Reviving Bloom by Michelle Turner Read Free Book Online

he’ll take good care of you so listen to what he has to say. I’ll be right outside waiting on you.” Then standing back up, “Thanks for checking him out Mr. Harris.”
     
    “You’re welcome Bloom. Now get to your lunch so I can get started.”
     
    She gives us both one last smile then exits the room. Mr. Harris turns back to me and starts un -wrapping the bandage Bloom put on my paw the night before. The wound’s a lmost healed, but that doesn’t seem to shock him. He cleans the area and pu t s on an ointment. Taking off his gloves and throwing them in the trash he crosses over to the door and slid es the lock into place. He turns back to me with his arms crossed over his chest and the kindness that had been there before gone and demands , “Shift now!”
     
    Chapter 11 – Pike
     
    ~ That’s not my story to tell ~
     
    I’m so shocked I just stare at the man for a good five minutes before I let the change take me. He watches as it slid es over my body and the fur recede s back into my skin, but it doesn’t faze him. You’d think it was normal for him to see one of his animal patients change into a human, hell maybe it is . After the last few days I’d say anything’s possible.
     
    My voice’ s rough from not talking for so long but I manage to grumble, “How do you know?”
     
    He uncrosses his arms and pull s the small doctors stool over and explains , “We had a shifter who lived here years ago. She taught me a little about your kind . Why are you here?”
     
    I look the man over and feel he’s telling the truth, but he doesn’t need my full story, yet. I cross over to the lit tle sink in the room and grab a mug that ’s s itting on the counter and fill i t with cold water. Once I down the whole mug I answer , “I needed to get away from my pack for awhile and seemed drawn here.”
     
    “How’s the pack dealing without their alpha?”
     
    That female wolf spilled an awful lot it seems, “Yes I’m the alpha. I haven’t been one long and the last time I checked they’re doing fine. Why did this female wolf tell you so much about our kind?”
     
    “That’s not my story to tell so I’ll just say we were friends.” As in they no longer are. Hmm, interesting.
     
    “Who can tell me the story?”
     
    “Why do you need to know?”
     
    Good question . W hy do I want to know about this female ? I t’s not against our laws to tell people about us, as long as they can be trusted. I decide to be honest. “I’m not sure. But I feel it might be important.”
     
    He looks me over searching for whether I can be trusted and then coming to his decision he nods his head and says, “Billy may tell you the story. If he feels you need to know. But before we decide whether to tell you, we need to know what your intentions are with Bloom.” Why the heck aren’t the people in this town intimidated by me ? I’m the alpha for goodness sakes. No one from back home would ever question me or any other alpha s this way.
     
    “ With respect sir , I think she needs to hear what my intentions are before I tell you.”
     
    “You think she’s your mate!” How a man with such a kind face can sound so hat eful I don’t know, but he pulls it off.
     
    Staring him down I reply through gritted teeth , “I don’t think . I know she’s my mate. I imagine that friend of yours told you how a mating works.”
     
    “She said a little.”
     
    “Well let me inform you of this lit tle fact about a mating.” I make sure to emphasize my words putting a little of my alpha authority in them, “You do not try to come between a wolf and his mate!”
     
    He scoots his s tool closer to the door and holds his hands up in surrender, “Calm down I’m not trying to come between you and your mate. I just have to make sure Bloom doesn’t get hurt anymore.”
     
    “I can respect that, but you have to realize I’d give my life to protect her.”
     
    “When are you going to tell her?”
     
    Releasing the