Three weeks later, and I was starting to go a little stir crazy. I was finally caught up on my school, I had transferred to an online high school and could do everything from my new laptop. The bandages didn’t help with my typing, but at least the left thumb wasn’t used for much. What hurt the most was having to hide myself from all my friends, for security reasons of course. I didn’t even install Facebook on my new machine.
Luckily, I had a thing going on. I had found a hand surgeon in Billings who had time to see me late in the afternoon. I walked to the Alpha’s office and knocked, he called me in. “I’ve got an appointment at three today up in Billings; I’m going to stay overnight and come back tomorrow.”
Doug looked at me, his eyes glazing over quickly. “Fine, but I want some people with you, just to be safe.”
“I’ll take Darryl with me, since he won’t let me go without him anyway. He already agreed.”
“Baby, do you think things have cooled off enough for this? I think I could get in some Christmas shopping before the bad weather hits, and I know Renee would love to go.” She walked behind her mate and put her hands on his shoulders. “Billings is a good drive, we could stay overnight there, make a girls day out of it. I know a nice spa there, and you could use some pampering.”
Doug closed his eyes, linking two of his guards. “Fine, but I’m sending some guards with you.”
“They can come in a second vehicle, my truck will be too crowded with six.” I looked at both of them. “Plus, we need room to bring our shopping back.”
“Fine.” Remi leaned down and kissed him.
They heard an excited squeal outside their doors and then Renee burst through. “MOM THANK YOU I WANT TO GO TO DISNEY AND GET MY HAIR DONE AND…”
“Just stop.” Remi turned her around and walked her to the door. “Plenty of time to plan on the way there, now you need to go pack an overnight bag. Make sure you include a dress and shoes in case we go someplace nice for dinner, and your swimsuit. Meet us at the front door in twenty minutes.” She ran off as I giggled at her energy.
“She’s excited about shopping, huh?”
“Yes, but she’s excited about spending time with you, too. She doesn’t have sisters and being the Alpha’s daughter can be kind of intimidating to other Pack members, as you know. She has been begging me for something like this since you came here.”
I walked to the door with her, then we went our own ways to pack. I stopped at Darryl’s room and told him we were leaving in twenty and staying overnight. He’s a guy, so it took him like three minutes to stuff some clothes and a toothbrush in his bag and he was ready. I didn’t have a whole lot to choose from, so I went with my normal- comfortable Wranglers, cowboy boots and my favorite flannel shirt over a white T-shirt. I put the Glock in a shoulder holster on my left side, strapped the remaining silver dagger onto my left arm inside the sling, and clipped more knives inside each boot. I grabbed a light jacket for the cool evenings, then packed a swimsuit along with the other clothes and my medical records into a duffel bag and was downstairs in time.
Darryl had pulled my truck up and was waiting, the two warriors Doug had chosen were behind him in a black Ford Explorer. We started loading the overnight bags into the back seat, and Renee came up and pulled my good hand. “Ride in back with me, please???” I couldn’t resist, so I motioned Remi to ride shotgun and we went around to the other side. I had brought my laptop so we could watch movies or play games.
We had left their Pack land and were heading north on 212 towards Red Lodge when Darryl hit the brakes hard. I looked up, there was a motorcycle in the ditch and a man was writing in pain next to it. “Luna, can you call 911?”
She already had her phone out as she jumped down from the truck. Darryl got out and ran to the guy, telling him not to move. I grabbed the first aid kit I kept under the back seat and carried it forward. When I got there, he didn’t have any obvious broken bones but he was complaining of head pain and blurry vision, he probably banged it. Nope, no helmet. I checked his eyes, his pupils weren’t blown but you never know with head injuries.
I waved forward the two guards, and they came around my truck and stopped next to us. “He’s got to get to a hospital, probably concussion. Get down here and put him in your car.” The two men looked to Remi, she nodded as she continued to talk to the dispatcher. They carefully helped him to his feet and set him in the back seat.
Remi took the phone away from her ear for a moment. “Drive as fast as you can towards Billings, and keep the operator posted on your location. They’re sending an ambulance to meet you.”
“Yes Luna.” They jumped in and took off, squealing tires.
“So what should we do with his bike,” I said. Darryl picked it up, the wheel was bent but he could push it. He moved it up out of the ditch and put it on its kickstand. I packed up the first aid kit as Remi finished talking to the 911 operator. “We could put it in the back of my truck, then we can leave it at the hospital as we go through town.”
We started back to the truck just as I caught shadows moving in the treeline. “Something isn’t right.”
Remi raised her nose and sniffed. “Wolves… not our Pack.” Her eyes glazed over as she linked the guards and her mate.
“Too late… get behind me.” Darryl moved between me and the wolves on the uphill side, while Remi watched the wolves moving from the other side. “RUN… get back to the truck!”
I took off with Remi, and Darryl shifted and howled in fury as the wolves poured out of the trees. Remi stopped as move wolves ran from behind the truck towards us, she shifted and ran forward to intercept. I ripped the Glock free from its holster and followed her.