CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
As Kate went to check on Dexter who was seriously injured, she felt dizzy…
How could she have allowed that? What was she expecting?
Never again…
"You should have your rest, Doctor. I am a lycan and would recover quickly" said Dexter softly as he looked at Dr Kate who was by his side.
"Definitely, I would have my rest. It's just you are pretty injured" said Dr Kate.
"Yeah I know. I was hit by the Supreme Alpha. How can I not be injured?" said Dexter and he smiled and Dr Kate laughed - though he was joking, it was the truth.
"Yeah but why did you defend Luna that well?" asked Dr Kate.
"Just as you called her, she is my Luna, how could I not?" asked Dexter.
"Well that's true but I could not help but think you were likening her to Sansa '' said Dr Kate.
"Sansa is dead Kate and though it isn't easy for me but I'm pulling through. I have to" replied Dexter. Sansa was Dexter's mate but she was killed about three years ago and somehow, Karen had some striking facial semblance to Sansa.
"I get you. I'm always here whenever you need Dexter" said Kate and she held his injured hand as she gave me a friendly and encouraging tap.
"Yeah, thanks! Though I think you should be wherever your mate is" said Dexter and Dr Kate quickly withdrew her hand from his.
"And what might you mean by that?"
"Chill tigress. I'm just saying the same thing I have said before. You should go on a kind of tour around other packs. Maybe you did be able to find your mate. He surely would be as miserable as you are and I hope he is nothing like you"
"What's wrong with me, you vulnerable lycan?" asked Kate as she threw him a friendly punch on his shoulder.
"Ouch!" he exclaimed.
"Did that hurt?" asked Dr Kate as she looked at his hurt expression.
"A little but I'm cool. I can handle that!" said Dexter and Kate was relieved.
"But seriously, I did like to see you move from…you know who"
"Who?" asked Dr Kate but before she could say anymore, the door opened.
In came Taurus with tears streaming down his face.
"Oh Kate. How are you doing?" said Taurus as he lightly ran into the room and enveloped Kate in a bashing hug.
"I'm all good you. Where have you been Safe?" asked Dr Kate.
"Had some private errands to run for the Alpha. How are you doing Dexter?"
"What do you think?" replied Dexter with a small smile.
"Bad…so sorry guys! Where is Luna and mi tío?" asked Taurus.
"I'll take you to them but how did you know what happened? This is still pretty early in the morning"
"Alejandro!"
"Alright, let's get going Safe"
They reached Karen's ward and knocked but nobody replied. Kate opened the door to check on them and she saw Karen place a finger across her lip as she said, "shushhhh".
Supreme Alpha Ralph was sleeping by the side of Karen's bed with only his head on it as he used one of his arms as a pillow. Karen was hovering over him as she watched him like a mother hawk. Dr Kate and Safe had come to disturb this quiet time and she wouldn't have liked it if he had woken up.
Dr Kate and Safe stopped by the door as they made sign languages at Karen asking how she was doing. Using the hand that she could move easily, she told them she was alright and that they should leave. Taurus then asks her for a hug and she smiles and blows him a kiss. He catches the kiss before placing it on his chest and Karen smiles.
Her eyes were puffy and she looked like she had added twelve complete months to her age as she looked older. Dr Kate and Taurus soon leave, leaving Karen and Ralph alone.
Karen stares at the sleeping man before her…this man that she was supposed to hate with every fibre of being, she took such a great risk for him. She was definitely running mad!
'I'm just paying him for the kindness he has shown me and this doesn't take away the fact that an eye would always be for an eye' thought Karen as she tried to deny the fact that she was having feelings for Ralph. She applied slight pressure on her injured side as she stretched a hand to part his long hair that had fallen a little over his face.
As she was about to retrieve her hand, Ralph caught her hand and slowly rose up from his sleep. She stared at him like a bunny caught stealing carrots.
"You should be asleep" said Ralph in a hoarse voice as he gently placed her hand on the bed and moved a step back.
"And so should you. Come here" said Karen and she tapped by her side of the bed.
"I wouldn't fit in"
"Yeah I know your muscles won't precisely fit into this space but I can you know…create some more space" said Karen as she tried to shift so there could be more room for him on the tiny bed.
"Stop that Karen, you are applying pressure on your side" said Ralph coldly.
"It's not that much of a big deal, duh! Is it just my thoughts stretching or you are actually trying to stay far from me Ralph? Come close you big bad Alpha" said Karen with mirth in her voice and a smile on her face.
Ralph took a long hard look at Karen, he could not understand why she was being so nonchalant about everything…he was a second close to taking her life but here she was, smiling brightly and wanting him close to her.
He still couldn't understand how just her embrace had weakened his beast…he still could not wrap his head around all that had happened. While he was having his bath, he had removed the bullet himself as he wanted to feel pain…extreme pain to quieten the thought in his head that he had almost killed his mate. As he used the. to drag out the bullet, he hissed and winced but he enjoyed the pain as it was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.
"Stop acting that way Karen!" said Ralph coldly.
"What way? You are the one acting strangely and why the hell you be calling me Karen…" said Kate in slight anger and a pout.
"Because…because you aren't supposed to act this way pequeño. I almost…I almost killed you"
"But you didn't"
"Doesn't matter or justify what I have done!"
"So would you have preferred I died?" asked Karen.
"Why in Selene's name would you even think that?"
"Then come here…right here" said Karen and she tapped once again on the space she had created.
Ralph took baby steps towards Karen and it was a nice and rare sight to see the Supreme Alpha of lycans and werewolves alike in a reserved and humble position. Only one person could, only one person can, only one person would ever be able - she is Karen Zayn.
Ralph removed his flops and climbed into the bed extra carefully as he feared causing Karen more pain.
The bed was too small for the both of them and Ralph felt uneasy as he felt he was making her uncomfortable and causing irritations to the injury on her belly, so he decided to get down from the bed but Karen caught his hand.
"The bed is too small Karen"
"You could carry me," said Karen with a soft voice as she tried to hint at something else.
Ralph cleared his throat, fully understanding what his little mate wanted before lifting her small and slender body and putting it on top of his. He spread his legs and hoisted his knees up so her upper body laid on his body while a part of her lower body still made contact with the bed.
"Thanks for coming back to me Ralph" said Karen but Ralph said nothing.
He made sure not a single part of his body was making contact with her injured side as they laid down.
Soon it began to drizzle and Karen soon felt sleepy. She soon slept off and Ralph listened to the rhythm of her heart.
He was not a cursed man, he was a blessed lycan. Blessed with the rarest of blessings…the blessing of a mate and his mate was definitely the most special of all other mates. He soon resumed his sleep and they both stayed that way.