“There’s no need to apologize,” I said. “Misunderstandings happen easily enough.”
“I appreciate that. But I will look into it because we need to know where the disconnect is. As I mentioned, the council is undergoing a bit of a redistribution of certain tasks, and although I’ve taken over the housing assignments and such, I don’t usually do relocations. I have the ability, but I’m not sure who was supposed to be doing that. Alpha Osmund is usually pretty good about being on top of things, so I’ll need to get with him about this tomorrow.”
I shook my head. “No, not necessary. Please don’t bother him.” I knew Alpha Osmund was the created fox, and the last thing I wanted to do was to start my new position with the council with the created fox upset with me about something.
“He’s going to want to know where things were missed as well. It’s truly not going to be an imposition or anything of that sort.” Rainier smiled. “Are you ready? I’ve already taken care of the hotel, and your things will be able to be moved with a bit of extra magic, but I’m ready whenever you are.”
I nodded slowly. “I guess so. I’ve never traveled magically before. I’ve only ever driven.”
Rainier grinned. “Your stomach might flip a bit, but for the most part, most don’t have much of a reaction.” Rainier pattedme on the shoulder, and then my stomach very much rolled as he’d mentioned. One moment, I was standing in the hotel room, and the next, we were in the middle of an empty house. “Welcome to Treasure Ridge,” Rainier said.
I looked at him with wide eyes and then to my left and then right. One blink later, and my things were suddenly surrounding me. “Those are…that’s my furniture.”
“Yes. You are obviously welcome to move it around. And if you discover that the house isn’t to your liking, we have others to choose from. If you decide you don’t wish to live on Treasure Ridge, there are other locations off of the mountain that you can look at as well.”
I shook my head. “No, this is…wow.” I saw the wall of windows behind him, and although it was dark out, you could still see that there was quite a bit of snow out there. “This is good. I’m not going to have any complaints.”
“If you need anything, you have my number. I’ll be in contact tomorrow with some answers. If you need your SUV, it’s down off of the mountain, parked in the council’s parking.” Rainier pointed to the front door. “Once you leave the front door, turn right, and the transportation building is on the right. It’s the small building in front of the large council building. I’m sure Alpha Osmund will be in touch tomorrow anyway to give you a tour and everything else involved.”
I smiled. “Thank you. This is great. I really appreciate your help.”
“You’re welcome. Enjoy your evening. And please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything.”
I nodded, and after a moment, Rainier was gone. I looked at my things in the new place and shook my head in disbelief. There were boxes stacked neatly among the furniture, and although it wasn’t late yet, I needed to see if I could find the things for supper, and then I really should work on getting mybedroom set up at a minimum. It was great to be here already, and I would need to let my brother know about the change in location later, but I had a lot to do still, so there wasn’t a lot of time to waste.
I was shocked to see the refrigerator fully stocked with basics, and I definitely needed to thank Rainier for that. Once I had my cooler unpacked into the refrigerator, I went upstairs, wondering. When I found my bedroom set up with my own bedding on it, even, I grinned. That was so incredibly kind of him. Maybe I could afford to relax a bit this evening instead of unpacking. Boxes could wait, couldn’t they?
Chapter 3
Maxwell
“Good morning, Dr. King. How are you today?”
“I’m good, Owen,” I said with a smile. “And good morning.” I placed the box of donuts on the counter. “They didn’t have muffins this morning, which is unusual. But I did get danishes.” I added a second box.
“We only have one appointment this morning,” Owen said. “It’s with Alpha Mate Theobald. He is coming in for a renewal of his suppressors. Our afternoon, though, is empty.” Owen nodded once as he stared at the computer. “I’m not sure if, going forward, I should stack appointments on the same days and then leave others completely empty or if I should make sure you have at least one appointment per day.”
“I’ve always been torn about that as well. There are times when I have nothing for a week plus, then others when I have three or four appointments every day for a solid two weeks. I’m not sure if it is a good thing that the council hasn’t had any large rescue missions lately or not. I hate the thought of any omegas or the few alphas out there that are being held captive.”
Owen’s eyebrows rose. “You see them as well?”
I nodded. “I offer omega care for all things: pregnancies, suppressors, checkups, and even general care if they have questions about things. I’m not what would be classified as an obstetrician. I don’t just deliver babies. I’m more of a general medical doctor, but since we don’t get sick, I’m not needed in that capacity.”
“Oh. I thought you only did pregnancies and delivered babies.”
I shook my head. “No. When the council brings back those they’ve rescued from compounds, some of them require medical attention for various things. Some have wounds, broken bones that healed improperly, things of that nature. They are all seen by Dr. Bennett’s staff. Even the enforcers have routine check-ins with them.”
Owen nodded. “That makes so much sense.” He suddenly looked nervous. “I didn’t mean anything by my comment. I’m still learning the routine and such here.”
I shook my head. “No offense taken, Owen. I wouldn’t expect anyone to know everything about me and what it is that I do here for the council when they’ve worked here with me for not even a week. I’m always open to questions and find them to be beneficial, even if one believes the questions are unintelligent. There are no bad questions. That is how we learn about things.”
Owen smiled. “You aren’t like my last clinic’s doctors. Not even a little. They weren’t kind, and they weren’t interested in answering questions.”
I didn’t like the sound of that. “Have you mentioned that to anyone other than me? Or has your mate?” I couldn’t tell another set of doctors how to run their clinic, but there was no reason to berate those working with or for you simply for asking questions. Abuse of power or position was never a good thing.
“Jun knows. It was one of the reasons I so easily left that position. Jun didn’t care for them, and really, nobody in theoffice would go out of their way to do anything extra. They weren’t evil or anything, but they do need to learn how to be a bit more cordial.”
“I can have the council look into things, if you feel it would be beneficial to the others who still work for them.” They weren’t a den or anything that I was aware of, but I was going to mention things to Alistair all the same. It wouldn’t hurt to go peeking around and see what was up with how things were behind the scenes. If they were treating their patients the same as they did their employees, then there were issues.
