Kids from One Alpha

Chapter 7: First Day on the Job

Serena parked outside the medical facility and ran inside. There was a nurse at the reception desk, dire

cting some of the other

nurses who were tending to the pack members that were still in the waiting area. They were injured to v

arious degrees of seriousness. “Serena?” the nurse at the front desk asked. Serena nodded.

“Where do you need me?” she asked as a

nurse rushed behind her, hands full of cotton packing and bandages. “Adriana is in surgery and needs

you scrubbed and assisting,” the front desk nurse told her. Serena nodded as the nurse pointed her in t

he direction of the OR. Serena pushed through the first set of double doors. She went to the sink, turnin

g on the water and scrubbing her arms and hands, up to her elbows. Without touching anything; she st

epped

back from the sink. A nurse turned the water off while another one, wearing sterile gloves, brought a ste

rilized surgical gown to Serena. She slipped her arms through it, and the nurse tied the gown around h

er back and then tied a sterile surgical cap around her head to hide her hair. Serena

had the nurse assist her with putting on her sterile surgical gloves, and then she pushed through the se

cond set of doors into the sterile OR. The process was second nature to her now. She put her surgical

mask on and then didn‘t touch anything until she came to Adriana‘s side. “Who‘s this?” Serena asked. “

Beta Carson,” Adriana said. Her gloves were already bloodied, the man on the table covered with a ster

ile sheet, the area around his wound the only patch of skin exposed. “He has a pretty deep gash, but n

one of his major organs were punctured.” “What do you need from me?” Serena asked. “Get the sutras,

” Adriana instructed. Serena went to a nearby shelf, getting the proper

equipment to begin stitching Carson up. “Suction please, we need to stop this bleeding!”

Adriana‘s order was followed by

a nurse stepping in with a tube to suck the blood away. Another nurse had cotton

pads in a pair of tongs, dabbing at the place

where blood was pooling. Serena.stepped up, opening the sutra packing. There was a small bleed com

ing from one of Carson‘s arteries. The nurses were keeping the area clean so she could

see where the tear was. “Let‘s stitch up this bleed and

then close the wound,” Adriana said. Serena nodded, grabbing the needle with a pair

of surgical tongs and getting started on stitching up

the tear. It was a small tear, but in an artery, that was dangerous. Mass amounts of blood could be pum

ped out in only minutes!

Every now and then, the nurses would attend to the area, keeping it clean until Serena had

the entire tear closed and no more blood was pulsing out. Adriana nodded in appreciation as Serena tie

d off the sutra and cut the remaining thread. “Very good,” Adriana said. “Get me the next size up for the

cut.” Serena nodded, heading back to the cabinet for a larger gauge of suture. In the OR, she was focu

sed on her work. Her hands were steady, nothing mattered but getting the patient what they needed. It t

ook a while longer for Adriana to sutra Carson‘s cut and apply bandages. When the

operation was done, Adriana and Serena left the OR, the nurses

cleaning Carson up and preparing to move him to recovery. Logan was waiting for

the doctors when they exited the OR. “How is he?” he asked immediately. Serena

forgot the need to be on guard around him when she heard the concern in his voice. The Alpha was trul

y worried about his Beta. “He will be fine,” Adriana assured. “He‘s still got some recovering to do, but h

e will be fine. I‘m going to go clean myself up.” Logan nodded as Adriana left Serena alone with the alp

ha. She pulled her surgical mask and gloves off, going to the sink to wash her hands again. “He had a

pretty deep cut in his abdomen,” she explained. “An artery was nicked, but we were able to repair the t

ear and stitch him up.” “No other internal damage?” Logan asked. Serena turned the sink off

and looked over at the alpha. Her eyes softened as she saw him nervously

shifting his weight from one foot to the other. “He

was lucky,” she said. “No major organs were damaged.” Logan let out a deep

sigh of relief. Serena‘s creased her brow when she saw blood soaking through Logan‘s shirt. The docto

