NEW MISTRESS

Alpha Herrick's POV

     "What healer? Healer?" I dropped the phone call from Beta Alexander. My ears tingled when I heard my mother's voice beneath the howls of joy that erupted among the pack members.

   I could not believe my ears when I was called to terminate the contract with the foreign packs. My journey back to the pack was with great hope that what I heard was true. 

I stormed into the clinic and straight to the special ward for people infected with the chronic illness we've been battling against.

     "What is this thing that I heard you say?" I questioned Beta Alexander and Serah as they came to welcome me before I reached the door of the clinic. "Who is the healer? Where is he from?"

I noticed the brief eye contact Serah and Beta Alexander made with each other but I ignored it as they tried to keep up with my pace. "Erm…it's not him. It's a–"