“You obviously did it because you loved her. How were you to know?” Brennan said.
“You need to stop blaming yourself. It’s getting tiresome and doesn’t help,” Spencer grumbled. “I’m serious. Every time you do so, I’m going to assign you a business trip with a speaking engagement.”
I stared at him in horror. “You wouldn’t.”
“I would.” Spencer glared at me. “Do you know how many people wouldlovefor you to present at their conferences, be on their panels, or speak at their universities?”
“What?” I laughed. “I didn’t even graduate.”
“You work in cybersecurity at one of the hottest companies in the world. No one has to know it’s nepotism.” Brennan laughed.
I sighed. “You’re right. Please don’t make me speak to people.”
“That’s entirely up to you,” Spencer pointed out.
“Oh, there’s the doctor.” Brennan waved. “Her alphas are here.”
The male doctor was tall for a beta. The older man scowled at us.
“Thank you, Doctor. I’m Spencer and this is Wes,” Spencer introduced.
He looked unimpressed.
“She’s stabilized and resting comfortably. For now,” he stated.
“Can we see her?” I asked, the need to be at her side clawing at me.
“We need to make some choices,” he told us. “Her body doesn’t know how to fully have a healthy heat, and she can’t take much more of this. We need to fix that.”
“Okay, what do we do?” I’d do anything for her.
“The first option is that we medically induce a proper heat. Once it takes, we move her into one of the observation heat suites that we have here. You tend to her, and someone will observe the entire time to make sure it goes smoothly.”
I didn’t like that idea. Mostly because I wanted her first heat to be nice. Not have it forced on her and be in some hospital heat suite with doctorswatching.The thought made me shudder.
“And the other?” Spencer asked.
“We give her medications that basically try to trick her body and reset it, in an attempt to break this cycle, hoping next time she goes into heat that it will be better,” he said.
Spencer shook his head. “I don’t like either of them.”
“I know. They just seem… medically invasive,” I replied.
“We don’t have many options, unfortunately. We can’t simply let her body continue to do what it’s been doing,” He glared at me and Spencer.
“The second seems better?” Evan nodded.
“What are the drawbacks?” Brennan inquired. “In my research on gammas, I found that sometimes they push back over to being an omega. Would either of these cause that? Grace barely understands being a gamma, as it is. I wouldn’t want to give permission to anything that might alter her designation without her consent.”
The doctor nodded, looking pleased at his question. “The obvious is that neither option may work. Even if they do, she still might have a future of medically supervised heats, both to make sure that she’s okay and to help her body achieve a full heat until it can figure out how to do so on its own. The first is a lot easier to control, and we’ll know sooner how best to care for her going forward. One issue with the second is that we won’t be able to predict when her body will go into heat, if it ever does, and there might not be any markers. But,” he scowled at us, “I’m sure a pack like yours has a heat plan.”
“Oh, we do,” Evan assured.
We did? Grace and Evan might have made one together. That seemed like something you’d do in an omega class.
“Good. It might not work. If she goes into heat again and it happens like it did tonight, then you’ll have to bring her in, and we’ll need to go forward with option one. Either way, you must make sure that she always feels safe and cared for and that all her needs are being met,” he added. “Obviously, she’s enduredsome trauma. Usually, I’d expect to see something like this while working with refugees or in a war zone, not here.”
“Of course,” Spencer assured. “While some of her past was unfortunate, she’s with us now.”
