14. Waking up in the hospital


    The steady hum of voices is what woke me up. I blinked my eyes a couple of times before everything


    came into focus. That’s also when I registered the pain. I frowned, confused at first then everything


    came crashing down. The men at my cottage and the attack. Thest thing I remembered was hearing


    Sebastian’s thunderous roar.


    “She’s awake”


    I turn to see ire standing next to Sebastian. The look of concern was enough to tell me all was not


    well. Sebastian on the other hand just looked immacte. No hair out of ce. His usual cold mask on.


    “How are you feeling Renny?” ire asked me.


    “Like I’ve been run over by an over speeding train…how long have I been out?”


    I knew we were at the hospital. The smell of antiseptic gave it away. I hated hospitals. They were


    mostly gloomy, sad and grief stricken.


    “Two days” Sebastian answers tersely. His voice gruff.


    “What the hell, two days! And howe I’m still in pain. Shouldn’t I be healed by now?” I fired the


    question at no one in particr.


    It was really umon for a werewolf to be in the hospital for that long. We usually healed quickly. So


    I was supposed to be up and about days ago. As in a few hours after that horrible incident.


    “The doctors said that your wolf is weak. Why didn’t you tell me what was happening to you and Blue?


    Why did you keep it from me?” ire says thest part in a snarl.


    The moment she tells me that, I check on Blue. She’s asleep but I still try calling her. She doesn’t


    answer though. So I let her continue sleeping, she needed it.


    Sebastian doesn’t say anything. Just takes a seat, crossing his leg over the other. upying the space


    like he owned it.


    “I didn’t want you to worry. You already had so much going on with Mason I didn’t want to add to your


    worries. Besides, it will be taken care of soon” I mumbled, unable to meet her eyes.


    “I’m your best friend Lauren, we don’t keep such things from each other. I would have been there for


    you regardless. You’re a part of me just like Mason is. Losing you would kill me.” she says with tears in


    her eyes.


    This was why I didn’t want to tell her. ire has always been the soft one. The one who feels more.


    The one who takes everyone’s burdens and carries them herself. I honestly believe she’s an empath.


    Regardless of that, I love her. And I love that she would have taken my problems as if they were her


    own. We may not be rted by blood but our bond was unbreakable.


    “I know and I’m sorry. I just thought I was protecting you from the inevitable while I tried to find a


    solution” I grasp her hand in mine. Hoping that I canmunicate without words where I wasing


    from.


    I’ve never been good with words. Nor have I ever been good atmunicating my feelings but ire


    just got me. In a way that even Darren never did.


    “Fine” she grumbled, still pissed off. “But let this be thest time you keep me in the dark. On that note.


    When the fuck were you going to tell me about your mating”


    Thest partes out as a shout and it makes me wince. Both from the headache and also because


    she was probably going to kill me now. Couldn’t Sebastian have waited for me to tell her myself?


    I re at the man in question but he just smirks. Bastard.


    “I wanted to, but the right opportunity just never came up. We started seeing each other when I was


    away and we just wanted to keep it quiet for a while. Keep it from the media until we were both ready


    for people to know. When I came back we could no longer stay apart and we decided to mate. I guess


    people do bond over pain because that’s how we feel in love”


    I keep my voice smooth, sickeningly sweet and full of love. I even looked at Sebastian with love to


    make it believable when all I wanted to do was buff. I almost snorted when he reflected the same love


    sick look back at me.


    Damn. Someone should nominate us for the Emmy Award for our outstanding performance.


    ire must have believed the act because she pounced on me. Hugging me so tight that I let out a


    painful yelp. I hated lying to her but I had no choice. I couldn’t break Sebastian’s terms. My and Blue’s


    sanity depended on it.


    “Sorry, Sorry…but I’m so happy. Sebastian is definitely an upgrade from that fucker” she says, a look of


    disgust distorting her features when she refers to Darren.


    “He’s your alpha ire. Give him some respect” I say jokingly.


    She snorts. “Respect my ass”


    I chuckle at that. This is another reason I love ire. Her loyalty just knows no bounds. She would


    cross the devil himself for my sake and I would do the same fucking thing.


    She checks her watch before looking up at me. “Shoot! I have to go and check on Mason but I’ll be


    backter. Okay?”


