It has been three hours since I dropped her off at the pack doctor's chambers. Our female pack doctor Ella is a very sweet and kindhearted person. She is a bit older than I am, but she still treats me like a friend and never forgets to show me respect. I trust her with the safety of my mate. It has been a long time and she should have given me news by now, and the thing that is making me even more angry is that she is not letting me go in to be by my mate's side. I should be present beside my mate, she needs me.
After another half an hour, she finally came out of her chambers. Her face looked worried, and she started to hesitate to talk to me.
"So, aren't you going to say anything?"
"Umm... I do not know where to begin. First of all, it is confirmed that she does not have a wolf because her healing is even lower than a human. I am not even sure she is a werewolf. Her body is so weak that it is not giving any reaction to the medicines, and I am scared to raise the dose because of it. One of her legs is broken which I have bandaged up. Her entire body is covered in bruises and marks, which shows me she was being attacked by wolves. I have to collect some blood and run some test and hopefully that will tell me the reason she is not reacting to the treatment I am giving her. I am giving her an IV in hopes that it will help her condition improve. Everything is in the goddess's hands; I cannot assure you if she will survive until she wakes up. I am really sorry."
After hearing her answer, I felt as if the ground was falling out from under my feet. I could not stay standing instead I sat down in the chair behind me to take in what I had just been told. I had just found my mate only a short while ago and I am being told that she may not make it through the day. Am I going to lose her before I can claim her properly? I waited for her for so long and now that I have found her am I going to lose her again? Why goddess? Why?
"Is there not any way to make her wake up? Anything?"
"No, not until I get the test results back. I have to know what is going on before I can give her the correct treatment, and she looks too weak to experiment on. I cannot take that risk.
"Then how long will it take to get the test results back?"
" Not for another four hours, I have to go to the human territory for them to test it. I do not have the right equipment to run all the test."
"Okay, hurry up then and can I go to be with her now? Maybe I should stay with her until you return. What if she wakes up and gets scared? Finding her mate beside her my help her stay calm."
"That would be a good idea, she is all cleaned up and you can go to her now." Ella gave me a small smile to tell me that she understands how desperate I am to see my mate. I am a bit ashamed of how bad I need her, but she is my mate, and it is desperate to need your mate.
I gave her are small nod giving her permission to leave, as a go into her room to see my mate for myself. Just as I went in, that same fruity smell engulfed me from all around giving me peace in my heart. Then I saw her laying in the hospital bed with a blue apron on and a white sheet covering her up. Now that she is all cleaned up, I can tell she has dark brown hair and tan skin. Her face represents the moon itself, as it can light up any room that she enters, but she is thin way to thin. I don't think I have ever seen such a thin person before and even her height is short, which makes her look like a young girl. She looks to be around 15, is she truly a child?
The thing that is making my heart cry is all the bruises covering her skin. Her entire body is covered in blueish marks and her wounds are covered with bandages along with her broken leg. There are even dark spots under her eyes and at the corner on her lips. The way she is bruised, it looks like she has been beaten up by someone before they chased her all the way to here. Where did she come from? Where is her home or her parents? What is her name? I do not know anything about her.
Sitting on the chair beside the bed I took her hand in mine and waited for Ella to return. I joined out palms together so that she can feel how much I want her to come back. Maybe my touch will give her the hope and strength to keep living. Her small little palm is completely buried inside of my hand as I tried to grip it. Such a small little girl is going to give me the reason to keep living and fighting. She is going to give me support and unconditional love, she will be my precious little Luna and I will never let her do any work. Her only job will be loving me.
I was in my dream land where I am planning everything on how I will adore for her, care for her, love her and where I will do everything she wants and needs from me as a mate. She will be forbidden to go near another man, she will be mine and only mine. While I was sitting here and dreaming, I did not know that four hours had passed by, and that Ella had finally returned with the test results. She entered the room to see me holding little mate's hand and smiling on my own.
"Alpha Edger? Can you come outside for a minute?" I was startled by her sudden call but tried not to let her see it. Giving my mate's palm a kiss, I get up and go outside as she asked me to.
"So, what does the test results say? Is she going to be alright?"
"Uh... I have good and bad news."
"Tell me the good news first."
"The test showed that your mate is indeed a werewolf, but the bad news is, she has been poisoned with Aconitum."
"Aconitum? What is that?"
"The more common name it is called is wolfsbane."
"Wolfsbane? She has been poisoned with wolfsbane?" I do not know how to react anymore. Wolfsbane is the most dangerous poison for werewolves, even a small dose can kill a strong alpha. How come this little girl is still alive?
"Yes, her blood is completely filled with it. The amount of wolfsbane in her blood could not have been taken at one time, which means she has been taking it for a really long time. It affected her entire system, and that us why no medicine is working on her. Maybe that is why she is so weak in the first place."
"So, is there anything that can kill the poison in her blood? It needs to be removed from her system in order for her to heal."
"Yes, there are a few medicines that can overpower the poison and kill it from her blood, but I can't give it to her."
