The doors to the waiting room flew open with such force, that the bang made Jacob jump out of his chair. His eyes fell upon his father, who had anger burning in his eyes. He stormed over to Jacob and grabbed him by his throat and slammed him against the wall.
"What were you thinking?
"I couldn't do it, the rejection should have been enough" Jacob said between gasping under his fathers grasp.
"This was the plan and this needed to happen. You could have ruined it all"
"Your plan still went ahead. I couldn't stop it."
Alpha Barrett released his grip on his son's throat and Jacob fell to the floor sucking in deep breaths.
"We must move forward with the plan. You have to go and claim Elizabeth now. which you should have done rather than trying to save this girls life."
"Father...I will..I won't claim Elizabeth as my mate"
A growl filled the room. " You will do as I say."
"I will not, father. I refuse to be tied to her. Your plan has been executed as you planned. I rejected my mate, she will be human when she wakes and we will send her away. But I will not claim Elizabeth."
"You will not be the next alpha of this pack if you refuse to do this" Alpha Barrett said through gritted teeth.
"Father, it is my right to be the next alpha. You cannot take that away from me because of this."
"I can, Jacob and i will!"
Jacob stared at his father in the eyes, silently pleading with his father to change his mind. However, Alpha Barret stood strong and refused to back down.
"Fine Father. As you wish", Jacob dropped his head and walked out of the waiting room to find Elizabeth. A hand touched Jacob's arm as he stormed down the corridor.
"Jacob, Marie is awake. Do you wish to see her?" The nurse looked at him with sadness in her eyes.
"Why would I want to see her?" He snapped back.
"Well Jacob, you...you brought her here and seemed worried. I thought you would like to know that she was awake. I also think that she is going to need a friend"
"I am not her friend and no I do not wish to see her". Jacob's chest burned with pain with the words he was speaking. He raised his eyes and saw his father talking to the doctor who had saved Maries' life. He caught his father's eyes and he knew what the doctor was telling him.
Jacob spun on his heels to leave as quickly as possible. He needed to get away.
"JACOB" His father's voice boomed out. "Come here."
Jacob walked back to his father with hatred in his eyes.
"The doctor here has told me some upsetting news. The attack used vampire venom and the girl attacked has now been rendered a human."
Jacob could not speak. He stood still, his gaze darting from his father, to the Doctor and back again.
"Thank you Doctor for this information. Please do not share with anybody else. We do not wish to scare the entire pack. The guards will find the culprit. As for the girl, we have a decision to make."
"If I may Alpha, The girl has been through enough. I know the rules and i would not normally ask you to sway from them, but perhaps you would consider allowing her to leave?" the doctor spoke but kept his head bowed at all times. To show his respect.
"Father, I must go and warn the guards" Jacob could not stand being in the hospital any longer. He felt sick to his stomach and his chest was burning with pain.
"No need my boy, I will contact Sam who will do this work whilst we decide what to do with this maid" Alpha Barrett pulled out his phone and had a quick 2 minute talk before hanging up and walking back to Jacob and the doctor.
Jacob was uneasy and shuffling from side to side on his feet. He knew his father and knew that as much as he had agreed to give Marie her freedom during the coming together of this plan, he knew that the agreement was over the moment Jacob went against him and tried to stop the attack. He looked at his father who was pacing around the hallway.
"Who do this girl belong too doctor?"
"I believe she is a maid in Lord Francis's home. I saw her there when I have visited Lord Francis. I however, do not know who her parents are alpha"
"I see, Well then, Jacob, we must get Lord Francis here right away. We must discuss this with him first prior to making our final decision."
"But father, we must...you must..." Jacob stopped, knowing it was futile. " yes father, I shall call for him to come here immediately."
Jacob stepped away and took out his phone. He had all of the contact details for the lords and other high council members for this very reason, to allow him to carry out his father's work. He found Lord Francis's name in his contacts and pressed dial. The call was answered after 2 rings.
"Jacob, what a pleasure that our future alpha would call me. What can i do for you?
"Lord Francis, there has been an incident and your presence has been requested by Alpha Barrett at the hospital immediately"
Silence fell on the line.
"Lord Francis, Are you there? Did you hear me?"
"Y....Y..Yes Jacob. I heard you. I will be right there". The line went dead.
Jacob returned to his father and made it known that Lord Francis would be with them shortly.
"Thank you Jacob". He placed his hand on his son's shoulder and looked him in the eyes.
"Son, I know this night has not gone to plan. I cannot imagine how hard it must be for you not to be claiming your mate Elizabeth right now as you planned, but you showed yourself as a true alpha by helping this member of our pack"
Tears filled Jacobs' eyes. He knew this was just part of his father's plan to bring everything back into place.
"Thank you father" He dipped his head and walked away to sit down. The burning in his chest increased more.