CHAPTER FIVE
"LUNA?! That's the most insane thing ever. Everyone knows Alpha Ralph Hernandez has been in search of his mate for like forever. If she was truly his mate, she wouldn't still be in this hospital coupled with how she treated him the other day, that's definitely impossible. But Beta Stephan has never been known as someone to make impulsive statements, he strictly takes after the Alpha and wouldn't say such. Could Karen be the one to put Alpha Ralph in a stable state for the rest of his life?"
Taurus pondered on these things as he headed towards Karen's ward. As he got to her door, be recollected Stephan's last words and he straightened himself before knocking.
"Who is it?" Karen asked in a bored tone.
"It's Taurus, Luna"
"Taurus!" Karen exlaimed excitedly from inside her room, "come on in Safe".
The door opened and Taurus could be seen in a dull brown shirt, a navy blue trouser and the same purple scarf around his neck.
"How are you doing today, Luna?" Taurus asked as he entered the room and proceeded to place the bag on the table.
"I'm doing great but you are about to ruin it!" answered Karen.
"However you mean, I would rectify it this instance, Luna!" said Taurus a little confused.
"That right there is what you should rectify. The 'Luna' calling and all! I am none of that believe me and I don't want to feel so pressured, can you in the least call me by my name?" Karen asked and looked up to Taurus with a lost puppy expression.
"This is where you would have to forgive me because Alpha Ralph could have my head if I should try anything like that" Taurus said with his head bowed.
"Alpha Ralph this! Alpha Ralph that! Can I do anything I want? I can't even go where I want to because of this your 'Alpha Ralph'. I demand to see him this instant because there are some rules stated to all this before being addressed as such. Where is Ralph?" Karen asked with her hands on her hips and her back huffed.
"I'm afraid I can't do that Luna. I actually don't know where he is, only Beta Stephan does" Taurus replied.
"Oh Selene! I don't know wh…"Karen began but she began to feel a splitting ache in her head and she held her head with her right hand.
"Luna!" Taurus interjected as he saw her upper body move back. He was by her side and he held her to help her lay down properly on the bed.
"We have to go…" Ralph began as he barged into the room, until he looked up and saw Taurus' hands on Karen's shoulders.
"And what do you think you are doing kiddo?" asked Ralph with a cruciated facial expression. It showed that he had been angry before he barged into the room but now he was emanating and exuding wrath and Taurus could feel it. The feeling was suffocating and Karen could tell it was not the time to get all cocky!
"She wasn't feeling too well and I just wanted to…" Taurus began, "and you happen to be a doctor?" asked Ralph with a dangerous smile across his face. Taurus immediately went on his knees and bowed his head, "I'm sorry Alpha, I deserve to be put to death"
""Oh no you deserve no such!" Karen said in a low voice that carried anger.
"You might be his Alpha but you hold no right over his life. You make him tremble, he fears you, Dr Kate fears you and you don't seem to care about the emotion that the people around you carry. The fear they have isn't reverence Ralph, it is…"
"And what would you know about being an Alpha huh?" Ralph roared.
"I know more than you think I do, because I am…" Karen began but she held her tongue.
"You are?" Ralph asked but Karen said nothing and kept her cool. Ralph was about to say more but Stephan jogged into the open room.
"Alpha, the entrance of the hospital is completely blocked. We would have to use the exit and fast before it is discovered"
"Where is the car?"
"It's underground Alpha and can lead to the exit"
"Good! Now we move."
"We have to get going now Karen." Ralph said to Karen.
"We? There is no 'we'. I don't know what kind of things you guys are involved in that you are in such a rush state but I don't want to be caught up with it. I'm fine here" said Karen
"Chica tan terca! What do you even think is going on? This is no time to get feisty and obstinate Karen " Ralph chided.
"It is true Luna. We have to get moving now because the people out there are after you and would do nothing till they find you and…and hurt you" said Stephan.
"Hurt?! Me?! Why? Who are they?" Karen asked rapidly. Could Luke have found her out? Is this when I die?
Dr Kate rushes into the room, "sorry to interrupt Alpha but the management has ordered that due to the situation, there would be a 12 hour lockdown within the hospital to restrain them. We have the next five minutes to leave"
"Would you come quietly or…? Ralph asked
"I'll.. I'll come with you" stuttered Kate.
"You may arise but this would continue" Ralph said pointedly to Taurus.
"Thank you Alpha" Taurus said and rose up, as shaky as a leaf being blown away by a tempest.
Ralph hurriedly scooped Karen up into his arms and she made no protest. Dr Kate led the team, with Stephan next, Ralph and Karen then Taurus protecting from behind.
They got to the garage safely and they hurriedly entered into Ralph's car. Stephan rode the car out of the garage and safely out of the exit route but as they hit the road, it seemed some persons noticed them and began to chase their vehicle.
Stephan drove as fast as he could but the pursuers were more and had occupied the sides of the main road.
"Why are they after us?" Karen asked and she looked visibly shaken as memories of her last pursuit seemed to be rushing.
"Nothing you should worry about pequeño". His voice was calm and he had a scary and determined look on.
Two opposing cars rode alongside Ralph's car and the riders used the bodies of their cars to scrape and hit Ralph's. Guns were brought out and were fired at the windows of Ralph's car but luckily for those inside, the windows were bulletproof but this fact was not enough to calm Karen as she could see the bullets hitting the windows. She rose her feet to the chair, placed her head in between her knees and began to rock herself. Ralph held her closely to himself.
Seeing his mate in such crouched position, set Ralph's angered heart in great indignation.
How dare they? Because he could not possibly reveal his beast form to humans doesn't mean they could make a showdown of him.
"Stephan, IIeva a mi mujer a un lugar seguro. I'll be back" said Ralph.
Suddenly, Karen's small hands held unto his shirt.
"Where are you going Ralph?" Karen asked with fear written all over face.
"I'll be back before you guys get to the pack house" Ralph said. "No, do not leave. Nothing good ever comes out of a war, let's leave them be and run far away from here" Karen said and tears began to stream down her face.
"Do not worry pequeño, these liitle flies would need to do more than this to bring an Hernandez down" Ralph said and used two his thumbs to clean her tears before lifting her chin up with a finger and planting a kiss on her forehead.
Karen closed her eyes as she felt the warmth of his lips on her, she held the collar of his coat as she relished in his presence and smell - the smell of rain meeting the earth. She could bask in it all her life but she would never accept it to her unyielding mind.
"I am not frightened, just come back to us". He would have loved it more if she had personalized the sentence but he still appreciated her care. He would never give up on her until she breaks all her guarded up restraints around him.
"Alpha!" Taurus and Dr Kate shrieked and Ralph looked to where Taurus was looking and a bigger gun had been brought out that would surely shatter the windows.
"Step on that throttle Stephan. Now!" As Ralph gave the command, he threw a punch at the roof of the car and it went flying. He stood on the chair and jumped out of the car to the man that held the missile kind of gun. Karen could only watch in amazement and the last she saw of him, was him in the car of their pursuers with one of his arm, covered in silver fur. "Silver fur?" she thought. She knew she had seen it somewhere, but where?
Note: 'IIeva a mi mujer a un lugar seguro' means take my woman to safety.
'Chica tan terca' means such stubborn girl!