Nick stays quiet for a moment and then says softly "I still can't get used to the fact you can actually hear him" he snickers and that's the end of our conversation.
We stay quiet, thankfully. I don't feel in the mood to talk. Nick walks with me in his arms all the way to his room and lays me in bed. His eyes lose focus and I know he's calling the doctor over.
I don't really need a doctor, it's not like I'm sick but I can't explain what happened either, so I just let him do what he wants. An old man in a white coat comes back after a couple of minutes, he looks slightly nervous.
He looks at me with a concerned expression. Why is this doctor looking at me with such worry? I know he's a doctor, but we don't know each other. Nick sees my confusion and tells me a piece of information I wished he never said "It's part of a pack's instinct to love and care for their Luna" He looks proud while saying that.
"But I'm not their Luna" I said tiredly while pinching the bridge of my nose.
"You might not want to be, but we can't see you as anything else than that. That's what it means to be my mate" he says cockily "That's the only thing you can be".
Does he think that's going to make me happy? He's practically saying my wishes don't matter, that I just have to suck it up. My face shows disgust but I don't say anything, I just let the doctor work.
The doctor tells him there's nothing wrong with me just like I expected. He tells Nick that my condition was most likely due to stress and Nick looks at me with guilt when the doctor says that. I just look at him with my stoic unimpressed face. I know this is not due to stress, but they don't need to know that.
Nick brings Jos to his room and tells me he will give us time to hang out, I must say I'm surprised at that, I thought he was going to act like an idiot but he's acting surprisingly acceptable. Still not a good action but better than before.
We spend the rest of the day playing and watching cartoons, Jos doesn't watch cartoons, but she decided to watch things I like since I watched the movies she liked before. At the end of the last episode, she was crying. I decided to introduce her to anime… it seems she enjoyed it a bit too much.
After hours of watching a series I love about demons and demon slayers with Jos, she says "Just one more chapter and we'll go to sleep!" she says trying to convince me after 4 hours of watching.
"Jos, 'just one chapter more' is never just one chapter" I explain calmly. Even if we do end up finishing the chapters tonight, the moment we do she will try to start a new series. I should know, I've been there. The 'just one chapter' becomes a sleepless night before you notice.
"aaaaw! C'mon! pleeeeease" she grabs my hand and starts bashing her eyelashes, but I just look at her with my emotionless face.
Well… in the end… I ended up being weak… we watched anime until 2 am and we only stopped because Nick came back.
The morning arrives painfully fast. I want to sleep a lot longer, but Nick is annoyingly trying to wake me up. "Alice, we still have guests. You can't stay asleep" he says.
"I'm going home today" I say with a sleepy voice, and he frowns.
"Alice, this is your home" he says while glaring at me, but I don't give two fucks "You're not going anywhere if I don't allow it. You're mine Alice, you're my mate, you stay where I say is proper" he says angrily, and I sigh.
I sit up and stare at him. "What?" he asks annoyed. I keep staring. "Answer me!".
"I don't want to keep using your underwear" I say after a couple of minutes of staring, and he freezes. "I don't have clothes in here and I want to see my dad as well" Yesterday, my dad called me and I could hear something off with his voice, I promised him I was going home today and spending time with him.
"You said I could go see him if I woke up yesterday and I did. Will you disappoint me again or will you keep your word?" I ask while tilting my head. If he doesn't keep his word, I'll just sneak out. I don't need this guy's permission; I don't even need to tell him. I'm just giving him a small chance to prove me wrong.
"…" Nick looks at me with guilt. I want to ask why but Apollo always helps in filling me in about Nick's internal struggles. "She coughed blood because we stressed her! We should allow her to go out!" I hear the wolf say.
I really hate they think I need their permission, but I just have around 5 days, including today, to stay in this house, I'm not going to fight them needlessly, they're a waste of time.
"…Dylan and Theo are going with you" he says after a small pause, I guess he can't come with me since they have guests, thankfully. Wait… going with me? My face warps to show disgust, I don't want to be babysat but I'll try to be patient.
"Who's Theo?" I decide to ask first about who's going to take me to my dad, I know Dylan is someone rather important but what about the other dude?
"He's my gamma, Katherine's first born" Nick explains, so this Theo guy is one of Sophie's older brothers, I'm slightly confused… I remember Jos telling me his name… I think it was… Harold? Aaron? No, ummmmm, ah! I remember, it was Arnold. Yes, that was the one. Well, I'll ask him when I see him.
Nick leaves the room, I take a shower and change. I walk out of the bathroom and the first thing that meets my eyes is the angry ghost from yesterday.
"Finally up for talking?" I ask calmly and he nods. I must say, I'm a little annoyed at this dude, he was the one that made me get up yesterday but didn't try to talk with me afterward.
"I want him dead" he says. What an interesting way to start a conversation. The previous alpha wants the new alpha of his pack dead.
"I know, tell me where to find the information Eliza told me about. I will prepare the stage for you; all you have to do is follow instructions" I reply calmly, and he snorts.
I shiver when I see him like this, ghosts like him are dangerous, scary, and really hard to meet, at least for normal people, I see one of their types on a daily basis.
"ha!" he mocks "'prepare the stage for me'? I can't even touch him! I can't do anything!" he's laughing desperately as if that was the only way to deal with his feelings.
"You can, you just haven't learned how to" I explain, I know he can… because he's like blacky. Have you ever wondered how haunted houses work? Why it's almost always negative experiences in those places? Because normally the only powerful enough to interact with our plane of existence are angry, dangerous, and obsessed ghosts, like Blacky and like this man.
"…I can?" he asks while making eye contact, I have to turn away. The feelings this man exudes are too painful and powerful to keep eye contact.
"I don't like to repeat myself" I sigh, why do I have to explain this so often?
He stops talking and seems to be thinking about something "Will you teach me?"
"I will as long as you promise to wait, don't kill him the moment you learn or you will not be able to get the revenge you want, remember what I told you" 'follow instructions' that's the only thing he needs to do. If I teach him how to interact with us, he might make bad decisions and kill innocent people, is better to keep the leash as short as possible.
He smiles, a wicked angry smile "I will follow, say what you need, and I'll make it happen, just promise me, I will be the one to deliver the killing blow"
I smile back "I promise" I tell him what needs to be done and he fades away, the same way as Blacky.
I sigh and grab my cellphone; I send a message to Wesley; he also has some tasks I need him to finish. While I send the message I can't control my expression, I keep smiling happily. Once calm I walk all the way to the front door where Nick said they would be waiting, and they are.