Return of The Alpha Heiress-Chapter 21: Clarissa - At The Medical Center

After that, I told Derren everything that had happened yesterday and played the full recording captured by my necklace.

Derren’s jaw tightened as he listened. His eyes even turned red with anger. But when he glanced at me, there was a heavy guilt in them.

"Leave everything to me, Clarissa. I won’t let them get away with this."

He then took the necklace as evidence.

Not long after, we arrived at the medical center. They ran a full examination on my body, and I had to be hospitalized.

The doctor eyed Derren suspiciously. My injuries clearly looked like the result of a beating.

"I– it wasn’t me, doctor..." Derren stammered, flustered under the doctor’s scathing glare.

I chuckled softly at his attempt to defend himself.

By noon, Luna Eileen arrived with tears streaming down her face. She ran toward me, wanting to hug me, but when she saw my condition, she hesitated—afraid she might hurt me. In the end, she simply held my hand tightly.

That night, Larry, Edwin, and Shannon came straight from the academy. They couldn’t hold back their emotions. The two men were practically furious.

"I’ll get revenge for this. I won’t let Sanders live peacefully," Edwin growled, fists clenched so tight his knuckles turned white.

It took a long time for me to calm them down.

Even though I was the one who got hurt—angry, devastated, and desperate for revenge—

somehow, watching others express that anger for me... eased the storm in my heart.

In the following days, Luna Eileen and Derren visited me every day at the medical center. Larry, Edwin, and Shannon couldn’t visit as often since they lived in the dorms.

Every time he came, Edwin would give me updates about my case.

"Fina and her cronies have been officially expelled from the academy. Green Pack has terminated all cooperation with Sand Pack. A few other packs that aren’t close to Sand Pack are following Green Pack’s lead. Their Alpha is panicking."

I’d guessed Fina would be expelled, but Green Pack’s actions were way beyond my expectations.

"Won’t Green Pack get backlash too?" I asked.

Edwin wasn’t sure. Only when Derren arrived did he explain Sand Pack’s actual position.

"Everything Sand Pack offered in the cooperation agreement can be obtained from other packs. Sand Pack was chosen only for fairness. Now, if we keep working with them, it would be unfair to you."

"Thank you for defending me." I truly had no other words besides gratitude.

"We’re a family. Of course we’ll defend you—whatever happens," Luna Eileen replied softly.

...

A little over a week passed before I was finally discharged.

The fracture in my leg only needed a cast now. The injuries on my outer body had mostly healed, though a few areas still left scars.

Some of them were on my face.

"Don’t worry. There’s a ninety-percent chance a werewolf’s scars disappear after the first shift," Derren said calmly.

"And if they don’t, we can take you to a doctor to remove them," Luna Eileen added.

Of course I hoped the scars would fade on their own. Getting them removed professionally was extremely expensive.

Though honestly—who knew when I would ever get the chance to shift? Who knew when I would awaken my inner wolf?

Unlike me, who was anxious, Luna Eileen, Derren, and the others weren’t worried at all. They were certain I’d awaken my inner wolf and my special power at the same time.

Maybe only then would the new Alpha finally acknowledge me as his daughter. Out of the entire Green family, he was the only one who hadn’t visited me in the hospital. No one had mentioned him all week either.

Still, the process of transferring me and changing my name continued without issue.

We weren’t heading to Green Pack or the academy today. We were on our way to Brown Pack. Derren needed to finalize my pack-transfer documents, and I would retrieve the belongings I left behind.

Entering Brown Pack’s territory—so familiar yet distant—I felt far more emotional than usual.

Here, the trees grew thick. Most of the roads were mere dirt paths; only the roads near the pack center and the leaders’ homes were paved.

The houses looked old. The werewolves living here wore the same clothes almost every day.

The gap between Brown Pack and Green Pack felt enormous.

During the journey, Luna Eileen held me close, afraid I’d stumble on the rough road. But I was used to it. I even knew the exact paths where people usually slipped.

Soon, we reached the leaders’ residential area. The two-story house in the middle was the nicest building we had seen since entering the pack.

Yes, that was the Alpha’s house.

Alpha Ryan and Luna Thalia welcomed us warmly. Seeing Luna Thalia’s gentle smile made the heaviness in my chest lighten.

"Welcome to our humble territory, Luna Eileen, Alpha’s Heir Derren, and Miss Clarissa of Green Pack," Alpha Ryan greeted formally.

I froze. I’d only ever seen him greet visiting dignitaries like this. I never expected to be the one receiving it.

Luna Eileen and Derren responded just as formally. I honestly didn’t know how to act.

Thankfully, they understood and moved straight to the matter at hand.

In short, I was now officially transferred from Brown Pack to Green Pack. My name had been legally changed to Clarissa Green.

While Derren and Alpha Ryan handled the remaining documents, Luna Eileen, Luna Thalia, and I headed to the orphanage—my old home.

It was far from the pack center, and the road was terrible. Thankfully, Luna Thalia insisted we take a car; otherwise, Luna Eileen might not have made it.

The orphanage was nothing more than a wooden house with two large bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen.

Right now, it was empty. Brown Pack didn’t have many orphans.

Usually, if a pup lost their parents, another family would foster them. The pups would stay in the orphanage only for a few days or weeks until they were taken in.

Besides me—who had lived here for more than ten years—the only other pup who stayed here long-term had been one child, and even then only for a single year before distant relatives eventually took her.

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