The Royal Triumvirate

Chapter Fifty-Six: Alex

Pulling the spear out and transforming it back into a sword, Alex made her way back into the house. Before grunting softly and leaning against a wall. Pulling off on her right glove, which was covered in Markus' life blood, Alex gentle touched her left shoulder. Hissing slightly with the touch pulling back she could see that her fingers were covered in blood.

"Dammit," she swore, "this is my favorite jacket." Biting back a groan, Alex could almost feel the other bullet in her shoulder. Straightening up, Alex tried to find a bathroom so that she could extract the bullet, but she could go far, Reina rushed up to her.

"Alex," Reina cried softly. Scarlett was hot on her heels followed by one of the members of the Alpha squad cross trained in first aid. Reina placed some pressure on Alex's injured shoulder.

"Rei, Markus," Alex started.

"I know. He fled in the confusion. He won't get far." Reina interrupted distractedly as she began to move Alex's jacket out of the way.

Alex couldn't help but chuckle, "He didn't." Scarlett seemed to be only one really listening as Reina and the healer were more concerned with Alex's injury. Alex shifted so that she was resting her back on the wall and tried to point with her injured arm back the way she came. Wincing slightly at the pain. However, her second seemed to get the message as Scarlett quickly rushed toward the back of the house.

"Your highness, perhaps it would be best if I could get close to the Warrior Princess in order to remove the bullet and bandage her wound." The healer spoke up soundly slightly frustrated at Reina's instance in helping at every stage.

"My mate," Reina growled softly. Rolling her eyes but smiling, Alex pulled Reina back with her good arm and shifted her weight onto Reina making it so that her protective Alpha mate had to focus on supporting her. The healer let out a small sigh of relief and returned to work on Alex's injury. However, when she moved to unbutton Alex's shirt Reina growled again.

"Calm down, Rei," Alex muttered softly kissing to the top of her mate's head. She didn't exactly like the idea of the healer seeing her torso either; but also, didn't want Reina attacking the healer for doing her job.

"How are you being so calm?" Reina asked softly as the healer began to clean Alex's shoulder with an alcohol wipe.

"After being torture with silver for a few month, most other forms of pain just kinda turn into a state of mind," Alex explained grunted slightly when the healer placed a pair of long nosed pilers in the bullet hole. After a moment, the healer placed the smashed and bloody bullet into a petri dish.

"Thankfully, it wasn't a silver bullet. There's no worries in regards to that. I'm just going to bandage your shoulder up and you should be just fine, your highness. Though I would suggest allowing Lady Morgana to examine your injury." The healer explained as she finished bandaging up Alex.

"Thank you," Alex said as Reina began buttoning her shirt back up. "You can return to anyone else who is injured."

"Actually, your highness, yours is this most severe injury that we have incurred."

Alex grunted in annoyance. "Damn lucky shot." Pausing, she continued, "it's good no one else got hurt but dammit I can't believe that idiot managed to hit me."

Scarlett spoke up, she had been back for a few moments, but didn't want to interrupt. "Storm's body has been secured. What are your orders to do with it?" Reina glanced at Alex, who nodded.

"Have it transported to the Royal morgue. My parents would want him autopsied and will make the final decision in regards to where he will be interred." Scarlett nodded and bowed before leaving to make sure Reina's orders were carried out. Reina then turned to the healer who was still standing nearby. "In the former Alpha's office there is a door that leads down to the cells. There should already be some soldiers there securing it. Go join them and treat any prisoners that are there." The healer bowed and left. Reina sighed and adjusted Alex's jacket, taking care of her injured shoulder. "I'm so glad you're ok." She murmured softly.