleep on with blankets
and a pillow. | sit beside my mother, telling her everything that | did today and how proud ofshe would be. |
remind her that | need her and that | know she's suffering, but it will be okay and that Luna Sophie said we could
stay even if we don't have our wolves. | know she was worried about that, so hopefully she can hear me.
| finally lay down to sleep, but I can't. | toss and turn, unable to get the hurt look on Dr. Caspian's face out of my
head. | finally
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decide to go check on the other women, since I'm not sleeping anyway and | quietly step outside my mother's
room. When | turn, | 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 must have fallen asleep in and puts his hands up.
"Please don't run from me. | won't hurt you. | swear."
| look around but it's the middle of the night and everything here is quiet now. | refocus on him. "What do you
want?"
He scrubs his hands over his face before looking back up at me. "One of the nurses toldwhat happened to
you."
I nod. Everyone in the pack knew anyway so what's one more
person.
"| took the liberty of reading your chart from when you were in the hospital and | have to tell you that I've never
wanted to kill someone so much as | want to kill that Alpha for what he did to you," he says. | can tell that he's
working hard to control his emotions, so he doesn't scareby growling or snarling.
"Look, | know I'm a few years older than you are..."
| raise my eyebrow and | see his lips twitch.
"Okay, I've seven years older than you are, which means, I've been looking for my mate for seven long years. |
didn't realize that you were going to be younger thanby so many years, but | believe that fate has brought
us together. It was Luna Margot that askedto chelp with the wounded. She's not even part of this pack. |
didn't have to agree, but | did, and because both of those things happened, | found you."
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