Chapter 57
I hear Jamie gasp as Andrew exits the room. I look towards the ground to see Damian holding Jamie over the mat, now drenched in blood and saline as Jessa attempts to clear blood from the young man’s nose and mouth, whimpering softly from fear and pain.
A soft knock at the door alerts me to the presence of the warriors I requested, twin deltas, Darren and Derrick have arrived to watch over Andrew. I step outside the room as Jamie yelps and fights briefly when Damian lays him in his lap while Jessa puts pressure on his still bleeding nose.
I speak to them briefly explaining the schedule, what his punishment is and what my expectations of them are before returning to Jamie. I freeze in Jamie’s doorway as I’m shocked by the young man’s appearance. Both eyes are nearly swollen shut with blood tinged tears slowly falling from his eyes. His nose and mouth are red and swollen, stained with the blood Jessa used silver nitrate to finally stop from flowing. Jessa is the first one to sense my presence back in the room.
“He’s going to need help getting down the stairs. Without an elevator getting the gurney up here is impossible. Based on the bleeding I’m concerned about his nose being broken and he has several lacerations in his mouth that may need stitches. Outside of his nose, nothing else feels broken but I can’t rule it out completely. He has a lot of pain in his head, his chest, around his ribs and his abdomen.”
I sigh heavily as I quickly think of what needs to be done. I hesitate before asking but considering what I interrupted I feel it’s important to ask.
“I interrupted a kick that appeared aimed at his groin.”
I’m relieved when Jessa shakes her head and Jamie speaks for the first time in a while.
“No, Alpha. I think he was saving that for last.”
I nod my head relieved they spared him that pain.
“I would recommend a CAT scan of his head and abdomen. You need to rule out internal bleeding in both areas.”
“Are you feeling okay, Jessa? We normally do tests based on what you feel but you don’t seem as certain as you usually are.”
“This cold of mine has made me a bit weak but I’m okay, alpha.”
I give her a clipped growl as I have never liked other alphas calling me alpha but her past has made it difficult for her to change the habit despite being with me for three years.
She looks up at me, a bit startled and fearful from my reaction. I cock my head looking at her with annoyance in my eyes but an amused grin on my face. She relaxes with my appearance and turns her attention back to Jamie.
“He’s approximately the same height as Lilly, he just appears to be a little heavier so I can use the housekeeper’s elevator to carry him to the first floor. Damian, he’s going to be out until after he has his physical next week at a minimum.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Is the room beside Cole’s taken yet?”
“No sir. Only four members of the White Moon pack where non-smokers and there were four females between the two packs so sixteen members of White Fang and White Moon packs ended up on the third floor and four took the first floor of building ‘B’ and the four she-wolves are in building ‘C’ first floor.”
“Well that’s a good thing for what I need. Do you have your own master key?”
“Yes, sir”
“Good. Leave endurance testing to Patrick and Dominic tomorrow. I need you to get some housekeepers, bring them up here to Jamie’s room with some boxes just in case. I need you to go over it with a fine toothed comb, make sure you get all of his belongings and move him to apartment 103A. Jamie, have you used the laundry room yet?”
He shakes his head slowly but his movement is restricted by him laying on his side in Damian’s lap. He yelps suddenly as Damian starts to sit him up. I can tell he’s struggling badly with the pain of his injuries mixing with his swollen eyes.
“Is he okay to get moving, Jessa?”
“Yes sir. I didn’t realize the medical pack in the ambulance ran out of the IV kits so I’ll have to do that back at the wing.”
“Thank you, Jessa.”
I give her a gentle smile and nod as she stands, giving me space to work with him. Damian has moved Jamie into a sitting position but has his hands gently holding him just under his ribs. He’s swaying badly trying desperately to maintain his balance even with Damian’s gentle hold from behind him. I crouch down in front of him, gently placing my hands under his.
“Alpha?”
I can hear his voice tremble as he whispers, the pain and fear from this attack weighing heavily on him.
“Yes Jamie. We’re getting ready to move you downstairs where we have a gurney and ambulance waiting to take you to the medical wing. We’re going to be putting you in our multi scanner for x-rays, MRI and CAT scan. You’ve done extremely well submitting to our care so far. I need you to keep that up. Us moving you around is going to cause pain. It’s important that you don’t fight.”
I watch his mouth open and shut several times but nothing comes out as he winces in pain.
“Jamie, talk to me. It’s okay.”
I encourage as he squeezes my hands.
“Is it weak to be scared?”
I move my hand to his head and gently move it through his hair. He startles and yelps badly at my change in contact making me freeze my movements.
“Did that hurt you?”
I ask softly as I concentrate on softening my aura to something more comforting for his trip down to the first floor.
“No sir.” He whispers. “I’m scared and I don’t feel good. I’m tired, dizzy and feel like I’m going to hurl.”
“That’s a bad combination, Jamie.”
He’s breathing hard through his mouth and I can tell that his ill feeling is more than that.
“Go grab a bucket from the bathroom.”
I stand quickly, shooing Damian from behind him as I encourage Jamie to get into a kneeling position. I straddle Jamie’s body as I lean over top of him. Grabbing the bucket from Parker, I support his upper body with my arm and position him over the bucket just in time for his dinner to make a rapid exit from his body. I give him a minute to recover from his heaving as Jessa gently cleans his face.
“Do you think you have any more?”
I ask softly near his ear as I pet the top of his head. He shakes his head briefly before leaning hard into my arm.
“Jamie, I’m going to get Damian to help get you standing then I’m going to pick you up.”
“I don’t think I can, alpha.”
“Damian, get behind him.”
I start picking up my pace as physically getting sick is a really bad sign for a significant concussion. Parker disposes of the bucket as Damian and I trade places.
I have Damian put him in a bear hug under his arms as I get mine under his rear. We lift together on three as Jamie yelps and cries from the pain. His adrenaline has worn off allowing him to feel the full fury of the beating that he’s suffered. We both hold him steady as his cries die down. I move my hands from his waist to his hands, placing them around my neck as I close the gap between us.
“Wrap your arms around my neck. When I pick you up I want your legs around my waist. Damian, your master key card also works the elevator. I need you to go ahead of me and open it up.”
“Yes sir.”
I put pressure on Jamie’s lower back encouraging him to step forward, allowing him to grab ahold of me with his hands. I crouch slightly, wrapping my hands around his thighs. Counting to three again, I lift him with a growl from the floor. Damian has his hand on my back as I adjust to the additional weight, Parker is on the other side near Jamie. Years of training in field medicine and transport making it unnecessary to instruct them.
“Are you ready, dad?”
I adjust my grip slightly on him before testing my balance on my legs.
“Yes, I’m good to start moving.”
“Jessa has gone down ahead of us to grab the gurney from the ambulance. She’ll be waiting downstairs for us.”
“Good to hear. Jamie.” I whisper near his ear. “If you can hear me, it would be best if you lay your head on my shoulder.”
His head control has gone south and it’s throwing me off balance. Parker spots the issue quickly and guides the young man into the crook of my neck. He’s whimpering softly and his entire body is shaking badly against mine as I make my way to the elevator.
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