Ella’s POV
“What do you want, Ella?” Lily asked as she moved towards where I was.
I frowned, looking at the sick wolf before her, the patient that we were using as our test subject for the cure. I was worried about him. I knew he had agreed to this, knowing that he might not survive the test we wanted to do on him but he said he didn’t mind if it meant that others could become cured.
I loved his selflessness and that made me more determined to make sure he didn’t lose his life.
He was asleep at the moment and the doctors and I could confidently talk, without worrying him about the medical jargon we would spit out and our diagnosis about him.
“He looked better than yesterday.” Holly commented.
I nodded, looking at the chart in my hand. He seemed better than yesterday. “Let’s add more dose of the treatment and observe how many cups of the concoction everyone needs to take to be well.”
Holly nodded, moving away from me to scoop another cup of the herbal medicine we had maid.
“I must say you are impressive.” Sophie said as she walked towards me, looking good in her scrub. She had just finished making her round in the quarantine center for those who were sick.
The people had been dropping sick in numbers of five to ten everyday but the number had decreased since we announced that everyone should be brought to the clinic once they notice any symptoms of illness in their body. The quarantine center was divided into different sections. There was one for people with mild symptoms and degenerate symptoms and everyone was placed in different wards placed on their symptoms so no one would get sick more than they needed to be.
Ever since we’d told people to not stay at home once they feel strange, the number of sick people brought to the clinic had reduced from ten to three at most per day and I was convinced that we were going to solve this.
The plague was a shock to the werewolves as no one had ever had a history of getting sick or seeing their ancestors get sick. The people visited clinics mostly to treat gaping injuries in battles that would take time to heal, headaches and help in childbirth. Nobody had ever heard of a plague like this that turned all those it infected into a weakling.
I was sure that the pride of those who were infected would be affected asides their physical bodies.
I suspected that the rogue that had brought the information to Luke was responsible for the invasion of the plague but I refrained from saying that to Oscar Nelson whenever he asked reports on what how far the treatment was going. Luke was still on house arrest and there was no need to add to his punishment and also implicate the two guards who had escorted him from the border. I would be seen as petty if I did that to Luke and that wasn’t what I wanted to do. After all, I had been the one to tell Oscar Nelson to let bygones be bygones.
My hypothesis was that the rogue had walked into the land with a vial of cultured virus on him, knowing he might not get out alive from the land. The black moon wolves had access to the utopia town and it wouldn’t be hard to get the virus from one of their laboratories. He had opened the vial when Luke had killed him, allowing the virus to be open in the world.
It wasn’t a surprise that the plague had broken out in the prison before the guards caught it and then infected their families.
I realized Sophie was still looking at me, waiting for a response and I smiled at her. “I’m not impressive. I just do what I have to do to help others.”
“Still impressive that you are trying to be humble.”
I chuckled. “Don’t flatter me, Sophie.”
“How did you come up with the idea to use those herbs and leaves? No one had ever thought of using them.”
No one had ever dealt with a plague or was desperate enough to save a race from perishing before. “Instinct.” I said.
“I want to be like you.” She smiled, winking at me.
I shook my head, pretending like I was trying to be humble when I was actually praying for her not to be like me. She didn’t know what I had suffered in utopia town to have advanced knowledge about medicine and I hoped that she didn’t have to suffer what I went through.
“You shouldn’t.” I said to her. “You should live a better life.”
She chuckled. “Look at who is trying to be humble. Aren’t you planning to start a chain of clinics across the lands?”
I gasped, wondering how she had found out.
She laughed at the expression on my face. “I heard you talking to your mate.”
I smiled at her. “It isn’t decided yet. That can only be possible if an alliance is formed between the blood moon pack and blue river pack.”
“I hope it is. You are one of the medically enlightened minds I have ever seen.”
I chuckled. “Thank you. But starting a chain of clinics isn’t something easy.”
She laughed. “I know you can do it. If you set your mind to something, there is nothing you wouldn’t do to get it. The patients getting healthy are proof of your determination, my lady.”
I shook my head, hating the title she kept attaching to me. “I told you to stop calling me your lady.”
“You are my lady. You are the daughter of Elder Zeke, the granddaughter of mad granny and the future Luna of the blood moon pack while I’m from a peasant family. We are of different status. It would be an insult if I don’t accord you the respect I am meant to give you.”
“You are a doctor like me and that is all that matters.” I said to her.
“You are too humble, my lady.” She chuckled.
I shook my head. She was never going to give up on giving me the respect that always made me like a proud old lady. “Let’s go check up on the patients.”