Chapter 232


    Chapter 82: Theo


    I sat next to the hospital bed gripping A’s hand, praying she would wake up but also wanting to keep


    her in this state of peace a little longer. I focused on the rhythmic sound of the machines so I could hold


    on to the numb feeling that held the storm inside me at bay.


    What was I going to say? How would I tell her?


    I felt A’s hand twitch and knew I would have to figure that out soon. Slowly, she regained


    consciousness, her eyes flickering open, and immediately, her gaze met mine. I forced the knot in my


    throat back in order to speak.


    “Hey, love,” was all I could manage.


    I could see the thoughts working through A’s mind and it wasn’t long before I knew I wouldn’t have


    to tell her anything.


    She knew.


    We had lost our pup.


    Her eyes filled with tears and her chest rose and fell quickly, but her face remained stoic. It was like


    watching the wall she had built up when we had first met snap back into ce. I moved to pull her into


    my arms but she pulled away. Ripping her hand from mine. I reached for her again but she pushed me


    away forcefully, rolling to her side without a word.


    I was frozen.


    She was breaking and she wouldn’t even let me touch her. To make it worse, she hadpletely


    blocked our connection. I couldn’t feel her


    through our bond. I pushed my heartbreak back. She would need time. I would be here for her in any


    way I could. It was all I had.


    “I…” I swallowed hard to keep my voice calm and steady. “I’ll get the doctor.”


    I refrained from trying to reach out to her again and turned from the bed. I found a nurse and let her


    know that A was awake. She paged the doctor and then went in to check A’s vitals. I wanted to


    go back in the room so bad it hurt, but I didn’t think I could keep myself from holding my mate. So I


    waited just outside the door until Dr. Athens arrived.


    The nurse came out just as he met me.


    “Her vitals are strong,” she said. “However, it’s hard to tell how stable she is with the emotional state


    she’s in.”


    The doctor nodded. “Thank you, Jackie.” The nurse left and the doctor looked back at me with a severe


    expression.


    “What did you find?” I asked desperately.


    Dr. Athens gestured toward the door to A’s room. “Perhaps we should go over the results together.”


    I hesitated a moment, bracing myself for A’s coldness, but followed the doctor inside. She was still


    laying with her back to us.


    “Hello, A,” the doctor said kindly. “I’m Dr. Athens. I’ve been overseeing your care. How are you


    feeling?”


    A rolled back over and pushed herself up a little farther in the bed, but she didn’t say anything.


    Instead, she looked at the doctor


    expectantly. But still not at me.


    “You were brought to usst night,” Dr. Athens stated. “You had suffered a lot of blood loss and I’m


    afraid your…”


    “I know,” A said curtly.


    The doctor nodded his head. “We have run some tests trying to figure out what could have happened.”


    I instinctively moved next to the bed. Needing to be close to my mate.


    “We found arge amount of wolfsbane in your system, Luna.”


    “What?” I hissed.


    “If I’m honest, I’m surprised you’re still with us at all,” Dr. Athens continued. “With that amount, you


    should have died.”


    “I’m immune to wolfsbane,” A said stoicly.


    My head snapped to her. “Baby, what are you talking about?”


    A looked nkly toward the window. “After Harry…” she faltered. “After Harry, I didn’t want to be at


    risk like that again. My family was known for their immunity. I started dosing myself to build up mine.”


    “I see,” the doctormented quietly.


    I didn’t know how to respond. I was furious that she had done something so reckless without telling me


    but that only made me realize exactly why she didn’t tell me. Would I have actually let her go through


    with it?


    It didn’t matter now.


    “Well,” Dr. Athens said, pulling me from my thoughts, “in any case, we are all d you are still with us,


    Luna. You have the support and


    love of the pack. I’ll give you two some time.”


    “Thank you, Doctor,” I replied.


    A still wouldn’t look at me after he left. I slowly reached my hand out to brush her arm. She tensed


    and shied away again, making me stiffen. With a sigh, she closed her eyes.


    “Not yet, Theo,” she whispered, still facing away from me. “Please, not yet.”


    I didn’t know what else to do.


    ‘Mina,’ I linked, ‘A’s awake. You shoulde be with her.’


    Mina and Briggs were in the waiting area so it didn’t take long for them to be knocking at the door. Mina


    came in and went straight to A’s side. Her eyes were bloodshot and her nose was red. She had


    taken the news hard. A looked at her and, after a moment’s hesitation, threw her arms around her


    cousin’s neck.


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    I felt my heart shatter. I turned to leave the room. I couldn’t watch someone else get to hold her when I


    couldn’t. I stepped into an empty room across the hall. Briggs was right behind me and shut the door.


    My hands clenched and rxed. I forced my fingers through my hair as I paced short paths across the


    floor. Briggs put a hand on my shoulder to stop me. I let him pull me into an embrace and I wept.


    “She won’t even let me touch her.”


    “She needs some time,” Briggs said.


    I stepped away from him, taking a deep, calming breath. “I know,” I


    said.


    “Did they say what may have happened?”


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    My mind went back to the doctor’s words. A’s confession had distracted me, but the realization hit


    me.


    “She was poisoned,” I said, rage starting to boil inside me.


    “What?” Briggs eximed.


    “Someone tried to kill her, Briggs,” I said. “And they seeded in killing our child. When I find out who,


    I will destroy them.”