"What do you think?"

"No Josie, what do you think?"

"Erm.." I pause to think on the next best course of action. My eyes scan the room above, his dark aura causing hospital members to now leave the viewing platform. He hadn't been there a moment ago, but now he was and his face was thunderous. "I think..." I try to concentrate back on the room but it was hard knowing Dad was about to tear into me.

"Josie, eyes on me. Forget he is the alpha and your father...it is just me and you right now...we are in control. What do you want to do?" Doctor Abel's voice calms that rising sense of guilt for letting Dad down.

He's right I need to get prospective. This patient was who was important at the moment, Dad will understand... he'll have to.

"I want to wait. I will check on the patient and decide whether to place bandages on him at another time." I respond confidently.

"Very well. Then he is ready to be escorted back onto our ward." Doctor Abel orders at the threatre staff that had been montoring the machines and helping us throughout the operation.

As the patient is moved, he removes his medical mask and gloves, placing them into the trash bin.

"Well done Josie, that was excellent." His hand grips on my shoulder.novelbin

"I can't believe that just happened." I take in a deep breath before blowing it out through my cheeks. My mind buzzing with what I had just accomplished.

As Doctor Abel leaves the room I glance back up, Dad's eyes burning into me. His anger radiating off him. Removing the gloves and apron off me, I toss them into the bin before following Doctor Abel.

Dad finds us, back on our ward as we set the patient on new monitors to keep a track of his vitals.

"Josie...a word!" His deep demanding voice orders at me from behind as my eyes look up at Doctor Abel, who was standing by the patient with me.

I move, walking into the privacy of Doctor Abel's office as Dad follows me, closing the door behind him.

"When I give a clear instruction..."

"I was about to leave, honestly Dad...but then the patient was transferred and I couldn't leave. You wouldn't have expected me to leave him like that."

"Alpha! Please let me explain..." Doctor Abel barges into his office, immediately defending me.

"I cancelled Josie's leave this afternoon, I just couldn't do without her." The warmth of pride warms my chest as I hear that he couldn't have coped without me this afternoon.

"Surgery, really Doctor Abel?" Dad asks him, his tone too incredulous for my liking.

"Blame the emergency room Dad, they failed in their care with the patient, not us. We were the ones that saved his life, that caught the internal bleeding." My hands shoot into the air, I can't believe this...we had just saved a life. So what if I was a few hours late, I was scheduled to work all day but was ordered back early because my own brother decided to attack Knox, resulting in me playing night time nurse. Why was Jaxon not being reprimanded for his actions....

"That I will bring up with the head doctor but.."

"No Alpha. This is a power struggle he has with me. I can fight my own battles here." Doctor Abel shakes his head, again...standing his ground.

""You are certain?"

"Yes Alpha, I am on top of it." Doctor Abel offers out before leaving us alone.

"Very well, but Josie, you are to gather your belongings.."

"Dad!"

"No Josie, I gave you a clear instruction to only work to lunch time. I'm sure another staff member could have stepped in. What if your lack of sleep caused you to make a mistake during the operation and put the patient's life in danger?" "I would never..." His words hurt more than they should.

"You remind me of your Mum at this age." He sighs out, pinching at the bridge of his nose.

""I do?"

"Yes she used to work in her pack's hospital, she..like you, had a natural flare for wanting to help the wounded. Look Josie, I'm proud of you for wanting to help but you need to remember that you are, foremost, our daughter. A member of the Alpha family." "I know this Dad." I understand what he is trying to say, he worries for my safety and I am aware of the irony of being good at shooting and also helping to heal.

But he doesn't understand...as long as pack members are protecting the borders then it is my place to protect them by helping them heal. I can't go out and fight, but I can fight for their lives in here.

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