****Lucian**
'Kimberly! Is this your doing? Didn't I give orders that no one should touch her?!!!' They all bowed.
'lucian' she muttered softly. My heart squeezed, like someone was strangling me mercilessly. I was heaving.
She's dying! Lucian! She's dying! Mate is dying!... Killian panicked.
I shook off the blur and quickly carried her, running her to the pack hospital. 'Naylor! Naylor!' I shouted.
'Alpha...'
'Don't alpha me! Where's Naylor!'
'Taylor,' Taylor corrected as he strolled in.
'I don't care if you are Raylor or Gaylor of Baylor, Dicklor or whatever lor! Just save her!'
'Alpha, are you okay? You look pale...'
'If she dies, you die, you all will!!!'
'Calm down, where's Zara?!' I turned and ran out of the hospital, heading straight to the low slave house. I barged into the house and looked around the startled humans.
'Whom amongst you know Tiana? Who is her roommate?' They all pointed at a girl with blonde hair and hazel eyes. Dwight's sealed female. 'Come with me, now.' I stomped out of the house, keeping my pace down so she'll catch up.
We are suppose to be comforting mate, not standing around here.
I know, but I need to know what they did to her.
'Alpha...'
'Tell me all they did to her, I want to know who and who hurt her.'
'She lost a eye to Jastun, the guard wolf, lost the other to Zoe Hilt. They have done so much,' she shook her head as she cried. My heart clenched, my mate must have suffered. 'They beat her, made her work her ass out. She haven't eaten since she came here, they starved her. She does most of the work here, broke a lot of ribs from being tossed around like a ball by everyone. Your selected mate threw her into a tub of sower water, had her stripped in front of all the warriors...' Killian snarled, they saw her naked when I haven't! 'Sh...sh...sh...' She stammered with fear.
'Speak!'
She inhaled. 'She was left naked under the sun, rain, moon, flogged for three mornings...' That would explain the burning sensation I felt. 'And then they took her to the dinning hall to force her to eat her father's flesh...'
'What?!'
'I don't know how Tiana is still alive but she won't survive it. She don't have any blood or fighting spirit left in...' I ran out, dashing back to the hospital. I ran into the theatre where the doctors were carrying out tests on her.
'Alpha, you can't be here, you have to wait outside...' I looked at her, she was alive and looking at the ceiling.
'All of you, get out, except Mayor.'
'Taylor, I need them to...'
'I don't want to shout Taylor, just kick them out.'
'It's Tay... Hey! You got it right!'
'Baylor!'
'Oh, nevermind, you can all leave.' He instructed. The nurses and doctors who reluctantly left. Taylor was my friend, the one person aside my beta who knew all my secrets... Almost all. I preferred calling him different names to please me.
Go to her... My wolf whined... She's in pain.
'tiana,' I called softly, walking over to her. I nervously entered the bed with her. She instinctively moved closer, curling herself around my legs. I had my hands up and breath coming out in short wheeze.
Touch her!
She's too close... I whined.
Lucian
Fine!
I hitched her body up and made sure my arms stayed around her waist. She was whimpering. 'Treat her,' Taylor gave me a look. 'Yes, she's my mate. Don't let anyone know yet.'
'Hope you won't mind me stripping he...' I snarled at him. 'I need to give her a thorough check to know the damages. You'll be here to watch me, I won't eye her, I promise.' I stared at him suspiciously.
We don't have a choice.
I did it myself, can't trust another unmated wolf with my mate. I kept my eyes on him as he checked her, my hands still wrapped around her. Tiana winced and whimpered whenever she was touched. I looked at her body which I'm sure was spotless. Her skin had new, old, healing wounds and injuries. There were slashes, cuts... I couldn't look at her, not even her face was good enough to look at. It took Taylor an hour to complete the tests.
'I don't know alpha, I don't think she can make it. It's a surprise that she is still breathing.'
'What is the damage?'
'Damages,' he corrected. 'Damages , damages,' he sighed. 'Almost all her ribs are broken, her eye sockets are completely bad, her ears have serious infections but treatable. She lacks nutrient and it seems like she drank some sewer water...'
'Please, don't tell me again. Is there anything you can do? To save her?'
'I don't know, her heartbeat has slowed down, almost stopping. If she was a werewolf, I would have figured something out but she's not. She ought to be dead.' He said puzzledly.
'Can't you get her eyes fixed? Her...'
'Her eyes is the least of her problems, she has so much in her already. If I get her eyes treated, what about her ears? What about her failing heart and kidney? What about her ribs? What about her face? W...'
'Enough!' I barked. 'Taylor, what do I do to heal her? She can't die or I will too. Is this the punishment the moon goddess have laid out for me? She can't die, we have to do something.'
'There is one thing we can do,' he said thoughtfully. I knew that look.
'No, I'm not doing that, I can't use my sanative ability on her. The more I use any of my abilities, the wilder Killian becomes. I can barely contain him, my body won't be able to carry him if...'
'lucian' you use your powers and she survives and your wolf gets a little bit stronger, or you don't use your powers and your mate dies and your wolf either loses his sanity or die. Which one sounds better?'
I can manage it, just heal her.
But...
We die either way! Just heal her!
I had some kind of abilities, powers generated from something valuable. But the more I used it, the stronger Killian becomes and the weaker my body gets. A werewolf is a combination of human and wolf, one can't live without the other. If my body fails, so would the wolf's. But Taylor believes Killian has the power to rip out of my body; separate himself from me. However, if that is done, he would become too wild and a killing machine. It wasn't something I wished to experience. In this case, I had no choice.
I delicately took her hands, clasping our palms together; twinning our fingers tight. I looked at Taylor who was looking back at me with agitation. Wasn't really helping me but I couldn't let that stop me. Focusing all my attention on the scars on her body, the blood, the open wounds, her maimed face, I released the energy into her. I closed my eyes when I sensed something buried deep inside of her, so strongly buried I could barely feel it. My wolf turned and whimpered, almost clawing at my subconscious to get to what was buried in. I shook my head, reaching out to whatever was buried inside. A loud bell rang in my head, distracting me from getting to it. I removed my hands from hers, sending them to my head.
'alpha,are you okay?' Taylor asked anxiously.
'Church bells, klaxons,' I groaned. I fell on the bed, pressing my head into the pillow, whimpering as the incessant ringing continued. She tossed on the bed, her leg resting on mine. The bell stopped ringing. I exhaled, my head was still throbbing. She sighed as she lowly passed out. 'Keep everyone out of the hospital, I think I'm going to...' My vision turned completely black. My eyes closed as I passed out too.
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