"What? Why? What can't you give her those medicines? Do you not believe she deserves to get better? She will be your Luna; you have to do everything possible for her safety. Yet you refuse to help. Can you tell me the reason for it?"
"Edger, she is pregnant. She is carrying a child inside her. These medicines can harm both of them and they might die." Another thunder strikes me hard. She is pregnant? My mate is pregnant with someone else's child? How? Why? How is it possible?
"Are... are you sure?"
"Yes, the test results clearly say that she is pregnant. It is confirmed. I will let you have a moment by yourself, if she wakes up, I will tell you."
Ella left as I was still standing in the hallway with no idea of what to do. I never thought that my life would give me so many surprises in one day. As the sun rose my day had brightened at the hopes of getting to meet my mate, but as the end of the day comes, I am thinking my life is to be spent in darkness. After so many wishes I was finally blessed with finding my mate only to find out she is carrying a child by another man. She is carrying the trophy of their love in her womb. That means that once she does wake up, she is going to reject me and go back to her real love. Leaving me to remain alone forever.
I was back in the chair and thinking about my little mate being in love with someone else and it is killing me. Images of her mating with another man are burning my heart and making me go insane. She was supposed to be mine. Then why did she not wait for me? Why did she choose another man instead of waiting for her destined mate? If I can wait for her, why could she not wait for me? She is going to hate me once she finds out that I am her mate. She would hate me for thinking of taking her away from her love, but I will not. I will leave that choice to her. If she wants to be with her love then she will be free to do so, and if she chooses to be with me, she can live here. I do not know what will happen, but I will have to wait and see.
Although I am sure she is going to choose her love that she is carrying a child with, but there is hope in my heart that she will choose me. I was living till now with hope and it is the only thing I now have to keep me sane. Right at the moment Ella come out to call me.
"Alpha Edger, she is awake now you can come in if you want to talk to her." A smile came to my face to hear that she is at least out of danger for now. Maybe she is going to survive as I had wished she would.
But now that she us awake and I know that she is in love with someone else, I cannot get enough courage to go in her room and talk to her. I am scared for the first time in my life. What am I going to ask her? How is she going to react after seeing me? What if she rejects me right away? I am not ready to face rejection.
"Alpha Edger, are you coming?" Ella called to me again, and I remember that I am not an ordinary person I am the Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack. If not as her mate I have to interrogate her as an alpha. I have to know who she is and what was her reason for coming here. I have to know if she has committed any crimes to myself. As an alpha I have to think of my pack's safety as well.
So, gathering all the courage I have left, I went inside to speak with her. This time she is awake and sitting in the bed like a broken little doll. She is hugging the sheet to her chest and if you look closely, she is shaking a bit. What happened to her to be so scared? Who attacked her and left her in this shape, and why did they attack such a little girl? Ella is standing beside her to give her comfort as she keeps closing her eyes tightly in fear.
"Meet our Alpha. Alpha Edger Watkins of the Blue Moon Pack."
Just as Ella introduced me to her, she finally opens her eyes to look at me. Believe me the way she looks I could die for her innocence. Her doe like brown eyes are staring deep into my soul, trying to figure out if I am a good or bad person. Her shivering lips look so smooth that it should be compared to rose petals. Her hair, that reached just below her waist looks so soft that my fingers start to crave to run through them. She might not be perfect from her body, but her beautiful face can never be compared to any other women. She is gorgeous in her own way.
The only sad thing is that seeing me walking towards her, she is starting to panic. Her breathing is getting heave and she is pulling at Ella's hand to hide behind her. With er increasing heartrate the machines she is attached to start to beep louder.
"Edger. Stop! Stop right there! Hey, calm down he is not going to hurt you. He is a very nice person. He just wants to ask you some questions. If you want, he can keep his distance from you. Would you like that? Ella stopped me just about two steps away from her and tried to calm her down. Hearing her soft words she finally starts to relax and nods her head in agreement.?
"Okay, he will sit right there. He will not do anything to you I promise, I am with you." Ella motioned for me to grab the chair and sit right where I am standing. I also did not want to cause her any trouble, so I thought I should do as Ella said. Sitting as calmly as possible, I start with my questions.
"Hello, I am Edger and what is your name?" It was like I was talking to a child, but I will do anything for her safety.
"My... my name is Raina." It was a very low voice, but it seemed like a melody from heaven. For the first time I heard my mate's voice. My wolf Eos was satisfied by the way his mate looks and sounds and is jumping around in my head like a crazy pup, while chanting her name. He is ready to do everything for hid mate.
"So, Raina, how old are you?"
"I'm... I'm 20." I look up at Ella who is staring at me with the same shock. She is 20? She does not look like a 20-year-old at all. Why didn't she get her wolf, yet she is already past her age of shifting? This is a really messed up case.
"Who are you, Raina? Where did you come from? What happened to you?" My questions made her look up at my face as her eyes went to another plant of thoughts. She became completely silent..