KESKIAN P.O.V:
He wanted to hold Selina. She was his mate after all. However it would do no good. He wished he could make the world stop hurting her but it would be for nothing if she didn't trust him. Her beautiful honey colored eyes were brimming with tears and there was nothing he could do about it. 'She was raped, Keskian! Keep your distance.' The words echoed in his head sending Fellren into a howling rage. Each time they did felt like the lash of a silver whip on his heart. He was sitting the floor by the wall.
Keskian had heard that once you found your mate you would feel complete. Whole for the first time. But Keskian felt half empty and anxious. He could not understand why. He felt as if he was being pulled towards the rooms but he didn't want to leave his mate alone here.
"Ex-excuse me?" Selina murmured as she stepped close to him.
"Yes love?" He inquired gently, wanting to pull her down into his lap and never let go.
"I want to go back to Ennorra's room. But I don't want to go alone. I'm scared."
"Okay. Let's go to Ennorra." He stood and stretched. Then pushed through the double doors and followed her to a small room off the main hall. As he stepped into the room her strawberries and cream scent mixed with Ennora's resulting in an intoxicating arroma of fresh honey, wild rose, strawberries and cream. For the first time in his life he felt truly at peace.
Keskian moved to the chair by the bed while Selina climbed onto the bed. The heart monitor beeped steadily. If only she would wake up he could talk to both of them at the same time. 'Who are you trying to kid? You just want her to wake up.' Fellren growled. Just then a loud rumble came from Selina. She was hungry.
"What do you want to eat?" He asked as he stood up and started for the door.
"She'll eat anything as long as there's no nuts. She's allergic to nuts and legumes." Ennorra answered for her.
"I'll get us some bLTS with salad." He smiled at her as he exited. "Nurse? Ennorra is awake." He said as he passed the station on his way to the cafeteria. It only took fifteen minutes to get their food. On his way back he stopped by the lobby to talk to Kedian and his brother. "Hey, I don't think you need to stay." He said as he walked up to the three who were sitting there.
"Keskian, what the fuck man? Ennorra is Selina's mate. How come you feel the bond too?" Han asked quizzically.
"It's not an uncommon situation." Kendrelous said.
"Those bastards tied her up with wolfsbane soaked ropes." Lyn stated from her seat in Kendrelous' lap. "They cut into her wrists as she was struggling to save Selina."
"Yeah. I figured it was something like that." Keskian ran his hands through his hair. "She's awake now which is a good sign."
"So she's gonna be okay?" Kendrelous asked hope in his voice as he tightened his hold on Lyn.
"Yeah. What about you?"
"Thanks to Lyn, I'll be fine. I'm just waiting on my release papers."
"Make sure you stop by and talk to mom and dad on your way to the pack house. They're worried about you."
"Will do." Kendrelous paused a moment then decided to ask what was on his mind. "Should I tell them about Selina and Ennorra? Or do you want to?"
"Tell them I will stop by later." He turned to go but stopped just shy of the double doors. "And don't give them any attitude when you stop by."
"Huh! If dad is drunk or mom starts-"
"Lyn, sweety, will you hold these for a second?" She untangled herself from Kendrelous' arms and took the foam containers. Kedian crossed the room in three large strides and hauled Kendrelous to his feet as he kneed him in the gut. Kendrelous crumpled to the floor and Kedian grabbed him by the collar. "I am sick and fucking tired of your shit!" He snarled. "Do you have any idea of what you put us through tonight?! We felt your link sever! But you don't care do you!" He was shaking with rage. "You KNEW that those bastards were packing silver and you STILL went after them alone! And you got shot for all your efforts!"
"Don't fucking pretend you wouldn't have done the same thing in my place for Selina or Ennorra!" Kendrelous snarled back. "And take your fucking hands off of me now! Or do you mean to challenge me?"
"Don't ever presume to know what I would have done! You may be the beta but you are STILL my baby brother! I would tell you to stop charging off with out think but now you have Lyn I don't think it will be a problem anymore! And another thing you can deal with mom and dad with out any of your disrespect! Mom won't survive losing you! Not after Dresca! So you can pretend for five FUCKING MINUTES THAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO BE THERE!!" With that he threw Kendrelous to the floor and stalked over to Lyn who was shaking in fear. "Sorry, Lyn. I didn't mean to scare you. I just needed to get my point across."
"Doesn't help that your mate isn't in the room to sooth that temper." Kedian said. "Never the less you are right. Kendrelous no fucking attitude towards your father. Also, and you can consider this an order, you will spend the night at your parents place." With that Kedian left, his hand in El's as he walked out.
"Fine." Kendrelous groaned as he pulled himself off the floor. "You good, Han? Do you want to come stay with me and Lyn at my parents house?"
"Um... Actually I made arrangements to stay with Cadrian's family." The doors swung shut behind Kedian and, with two rights and a left he was back in Ennorra's room.
"Is everything alright?" Ennorra asked when she saw his flushed face and felt the rage that rolled off of him in waves.
"Yeah." He sighed heavily allowing the combined scents that made him weak in the knees to quell his furry. "I just had to put my brother on his ass. Trust me when I say that was not an easy task and I'm probably not going to be able to move after training tomorrow. Well..... assuming that I'm still alive.... I don't think Kedian will let him kill me though."