    I nod my head. Already feeling tired and drained. If this is how humans felt when they got sick or


    injured, then it honestly sucks balls.


    She hugs me again before whispering in my ear. “I’m really happy that you found another man, but I’m


    going to keep a close eye on him. I won’t risk you getting hurt a second time by a guy.”


    She kisses me on the cheek before turning to Sebastian.


    “Make no mistake, alpha beast. If you hurt Renny, I will hunt you by your balls before cutting them and


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    shoving them down your throat. Powerful or not, I will end you” her voice is dangerously low making me


    shiver.


    Sebastian just snorts. As if ire said the most ridiculous thing he’s ever heard. He doesn’t say


    anything and they have a stare down before ire smiles big, says goodbye and leaves.


    Now that she’s gone I be nervous for some reason. Maybe it’s because of the silence that


    descends. Or maybe because I was now alone with Sebastian. Probably because of the intense way


    he was staring at me.


    “Thank you for saving me and bringing me to the hospital” I break the silence.


    “How do you know it was me?” he asks, smirking.


    I roll my eyes at him. “I heard your wolf. Besides only you and ire know where I live and ire’s wolf


    roar doesn’t shake the fucking ground”


    He doesn’t say anything. Just continues staring at me which makes me squirm on the ufortable


    bed.


    “Do you know who those men were?” he asks after some time. The yfulness gone. Seriousness


    taking its ce.


    “No. I have never seen them in my life”


    He nods at my answer contemtively. The wheels in his mind turning. As if he was trying to piece


    something together. Just by the way he behaved. I could tell an idea had already formed in his mind.


    He just needed more information.


    “Tell me everything that happened” hemands. Proving that I was right about him needing


    information.


    So I tell him. I recount everything from the beginning. Leaving no details behind. I’m still shaken by all


    that happened. Still feel the pain of being kicked by three grown ass men. Still feel the fear when they


    said they were going to rape me before killing me. By the time I’m done, I’m shaking. I literally have to


    keep reminding myself that I’m safe and okay. That I survived.


    “I looked into them but they’re not part of any pack. They’re rogues. So the bullshit about trespassing


    was a cover up. They were sent after you, meaning…”


    “Someone wanted me dead” I finish for him and he silently nods.


    If I was shaken before, then I waspletely terrified now. That someone would go to those lengths to


    get rid of me was shocking.


    “What happened to the men?” I ask, afraid of the answer. A part of me wants them to be dead but the


    other wants to see them suffer. Tortured.


    “I killed them” he answers deadpan with no remorse.


    I nod at him. Rxing a little bit. At least I’ll never have to deal with them ever again.


    “We have to move our arrangement up. The longer you stay alone, the easier it will be for whoever it is


    to kill you. You need the protection my name offers” He tells me deeply before continuing.


    “I’ll bring the contract tomorrow for you to sign. We will have the church wedding for the humans’ sake


    and then after the reception at night we can have the mating ceremony”


    At first I was stunned. I felt like everything was moving too quickly but then I reminded myself that I


    almost got killed. I was also running out of time, if Blue being weak was any indication.


    “When will the wedding sh mating ceremony take ce?”


    “In two weeks. It will be a full moon and that will give you enough time to recover. I’ll have the media


    announce our wedding date tomorrow, is that okay?”


    There really wasn’t much to think about so I agreed. Mating ceremonies are usually done during the full


    moon. It’s the time when we feel closest to the moon goddess and also when our wolves are strongest.


    Sebastian left about thirty minutester after we had hashed out all the details. My head was pounding.


    I really needed to sleep but I had one more thing to do.


    Searching for my phone, I found it on the bedside table. I took it and sent a message.


    [I want to see Krystal]


    My near death experience opened my eyes to reality. I couldn’t continue keeping her at arm’s length.


    Even if my brain reasoned it was for her own good or that my heart still hurt. I needed her present at


    the ceremony. She is my daughter and I didn’t want to go through it without her.


    My phone pinged immediately. That was quick, I think to myself.


    [Done]


    I thought he would refuse so I was actually shocked when he agreed. I didn’t think about it too much,


    just content that I would see Krystal. With that thought, I fell into a peaceful slumber. Praying and


    hoping that nothing else will go wrong.