r in her taking over, Serena reached out and lifted the alpha‘s shirt. She didn‘t have time to

feel embarrassed or to hesitate. The alpha was injured

and part of her job was to put his medical care above her own feelings. “You‘re injured,” she said. Loga

n gently

pushed her hand away. “I‘m fine,” he insisted. “There are others far worse off than me. You should atte

nd to them.” “They are being looked after,” Serena said. “As a doctor, I have to put your care first. You a

re alpha.” Logan sighed, rolling

his eyes. “Fine,” he said. “Come with me,” Serena ordered, leading him into the nearest

exam room. She patted the examination table, indicating she wanted him to sit. He hopped up. “Take y

our

shirt off!” Serena turned to the medical cabinet in the room, searching for sutras, gloves, and bandages

. If Logan hadn‘t been bothered by it, the wound wasn‘t bad enough to need surgery. She wouldn‘t nee

d a sterile environment to care for it, but she still wanted to make sure

he wouldn‘t get an infection. Turning around, Serena paused for a moment, her steps halting as she wa

s

returning to the table. She swallowed, seeing Logan shirtless. He was far more attractive with his shirt

off, and she couldn‘t help roaming her eyes over

his impressive musculature. Clearing her throat, Serena shook her head to snap herself out

of her momentary lapse in professionalism. She set the medical supplies aside and slipped her gloves

on. Going to Logan‘s side, Serena ran her hands over the purpling area around his cut. She kept her ey

es on her hands, even though she could feel

his eyes burning into her. “It doesn‘t look like there is any internal bleeding,” she said. “I would like to

sutra it and bandage you up to prevent infection or making the wound

worse.” “I don‘t need that,” Logan insisted. “Just give me a bandage

and let me get back to work.” Serena shook her head, finally raising her eyes to his. She gave him her

most defiant, resolved look. “You have to heal properly,” she said. “You‘re no good to the pack if you do

n‘t,” Logan growled, glaring at her. Serena raised an eyebrow. “You‘re making a big deal out of a small

cut,” he insisted. Serena

scoffed and glared at him. She poked her fingers into the red, swollen, purplish

area around the wound. Logan hissed and leaned forward in pain. “Feel how tender that is?” Serena as

ked. “Your wound is already mildly infected. I need to clean it, sutra it, and bandage it

or a worse infection could set it.” Logan growled again. “Fine, fine,” he said. “Lay back,” Serena instruct

ed. “Put her right arm behind your head.” Logan did as he was told. Serena turned away to get her med

ical supplies, glancing at the way his muscles rippled from the corner of her eye. If only he weren‘t so

hot! First, Serena flushed the wound out with a saline solution that had broad–

spectrum antibiotics in it. Then she used cotton to dab at the skin and take away dried blood and remn

ants of the saline. Logan flinched. “I‘m sorry,” Serena said. “I can give you a local anesthetic for when I

stitch you up.” Logan shook his head. “No need, I can take the pain,” he said. Serena scoffed and rolle

d her eyes. She got the sutras and was leaning over Logan‘s impressive chest when the

door to the examination room opened. A disgruntled–

looking female ran in, glaring at Serena. “What is going on!?” the female snapped. Logan lifted his hea

d from the table. “Holly, I got a minor wound, the doctor is just patching

me up,” he said. Serena didn‘t miss the flash of jealousy in the other female, Holly‘s, expression. “Oh, t

his is the new doctor,” Holly said, raising an eyebrow and looking Serena up and down.

“Can I sew up the alpha, or do you

want to risk his life by delaying me further?” she asked. Holly sneered

and rolled her eyes. She looked back to Logan. “I will see

you at our house when you‘re done here,” she said. It wasn‘t a question. Logan gave a nod and then rel

did another antibacterial flush of the

wound once the sutras were in place, drying the skin before applying the bandage. Logan let himself dow

up her things.

“I‘ll see

you tomorrow for that tour,” Logan said to her. Serena turned to object, but the alpha had already left the

room. She couldn’t back out now!