"I'm sure he will forgive you. It will all blow over by tomorrow. Kinda like a shifty storm." Ennorra said as she took her food. "This smells amazing by the way." Selina bit into the sandwich and moaned appreciatively at the taste as her eyes rolled back.
"Well now I know something about both of you." He chuckled. "I know the face Selina makes whe she has a foodgasm and that you, Ennorra, are way to niave for having been basically on your own." He took a bite of his own sandwich to emphasize his point.
"What makes you say that?" Ennorra asked around a large bite of salad. In response Keskian pulled his wallet from his back pocket and tossed it to her. It landed open on the bed. Right there, where others kept their ID or drivers license, was a photo of him Dresca and a four year old Kendrelous.
"What's this?" She asked picking up the wallet and staring at the picture. He could see the moment she saw dresca with her arms draped around his neck.
"My sister. Her name was Dresca." He tried to keep the pain from his voice as he spoke. Ennorra was looking at him. He could feel her eyes on him. So was Selina but instead of looking at them and seeing the pity on their faces he stared at the food in his lap, pushing his salad around with the cheap flimsy plastic spork.
"What do you mean, Her name WAS Dresca'? was that like a slip of the tongue?" Ennorra asked her tone all curiosity.
"Nope. She...." He sighed again and decided to tell the truth. "She was murdered. 13 years ago." He shrugged as if it didn't still hurt. "By the former gamma."
"Oh. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked."
"It's fine, Ennorra. It's just she is a sore subject and I kinda had to tell Kendrelous that our mom is upset because she thinks he died too."
"Oh. I guess that makes sense." Selina said when he finally looked up at them. "But why would she think that?"
"Because he got shot.....In the gut.....With silver." He watched as realization dawned on both of them. "Truth time, and this is a funny one, see little sailor moon in my lap right there? That's Kendrelous. Up to eight years old he watched every episode and that Halloween he wanted to be sailor moon. Then none of us could get him out of the costume." Both girls girls giggled. "He denies it but I think he still watches it."
"Why? He's a grown ass man." Ennorra snorted.
"Like I said he watched up till he was eight."
"What made him stop watching?" Selina asked.
"He was there when Dresca was killed. Saw the whole thing and shifted for the first time in a desperate attempt to save her."
"Nice try. But wolves don't shift until the age of twelve at the earliest." Ennorra said.
"That actually isn't a joke. He shifted and then spent 6 months in the pediatric psych ward here at the pack hospital. It took 2 weeks to get him to shift back and another 3 before they could remove the feeding tube." He shook his head. "But keep in mind that he still watches sailor moon before you judge me for my DVR choices. Also for my anime collection." He grinned sheepishly at them and they both stared agape.
"Wait! Do you have Full Metal Alchemist?" Ennorra asked seriously.
"Brother hood or just FMA?"
"Either or."
"Both. And the Manga."
"Then you are forgiven." She nodded solemnly.
"Okay. What about you Selina? got any anime series you enjoy?"
"I like FMA brother hood and FMA. But I doubt you have Case Closed or Witch Hunter Robin."
"Oooh. I do have case closed but I don't have Witch Hunter Robin. I have been looking for it though. Can't seem to find it."
"Do you have...um....Dragon Ball?"
"Dragon ball, Dragon Ball Z Kia, Dragon Ball Z and Bragon Ball GT. All shelved in that order. Fuck Dragon Ball Super."
"I forgive you then." She paused as if she was scared to ask. "When we go to the pack house can we watch Dragon ball?"
"Of course we can. We'll watch the Dragon ball series and then FMA." He said and winked at her.
"Hey. I was told that I would find Selina here." Cadrian said as he walked through the open door. "I have your test results." He waved the folder in his hand as if it granted him free access to the room. If Keskian was being honest with himself it kind of did.
"So?" She asked tentatively. "What's the prognosis?"
"Just as I thought." Cadrian said as he glanced at Keskian suspiciously.
"I can leave if you want." Keskian told Selina.
"Please don't go!" She begged as fear filled her face.
"Okay. I'll stay." He couldn't stop himself from brushing a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"Okay. Well, It's a fungal infection and if I had to guess I'd say it's a couple of weeks old. You said you and Ennorra were staying in a drug den? for a few weeks?"
"Yeah but we would shower at the truck stop on the conner when we could afford it."
"You could have been showering every day and it wouldn't have mattered. Drug dens are pietry dishes for all kinds of bacteria and fungi. Honestly I'm surprised it's not worse. I'd like to do some blood test on you, Ennorra. Just to be sure you don't have anything that could become problematic later on."
"Like what?" Ennorra asked defensively.
"Fungal infection, herpes, gonorrhea, HIV, clomideah. Take your pick. There are a whole host of blood born deases that could also affect us as werewolves. And your immune system is down right now due to the wolfsbane."
"It may be a good idea, Ennorra. Just to be safe. " Keskian advised. He knew she wouldn't say no if he played his trump card.
"Fine. I'll let you but it is only because I don't want to make Selina sick." She caved easily without his ace in the hole.
"I thought you would say that." He stepped out and came back in with a cart and Saltharous. "So we will draw some blood and put a rush on it. You will have your results before you leave tomorrow." Keskian moved to give Saltharous access to Ennorra's i.v. needle.
When they were done drawing blood for all the tests, Keskian made Selina lye on the bed next to Ennorra while he sat next to them in the lumpy arm chair to hopefully get a few hours of sleep. It had been a very long night.