Damien was still waiting for the reply. She may not look like a skeleton and pretty beautiful and full in wolf form, he knew she was not properly nourished and her body filled with scars.
'N-no food.' Flora replied.
Damien could not help but frown when we heard her. He knows that she needs to eat to get better.
'You need to eat Flora. More you eat, more earlier you get better.'
'N-no food.'
Damien frowned hearing her reply. Did she not know how important it was for her to eat? But seeing her glossy eyes only made him feel more distress.
'Okay-okay. Don't cry. No food. Okay?'
'O-ok'
'Flora, can you have to tell me why no food?'
Damien could not believe how softly he was talking. It appeared as if he was completely another person.
'...'
'I need to know Flora.'
Damien could feel her anxiety and fear rising high. He slowly continued to stroke her hair to calm down.
'Flora-'
'I-it burns'
'Burns, what Flora?'
'Food.'
'Your throat burns when you eat food?'
'Y-yes.'
'You need something... Flora, can you have something if not food?'
'Water.'
'Only water?'
'Y-Yes.'
Damien was feeling helpless. He had a vague idea of the reason behind but she needs food. She does not want but needs something nutritious. While the water alone was sufficient for her small stomach he can not overlook the fact that a werewolf needs meat and she needs to gain weight.
Placing a small bowl of water on the floor, he goes back to the kitchen. She need nutrition and he was more than adamant about finding a way to provide it for her. And he knows just the person who can find a way for him.
'Doctor*growl*'
'Al-alpha.'
'She says her throat burns when she eats something. She is unable to take in anything except water. I do not feel the necessity to explain the requirement of nutrition.'
'Ye-yes Alpha'
'Do you have any solution?'
'Al-alpha... So-soup should do.'
'Soup?'
'Yes alpha it is liquid and-'
'I KNOW WHAT A SOUP IS!! Do your work and give a report of the situation of the wolf you received a few minutes ago before informing anyone else.'
Damien cut off the link before the doctor could give a reply. The doctor knew better than to defy his order.
Damien started to feel mentally exhausted and tired. He still felt as if everything happening was a dream or reality. He found his mate, but he does not know how developed her mind is.
'Alright Flora, come take a sip. Let me know how this is?'
'O-ok.'
When he saw Flora sniffing and slowly drinking soup from the dowl, he felt as he not feeding his mate but his pet. He had a faint memory of moments where his father would feed his mother and vice-versa. There were moments when his father's wolf will growl and pout at him saying he stole his mother's love from him. At that moment he will say one day he will have a mate who will be loved by him. He will feed her and never let her do anything.
Seeing his mate in this condition hurts his heart a lot. He wishes to take her all pain away but seeing how he is completely unable to do anything except watch her suffer.
'Flora, you have not finished it. At least, finish half of it.'
'N-no more.' Damien could not stop a frown from appearing on his face.
'Are you hurt somewhere? Is it burn anywhere?'
'...'
'Flora, it is fine. I am listening.'
'No-no burn. No hu-hurt.'
'Then? Why not eat?'
'F-full.'
'Okay.'
'Sle-sleepy.'
'Come on... Take rest. Okay?'
'O-ok.'
Damien carries her all the way back to his room. He could feel his wolf making slow rumbling noises in his chest. He could see her being more comfortable and lulling back to sleep.
A chuckle emitted from him. Despite everything, he felt comfortable and happy seeing his behaviors.
Carefully placing his little mate and making sure she stays safely tucked in the coverers, he finds his way out.
It was still not very late. He needed to go to see the training of pack members. Although it was disturbed a little, he knew his warriors will be out training.
Approx 2 hours have passed. Some of his warriors are practicing duels while some are resting. He paid no attention.
Flora also woke up from her sleep. She could still taste some of the soup on her tongue. Since it was already given to her, she planned to slowly step down take some sips and come before anyone appears in her line of vision.
Not everything goes as planned.
Flora reached the bowl of soup and started taking slow sips. She was taking her third sip when suddenly she was kicked harshly.
Flora could not understand for a few moments. She looks in front of her to find a girl in short dresses and two were standing behind her. She did not meet another girl for a long time but seeing her eyes, she could detect pure hate.
Lexi came inside along with her two friends. She always had a crush on Damien. She has seen that he has not found her mate. He possesses great power, being his mate would make her Luna of the strongest pack. Although she was not his mate chosen by the moon goddess, yet he could choose her as his mate and no one will question her.
Seeing another she-wolf, that too a glowing white wolf made her get jealous. She tried to call her to get her attention but when she did not turn around she could not stop herself from kicking her.
Her two friends were snickering and making fun of Flora. They were saying spiteful words to her and saying that Alpha was merely taking pity on her and she was nothing more than a mere bed warmer.
Flora could not hear and she was too scared to read their lips after seeing their hateful expression. Seeing the open door she runs between their legs and straight out to the field.
Although the weak state of her body made her slow, being in wolf-form gave her an advantage over the human form of the other she-wolves.
The only thing running through Flora's mind was the fact to run away as far as she could. Flora did not know where to run or where she was. In a completely unknown place, where she knew nothing, it was only natural for her to run in the direction of the scent of her mate.
"Alpha."
"Luke. Carlos." Luke was the Gamma and Carlos was the Beta of his pack.
"Alpha..., I know you don't like us asking this question, but, you sure he has not made his presence known?"
"No. For the past more than 3 years, he had not even made me feel as if he is up. He is inside but it looks like he is in deep sleep."
"We have felt the bond. Just so you know. Not to make you feel pressure or anything."
Carlos and Luke have stayed with Damien since childhood. They have been through thick and thin. They have always waited for his mate, their Luna of the pack.
The moment the eyes of two mates mate, the whole pack could feel the presence of their Luna through their bond.
"She is not prepared to come and meet everyone else. You-... *whisper* Flora..."
Damien was in the middle of explaining to his friends why he can not bring her to the of them if not to everyone when he suddenly felt something curled around his leg and emitting tingles through his body.
He could not help the sudden worry which passed through him. He was going to mindlink her and ask her what happened when he found Lexi coming along with her two friends.
She could not hold her anger on seeing the worried expression on Damien's face. She did not like how she was curled at her feet but most definitely she did not like that he was going to bend down at her level.
"DAMIEN!! Let that pathetic wolf be. I called her but she does not listen I have kicked her already for that. Let me *purr* teach her a lesson for - "
"You. Did. What?"
"Kicked her obviously I- *cough* *cough* *pant*"
The moment Damien's mind registered about the fact that Lexi kicked his mate, he was no more in control. The next moment she was in the air while he was gripping her neck in a tight grip. `By now everyone was looking at the two with terror-struck faces.
It was not Damien alone anymore and they knew it. Everyone could see his veins turning black and skin color turning red. His nails were not short but were slowly protruding and piercing inside her skin.
"*growl* You should have stayed away. Now. Face the consequences."
A few seconds and she was dead. And it went back into its deep sleep. His iris had some parts of red and black mixed with his eyes indicating their presence but they made no effect of coming forward.
Damien turns around and walks close to her. She was still crouched down and curled in a ball shape. He simply bends down and places her in his arm. The growling and rumbling from him provide her essential comfort. Seeing her tucking her head between his arms made his inner wolf and him calm.
He carries her back towards his office without saying anything to anyone. Luke and Carlos knew what they have to do.
Only one question was stuck in their mind. Sure, the questions about her have been raised strongly about her origin, her about, and many others. But one more protruding and most strong point was, 'Alpha defend her.'