"Is everything okay?" Estan inquired of the pink-haired when Syri and Den entered the infirmary. "Where's Jae?"
Syri shook his head as he answered, "I don't know. Jae was summoned to the hall." The gamma knit his brows as he took to wondering what in the moon goddess's world could have happened.
"Did he send for me?" Yejin inquired while he rubbed circles into his mate's lower back to calm the gamma.
Den shook his head and replied, "No, he hoped you could care for Syri."
"I see," Yejin responded with a nod of his head before turning to the zeta and giving the pink-haired a kind smile. Once Den had completed his duty of escorting Syri to the gamma and alpha, the true blood immediately began looking toward the figure in the bed. Estan noticed the focus of Den's attention and approached the true blood. "He's asleep; you can go to him."
Den turned his eyes to the ground at the gamma's words, and a sad smile came to his lips. "I don't think I should. Thank you for caring for him, Estan." Realizing the true blood was about to leave the infirmary, Estan sought to have the crown prince stay and said, "I don't think it would hurt to sit next to him for a bit. He doesn't have to know you were here." The gamma knew the prince felt sorry toward the binate, and he sought to change that.
The prince hesitated when he heard the gamma's words. As much as Den did not want to distress the blue-haired, he also did not want to leave the binate to wake up alone. Noticing the prince's pause, Estan took that as his opportunity and softly inquired, "Why don't you stay until you know his name?"
The gamma's suggestion struck Den to his core. He still did not know his mate's name. Yes, he had asked, but Blue had been too wary to answer. The prodding from the gamma encouraged the crown prince to nod his head silently toward the physician before leaving the three to approach the sleeping male and sitting on the stool positioned next to the bed.
Syri watched silently as Eternal Dawn's crown prince carefully brushed a fallen stand of hair from the binate's face before pulling the blanket up to cover the sleeping male's chest and shoulders. A small tug on the zeta's sleeve brought Syri's attention to the gamma standing next to him. Estan smiled down on the pink-haired before leading Syri to a chair positioned next to his desk and grabbing the zeta a blanket.
"Syri," Yejin addressed the zeta as his mate laid the blanket over the pink-haired. Syri looked up at the alpha patiently as he waited for Yejin to continue. "Did Jae say anything before leaving?" The alpha inquired through knit brows; his concern was apparent.
"No," Syri replied with a slight shake of his head. "He just said he'd come back once he figured out what had happened."
"I see," Yejin voiced with a small nod of his head.
"Why, babe? Is everything okay?" Estan inquired as he walked to his mate and interlaced his fingers with the alpha. "Mm," Yejin sounded in response before giving a small squeeze to the gamma's hand. "I just don't have a good feeling about this."
"Mm, me neither," Estan agreed before bringing Yejin's hand interlaced with his up to his face and pressing a gentle kiss to the back of the alpha's hand. "We'll just have to-"
The gamma's sentence was cut short by the opening of the infirmary's door, immediately drawing the three's attention to the entryway. Estan's eyes widened when he saw the crown prince of Black Moon standing beneath the doorway supporting an injured werewolf. Yejin instantly stepped in front of his mate, and footsteps sounded from behind the three indicating the true blood had arrived. Den stood with his arms crossed over his chest and glared at the two wolves from Black Moon.
Seth's eyes trailed over the infirmary until they landed on the pink-haired zeta sitting beside the physician's desk. The prince's lips curled into a smirk as he turned his attention to the pack's physician and said, "Don't you think it's time you tended to my wolf, Gamma?"