Chapter 27


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    When we got home, I took a shower as Seth made me something to eat. Once I had cleaned myself


    simply stood in front of the mirror and stared at my reflection. My brand new reflection.


    "Fuck" Seth hissed from behind me. I nced up and saw him through the mirror. He stood in the


    doorway, te of toast in his hand, as his bright blue eyes looked over my naked body. "You look


    beautiful".


    "I feel it" I admitted, smiling softly as I wrapped my towel around myself.


    "I don''t mean that you didn''t look beautiful before" hemented worriedly. "I loved how you were


    before and I love how you are now. You''re my mate, I love you no matter how you look".


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    I offered him a small smile through the mirror, "I love you too".


    I got dressed in some old pyjama''s and ate the toast quietly. Seth watched me the entire time, the dark


    bags under his eyes informing me that he was just as I tired as I was. When I finished eating, I


    suggested we both go to bed – despite the fact it was seven am.


    "No, the doctor is waiting downstairs for you" Seth replied to me.


    "Why didn''t you tell me? I would have eaten after".


    "He can wait. You take as long as you need". Seth reached up and cupped my cheek, his bright eyes


    full of fear. I never expected Seth to be scared of anything, but I looked into his eyes and saw that fear


    he felt. "When they told me you''d gone..." he trailed off, gulping deeply.


    "When I was lying there...in the forest...all I wanted was you. I love you Seth and I''m sorry about the


    fight before". My eyes watered as I tried not to cry.


    "No I am sorry". He kissed me deeply and I melted into him, kissing him back eagerly as I wrapped my


    arms around him tightly. I pulled away from the kiss and rested my forehead against him.


    "You smell fucking amazing" I blurted out. Sethughed brightly, kissing me again before smiling at me.


    "Sorry, but I can smell everything now and you smell amazing. I could just sniff you all day long".


    Sethughed and it was such a nice, warm, sound that I almost sighed blissfully. "Come on, freckles,


    the doctor is waiting for you".


    "Not so much freckles anymore" Imented. Seth smiled softly, almost sadly, and ran a finger over


    the bridge of my nose.


    "I still know they''re there. You will always me by Freckles". He pressed a yful kiss to the tip of my


    nose, before taking my hand and walking me downstairs. Doctor Ballore was waiting patiently in the


    lounge for me, not looking bothered by the fact I had kept him waiting.


    "Luna, how are you feeling?" he asked me, smiling softly at me.


    "Tired" I admitted honestly. The doctor sat me down on the couch and gave me a check-up quickly, not


    finding anything to note.


    "I do want you toe down to the surgery though, I''d like to take some bloods and take some other


    tests to make sure everything is fine. A forced first Shift is a very violent one and you''ll likely be tired for


    the next few days, may even get a fever with it" he exined. "But you look very tired, Luna, so I would


    suggest you get some sleep ande to the surgeryter".


    "Thank you Doc" Seth smiled, shaking his hand. My mate led the doctor out the house, as I headed


    upstairs and was in bed before he had shut the front door. Seth came up a few minutester, admiring


    me for a moment with a small smile.


    He kissed the top of my head before heading into the bathroom. I was partially asleep when he climbed


    into the bed, after his shower, and had just enough energy to move my head to his chest before falling


    asleep.


    After we slept for a few hours, Seth woke me up because I was running a slight fever. I felt fine, maybe


    slightly achy, but nothing more to add. But we dressed and went to the doctor''s surgery. The doctor ran


    some tests and took some blood from me.


    "What''s the verdict, doc?" I asked, when he returned studying a clipboard.


    "Well your blood pressure is a little high and you''ve got a slight fever, but neither of these are


    umon in a forced first Shift" he began, before frowning at the clipboard. "However, it does seem


    that you have the beginning of an infection".


    "Like a UTI?" I frowned. I had had one of those before, it was horrible – I spent almost a solid week


    screaming when I peed.


    "No, this is an infection that we associate with wound healing. Even though your wound healed in the


    Shift, it seems that the dirt from the forest still got into the wound. It seems to have caused an infection.


    Usually, a Werewolf would fight this off in a number of days but because of the trauma your body has


    been through, it is likely that you won''t be able to fight it as quickly".


    "Is there no medication you can give her for it?" Seth frowned, not looking happy with the information.


    "Usually antibiotics would do the trick. But for Mabel it just isn''t going to work, the antibiotics will affect


    the rest of her body which is still healing from the Shift. And that will just cause moreplications in


    the long run" he exined. Seth had a few more questions as I listened quietly.


    "Why do I look different?" I blurted out suddenly. The doctor and Seth turned to look at me in confusion.


    "I''ve seen people Shift before and they didn''t look much different afterwards. Maybe more muscled and


    a little older, but nothing you wouldn''t notice unless you really looked at them. But, I look like a


    "It''s because of your age, Luna" the doctor exined. "Your body was blocking your puberty because


    you had not Shifted. In Wolves that Shift in their early teens, as their body prepares for the first Shift


    then they slowly begin to change. But in little amounts, nothing that is not unusual for teenagers going


    through puberty. So, by the time they Shift they have almostpleted the full puberty change.


    However, your puberty changes hadn''t started because your body was not ready to Shift yet".


    "And the forced Shift made all those changes happen at once" I summarised, nodding in


    understanding.


    Seth and I left, with the doctor instructing us to call him if the infection or fever began making me ill at


    all. We first checked in with Josh, Dean and the searching parties – but no one had found any trace of


    Yemi or Rafa. I was both thankful and disappointed, I wanted them punished but I was scared to see


    them again.


    "You should go home and rest. I''ll have Shawna and Javiere keep youpany, as I can''t spare


    Dean right now" Seth exined and I nodded softly. He seemed to notice myck of snarky


    of my Pack members could do that".


    "I''m scared to see them again" I admitted, blushing softly. "I know I shouldn''t be scared. I''m a Luna and


    I should be--". My words were cut off as Seth grabbed me and pulled me to him, almost aggressively.


    "You have every right to be scared, Mabel. These men lured you, hurt you, left you for dead in the


    middle of a forest and then forced you to Shift. You would be insane if you weren''t scared of them. If


    that had happened to me, I would be scared of them".


    I nodded softly, still feeling slightly pathetic. But I didn''t tell Seth that, just kissed him quickly and walked


    home. The entire time I walked home, I kept checking over my shoulder – worried that Yemi was going


    to be there, ready to attack me again. It was ridiculous and na?ve as I was in the middle of the Pack


    territory, with people all around me.


    But the attack had affected me a lot more that I wanted to admit.


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