Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 20

Lauren POV

Victor froze for a while when he heard what I just said.

"....You can help me find Kent?" Victor said. His voice became a little hoarse.

So his wolf's name was Kent.

Maybe it was because a lot of people had said such things to him that he didn't look so thrilled. Instead, he was kind of puzzled.

"I can't promise you that I can definitely help you bring back Kent. I'm just saying that maybe I can give it a shot. Are you willing to try something new?" I asked. As a doctor, I couldn't make any promises to my patient. I thought it would take him some time to think it through. But then he quickly gave me an answer, "I am."

"Maybe it wouldn't work out the way we expected," I warned him, trying to get him prepared for this, "and you never ask me what the treatment is."

Victor shrugged and said, "It can't get any worse, right? I believe that my doctor is gonna do whatever she can."

Nothing was more painful than a powerful alpha losing his own wolf.

Even though he was holding back his feelings, I could tell that his voice was shaking and I felt bad when I realized how much he believed in me. I had been keeping my healing power a secret for my own safety. And now, I wasn't planning on telling him this. I wanted to lie to him.

"Alpha Victor, thank you for trusting me. But you should hear me out before you make your decision," I said.

Victor said calmly, "Okay."

I explained to him in a gentle tone, "What you said gave me an idea. You said that wolves aren't meant to be alone. Bella, I mean, my wolf can sense that Kent is asleep right now, which is why you can't find him. Maybe I can ask Bella to awake him but that needs a connection between you and my wolf."

Letting another wolf invade his inner world wasn't an easy thing to do for Victor because he always stayed alert.

But Victor asked, "So back when we were in the hospital, Bella was actually finding Kent's presence when she tried to connect with me through mind link?"

Oh my god! How could he be so acute?

I didn't deny it and quickly changed the subject, "Do you wanna give it a try?"

Victor just looked at me and said, "Yeah."

Thank god he let this go.

"It looks like Victor's gonna do whatever you say. Then let's check his sexual function," Bella popped up and said excitedly in my head.

"Keep it in your pants, Bella," I rolled my eyes at her and said.

Bella kept on talking and I just ignored her. I helped Victor sit on a chair next to the desk and reached out my hands to him, "Please put your hands on my palms." He was hesitating.

This didn't look like a treatment and was more like witchcraft.

I hurriedly explained, "When building a connection to let Bella go into your world, we need to have physical contact and holding hands is the best way to do that. And please relax as much as you can and let down your guard."

"I'll try my best," Victor slowly put his hands on my palms.

As I held his hands, he subconsciously wanted to get away from me but then he suppressed his feelings. He held my hands and I could feel how warm his hands were. His hands had calluses on them and when he touched my palms, I got a strange feeling. Focus, Lauren. I thought to myself.

I took a deep breath and forced myself to stay focused. Then I let Bella slowly and gently go into Victor's inner world.

In the beginning, Victor was still resisting and I was a bit overwhelmed and intimidated when I let Bella start exploring his inner world. He was protecting himself out of instinct and he even wanted to push me away and cut the link.

I couldn't just give it up like that!

I subconsciously hugged Victor and tried to calm him down using my scent. I comforted him in a soft voice, "Relax, Victor. I don't mean any harm. We're trying to look for Kent. Relax, Victor..."

I didn't know if my scent was gonna work for him although I wasn't his mate. I just wanted to calm him down.

If he was still so resistant, I thought I had to find another opportunity to do this.

Unexpectedly, after being comforted by me, Victor stopped struggling and no longer resisted Bella.

I closed my eyes and felt like I was on an endless snowfield.

"Kent," Bella hollered and called out Kent's name and her voice echoed on the grand snowfield.

"You're asleep, right?" Bella yelled, "I can feel your scent. If you can hear me, give me a response or a sign. I know you're not gone. I wanna meet you, Kent."

Bella hollered and the sound she made was different from those she usually made. Humans couldn't hear it but it had a healing ability.

She hollered for a long time but there was no response. As a doctor, I knew this treatment couldn't be 100% effective but I really wanted to heal Victor. I was frustrated and just as Bella and I were about to give up, we heard something in the snow... Kent!

Maybe that was Kent!

But before Bella could chase after him and get his signal, the mind link was cut off and I suddenly opened my eyes.

"That's a message from Kent!" I said in surprise, "even though we haven't gotten him back yet, at least we can say that Kent is still with us...Victor?"

Something was off with Victor.

He kept his eyes closed and he kept sweating. He was blushing as if he was holding something back.

"Victor?"

Was it because of the Dark Enchantress?

I hurriedly checked up on him but before I could let go of him to check his temperature, he grabbed my waist all of a sudden and seized my wrists. Then he slowly opened his eyes and I nearly froze when I looked into them. His eyes were filled with desire.

As if he was in heat.