Page 28 of Bound By Fire
“That’s your fourth Code Red in six weeks, which is terrible, but it may end up being your last for a while…which could be terrible too. I mean, it would be great…but, um…”
“I know what you mean, Carla.” I look at each of my staff in turn. “The Council is meeting with the Mistveil representation the day after tomorrow. We’ll know more then. For the time being, it’s business as usual.” I push out a breath. “Carla, I think it would be best if we still had our staff meeting. Maybe move it to late afternoon. I will do my level best to put everyone’s minds at rest.”
“We are concerned about our positions here at the hospital and rightly so,” Dr. Patel says, looking worried.
“I know you are. My job is just as much at stake as all of yours.”
“It’s great that this war is finally ending, but we’re afraid.” Brody pushes his hands into his pockets. “I like living on Draig Island.” He shrugs. “I had hoped to stay. It sucks that we might no longer be needed here. With the war ending, we will more than likely become obsolete.”
“Let’s wait and see what happens,” I tell them. “Change is here. We can’t do anything to stop it, but it might take longer than you all think for it to happen. Besides, there will always be shifters who need us.”
“The number of injuries will drastically reduce…” Dr. Patel says, holding up a hand. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good thing, just not for us.” He shakes his head.
“I hate being in the dark.” Lena looks down at her feet.
“We all do, but there is nothing we can do about it except to keep going. Well done, everyone. I will see if I can get any more information for each of you for that meeting tomorrow. Schedule it for three, Carla.”
She nods once, looking concerned.
“I’ll probably be here for half the night, so don’t expect me in before mid-to-late morning,” I tell Carla.
“Okie dokie.” She nods.
“Back to work, everyone,” I say before heading to my office to change. “Let me know if anything changes with our patient. I will be back to check on him as soon as I have spoken to his brother.”
