Alpha Damon's Greatest Regret
Chapter 20- Hope

Chapter 20: Chapter 20- Hope

DAMON~

The cold breeze of the office blew against my skin as I watched her with observant eyes, Grace Baylor, A human who had devoted her life to treating and studying werewolves, Her skills in medicine were renowned, became a surgeon at 23 and served Howl creek since she had received her practice license, she never let a patient die no matter how severe, as far as there was hope she would pull through, she was gifted and at this point, I had no choice but to trust her with my life. My mind was racing and my heart thumping with fear but I remained silent, I couldn’t let my anxiety show, The doctor looked through her notes from my previous checkups, her eyes scanned through every word on the pages she read and mumbled quietly to herself, her continued silence made making me increasingly anxious, was I getting better or worse? I needed to know.

"How does it look Doc" I pressed unable to take the silence anymore and immediately she stopped and looked at me, she leaned back into her chair and took off her glasses.

"Well, your healing abilities are keeping things at bay but the cancer continues to progress" The doctor explained, I felt a shiver at the base of my spine but I remained composed.

"So what can we do?" I asked trying to keep my voice calm and steady.

"Well, we can start chemotherapy, but we’d have to start immediately" She proposed, my stomach churned as I heard the words that left his mouth.

"Chemotherapy?" I repeated, hoping I had heard the wrong words.

"Unfortunately, Yes" she confirmed, her dry voice filled with indifference.

"Fuck that" Daniel barked angrily stepping close to the doctor, she remained still not moving from her position not even slightly bothered by Daniel who angrily walked towards her.

"Relax Daniel," I said and Daniel immediately stopped and looked back at me.

"That’s not an option" Daniel sternly said.

"I know" I responded feeling my mind sink deeper into despair with every word that was exchanged.

"The alpha can’t be seen looking weak" Daniel growled.

"You think I don’t know that!" I snapped back angrily, Daniel shifted with shock, Since I had heard of my affliction I had been calm and composed and for the first time I had broken that mask of strength and revealed my true frustrations, He calmed down and walked back to my side and unlike Daniel who was voicing how much he resented the situation Carlos had remained silent but in his eyes there was a defeated look, one that bared a close resemblance to despair.

"Give me options Doc, help me out" I pleaded.

"I’ve given you your options" She explained calmly.

"Not good enough" Carlos finally spoke, the doctor glanced at him and then looked back at me.

"Can we talk alone?" She asked after a short silence, I turned my head and looked at the two men who stood strong behind me before I turned back to her and nodded.

"Give us a minute" I ordered and they both obliged, leaving me and Her alone, As I heard the click of the door shutting I turned back to him.

"Grace there has to be something else I can do?", She shook her head as she turned back over her desk and sat down comfortably.

"You know regardless of the treatment, chemotherapy is a necessity" She explained, my jaw tightened but I remained quiet.

"Even if you find a donor, you’ll still have to go through the process."

"What if I don’t find one?"

"Well," she paused to take a sip of water before she continued talking "The only reason you’ve been able to carry on with your everyday activities is because of your monstrous werewolf cells, that have been actively fighting against the cancer cells but–" she paused again "they can’t do it forever".

"I know," I said as I stared at my palms "I can feel my body growing weaker with each passing day, my strength deteriorating every time I move" The sound of my own voice scared me, It reminded me that the strength I have been showing off was nothing more than an act, only then did I realize how far I had fallen into the depths of despair.

"You don’t have a lot of time Damon, the ailment will soon be noticeable and you’ll have no choice, you need to start treatment" She warned.

"Grace" I called out, my voice blank of every emotion as I spoke.

"Yes Damon" She replied, her calm demeanor remaining intact.

"Be straight with me, What are my chances?" I asked with a vacant state, obviously, she didn’t like the question cause for the first time I saw her visibly flinch and hesitate.

"Well–"

"Don’t" I said, stopping her from saying whatever it was she was about to "Be honest, Please".

"It’s not looking good Damon"

"How long till it becomes noticeable?"

"A month, maybe two if your cells hold up" She answered, her voice saddened by the words she had just said, I exhaled stood up from my seat, and walked to the door, I held onto the handle but froze, the moment I stepped out of this door, I would have to act strong, I’d have to push my problems to the side and deal with this crisis of the pack, the moment I walked through this door, my problems become secondary.

"Thanks, doc," I said quietly and was about to walk out.

"Damon" she called, I turned and looked at her.

"your father, He’d be proud if he saw you," She said.

"My father died protecting the pack, and I’m gonna die and leave it behind" I responded and proceeded to walk out of the office shutting the door firmly behind me, I was angry but my anger had no direction.

Carlos stood with his back leaned against a wall waiting for me at the other side while Daniel sat down on the floor beside Carlos.

"Let’s go," I said and immediately began walking away, they followed behind me as we walked down the stairs in silence till I stopped at the last step, they also stopped behind me wondering why I suddenly stopped moving.

"I might not make it," I said abruptly, they remained quiet, I wasn’t sure if it was out of respect or cause they didn’t know what to say.

"But I’ll be damned if I let this pack down" I declared then turned to look at the both of them "Don’t give up on me yet, Follow me to the end," I said with a grin, Daniel smiled, and took a step forward.

"That was always the plan"

"Only death would take me from your side Alpha" Carlos reminded then took a step down, I nodded with a smile.

"Good".