Kapitel 173: Chapter 165: Latham's progress

That morning, since both Erick and Hamish have school, Makena was left alone at the house, together with Luella. She couldn't possibly have joined them since she never attended school before.

Lachlan, too, had left for the office so Makena was in the kitchen, still having her breakfast. She was pretty occupied earlier that morning when Hamish had joined them for breakfast. She basically pampered her mate, serving him food and all, much to Erick's annoyance and Luella's amusement. She hasn't eaten hers yet as she wanted Hamish to have his fill before eating hers.

After they had left for school, Makena was finally able to eat her breakfast. As a person who doesn't eat much, probably because she got used to little portions when she got locked up, she was shocked to see the dishes being laid down on the table.

It looked like a breakfast buffet, rather than a normal breakfast meal. There were hash browns, sunny-side up eggs, toasts, beef stripes, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, baked scones and potato salad.

She was even more shocked to see that the food was almost gone, eaten by these two young shifters and the Alpha. It was no wonder the Luna never stopped being busy in the kitchen, cooking non-stop for these three hungry men.

Once she was done with breakfast, she went to the guest room and cleaned. By the time she returned back to the kitchen, the Luna was also done with her breakfast and had cleaned everything.

Makena was surprised once more. This was her second shock of the day. She wanted to help Luella with the clean-up but it seems like she had finished them all within seconds.

Luella did say with a proud look on her face that it helps when she has a sturdy dishwasher.

Soon after, the two women were ready to go out. And before they headed to the packhouse, they stopped by the Beta's house to pick up Mary. The three women continued their walk to the packhouse.

When they arrived, the packhouse was quiet. It was as if no one was around. But in actuality, it was more like they were lurking. Many were curious about the Cairin Alpha's granddaughter, especially when she has some of the lycan's powers as well as being Hamish's mate.

Many of the packmates were close with Hamish as they considered each other as family. So, knowing his personality, they wanted to know what kind of mate he has.

Makena had just stepped inside the packhouse when she felt curious stares stabbing at her. She looked around her and was confused to see no one was around.

"Don't mind them," Luella said, as she walked further in. "These little pups are just curious about our special guest."

Mary nodded as she followed Luella from behind.

"I see," Makena murmured as she joined them. Although the stares didn't hold any murderous intent, it was still a bit stifling and uncomfortable. Especially for someone like her who isn't used to being in the spotlight.

They finally reached one of the rooms, which Luella pushed open. Peering inside, Makena realized it was a doctor's room. And further in, she saw a pretty young woman unwrapping the bandage of a young man's arm, which was off the sling.

Looking closer at the man, she realized it was the same young man whom she had given her blood to, as well as the young man who were training the young shifters last night.

The young man and woman looked up when they heard the door open. They were sitting across each other and immediately stood up, bowing in respect to their Luna.

Luella waved her hand, telling them to sit back down and asked what's his progress.

Behind her, Mary whispered to Makena, telling her that these young man and woman's names are Latham and Melody. Latham was the young shifters' head trainer and he worked at a local workshop, whereas the woman was the pack doctor and is Latham's mate.

Makena's mouth dropped open in an 'o' shape, a look of surprise on her face. 'Amazing,' she thought to herself.

Apparently, that day was the day when Melody would check Latham's hand, whether it was healing nicely and to see if there were any side-effects. Though, the man did say that he didn't feel anything uncomfortable, just some itch since his hand was growing.

Before Melody unwrapped the bandage, she warned the other women, telling that the sight of this might be repulsive and that if they were weak hearted, it is advisable that they should leave the room as there might also be an unpleasant odor emitting from the wound.

Mary quickly excused herself, leaving the room. Luella stayed because she did not mind seeing the wound and did not mind the smell either. Makena, on the other hand, her curiosity to see how her blood helped cure the man's amputated hand was more than confronting the repulsive sight and the unpleasant odor. So, the two women stayed behind.

After Mary had left the room, Melody looked at Luella, who nodded back.

The pack doctor slowly unwrapped the bandage and they were soon swamped with a light putrid smell. Dead skins slowly dropped to the floor as Melody unwrapped.

Luella had a serious look on her face as she looked at the exposed arm while Makena, behind her, tried to hold on to her retch.

Once the bandage was finally removed completely, Makena peered in closer and was surprised to see the improvement.

There were already fingers growing on his hand but not fully, yet half-way. It looked really weird, rather than repulsive. It wasn't like a baby hand was growing on his wrist, like the one in the movie, Deadpool. Rather, it was more like a full palm with half fingers.

Leaving his half hand on the table, with a towel underneath it, Melody stood up and went to the fridge and took out a vial. Inside the vial, there was a red liquid. The vial wasn't full and it looked as if it had been used before.

Looking at it, Makena felt her blood tingling.

Melody looked at Makena and smiled. "Thank you once again for this," she said, holding up the vial. That's right. The red liquid inside was actually Makena's blood.

Makena smiled back. "It's the least I could do after the Kendall pack had saved me."

Luella patted her on the shoulder, smiling.

Melody then poured a few droplets of the blood onto Latham's exposed hand. Latham immediately winced when the blood touched him.

"Does it hurt?" Melody asked in concern.

Latham shook his head. "It's kind of cold."

"Probably because of the exposure," Luella commented.

Melody nodded, agreed.

They went silent for a while and shortly after, Latham winced once more. He could feel his blood was rushing towards his amputated hand and there was a prickling sensation at the tips of his fingers, as if it was growing.

Melody was looking at his hand intently and her eyes widened when she saw there was a bit of growth in the hand. She looked up with a smile and said, "In less than a week, there will be a full hand.��

Luella grinned widely. "That's great news."

Latham looked at his hand, choked with happiness. "Yeah, great news," he said softly, his eyes misty.

Melody, too, could feel her eyes being moist. She knew better than anyone else at how much her mate had suffered after returning back from the mission. She knew that he had blamed himself for being weak but to her, he was the strongest. He had sacrificed so much for the pack. Other than his amputated hand, there were also his legs. Luckily, it did not take that long to heal his legs and it wasn't much of an injury. She was proud of her mate for being strong.

Knowing that these two mates would want to be left alone, Luella and Makena quietly leave the room.