“Riiiight,” she says as if she’s humoring me.“But that still doesn’t explain the bite mark.”
She thinks I’m crazy, like she might say the wrong thing and set me off.
“Shifters have certain abilities.Our hearing and eyesight are more advanced than humans', and our healing abilities are more advanced.We heal much faster.”
“Brag,” she mutters under her breath.
I smile.
See?She’s tough,my wolf states proudly.
“I bit you because you’re my fated mate and that’s what shifters do, but also because you were dying.I knew the bite would give you my healing abilities—without it, you wouldn’t have survived.”
“Do you bite a lot of your patients?Are you a real doctor?”Quinn asks, looking upset.
“No!I mean, yes, I’m a real doctor.No, I don’t bite patients.Only you.I’ll only ever bite you.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re my fated mate.We’re meant to be together.Shifters only have one mate.We never want anyone else.”
“You’re crazy,” she says shakily.
“No.”
She releases a shaky breath.“I think you should leave.”
“I can prove it!”I say desperately.
I stand, my hands going to my belt buckle, but before I can strip and shift for Quinn, Melanie calls for me.
“Dr.McAdams?”
“Not now!”I snap.
“We need you!”
I give her a small smile.“I’ll be right back.Just a minute.”
She watches as I stalk to the door to help Melanie.
“What’s going on?”I ask my assistants as I leave Quinn’s room.
“A tourist came in with a nasty cut on his leg.He took a fall, hit some rocks.”
“Okay.”I hurry into the patient's room to address this latest incident.
Just staple him up,my wolf orders.We need to get back to our mate.
I ignore him and greet the new patient.I make small talk as I disinfect the wound and stitch him up.It’s a nasty cut, and it takes me almost an hour to get him stitched, bandaged up, and sent on his way.
Then I beeline it back to my mate’s room.
I know Quinn must be freaked out.She needs to see me shift, see my wolf, and she’ll believe me about all this.Then we can talk about fated mates and us being together.We can move on and discuss our future.
I open Quinn’s door and curse like a sailor when I see the empty bed and the open window.
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