Let Me Live

Chapter 13: Titan's POV

Titan’s POV 

I cradled her tiny body in my arms. Her heart rate finally slowed down. She’s so peaceful and I take just a moment to indulge in the feeling of my skin against hers. She had thrown the sheet off when she fell from the bed. I wanted to kick myself for not being here. I had stepped away just for a moment to speak to the councilman when I felt her heart rate spike and heard her scream! I ran in just as she had smashed the nurse’s face with her casted hand and then thrown herself from the bed! Pulling all her IVs out in the process! Who knows how much damage she has just done to herself?! I laid her gently on the bed and turned a murderous glare at the doctor as he started hooking her back up! 

“What the hell happened?! I thought you said you were keeping her sedated?!” I gritted through my teeth. I didn’t want to yell over her in case she was still conscious enough to hear me. 

“I’m sorry your Highness. I must have dozed off in my office but I gave orders to keep her doses at scheduled intervals. Why wasn’t she given the last dose?” He snapped at the nurse with the busted nose that had already begun to heal. She stammered for a moment. 

“It was my fault. Don’t blame her.” Ryker said from across the room. He must have come in when he heard the commotion, or at least I thought until I noticed his shirt was missing and his hair was messed up! I looked back at the nurse and, sure enough, her scrubs were rumpled and her hair was just as tangled! I suddenly felt a lot less sorry for her nose! I shot across the room and grabbed Ryker by the back of his neck and jerked him right to my face!

“You can f**k any willing, unmated female you want, but do it in your’s and their’s own goddamn time!” I growled at him! 

“I’m sorry, Titan. It won’t happen again.” He said, lowering his head and I could tell he felt horrible about it. I let him go and took a few deep breaths to get myself calmed down. I watched as the doctor finished positioning her and had everything hooked up again. Then he gave the nurse a stern look and told her to report to his office. I walked back over to her and gently touched her unbandaged hand. I was hoping I wasn’t imagining the connection we seemed to have made. Even if it was only for a moment, she had recognized my voice and I could feel her wolf calling to mine. I couldn’t stop the tears that had slipped at her reaction to my hand touching her. She seemed scared by the fact that someone was touching her without causing pain! Goddess, I am doing my best to keep my faith, but the more I realize the torture this little angel has been through, the more faith I lose. Ryker walked up to the other side of her bed and looked down at the blood on her cast. That nurse had been damn lucky that one of the metal pins sticking out from it hadn’t stabbed her face! 

“You saw the way she spit my blood at me after she bit me that first night, right?” Ryker asked. I simply nodded, not sure where he was going with this.

“Then today, while blinded and completely disoriented, she had enough awareness to use the heavier of her hands to clock someone she heard getting close and with damn fine accuracy! Damned if she isn’t the toughest little brawler I’ve ever seen! Can’t wait to get her in the train…” 

“Not going to happen!” I cut him off. I knew exactly what he was thinking now and it would be over my dead body! As long as I had breath in me, she would never have to fight again, even recreationally. Ryker looked at me like I had just told him he couldn’t fight anymore!

“You’re not serious? Would you take that from her?! She is the very essence of a fighting spirit, it’s who she is!”  He said, defensively.

“No, it’s who she was forced to be and I won’t let it happen again!” I retorted. 

“If she didn’t have that spirit in her to begin with, she would have given in and submitted or died a long time ago!” He shot back.

“I said no and that’s final!” I glared at him. He didn’t say anything else but glared right back at me, letting me know this was far from over. We both turned toward her door when we heard footsteps. Councilmen Jenner and Forester were at the door. I had nearly forgotten that I had been speaking to them before the incident. Ryker and I both stepped out into the hallway with them. 

“Is she alright?” Forester asked. 

“She’s fine. You were talking about the DNA sample?” I reminded him. 

“Yes. We heard from the lab that they received it yesterday and should be able to tell us something by tomorrow afternoon.” He answered. I felt a little hope build in me. Hope that we were right and I might finally be able to learn my mate’s name. However, the look on Jenner’s face when he cleared his throat quickly put a damper on it.

“As far as finding anything on the alpha through his father, we have had considerably less luck, your Majesty. Though we have found some suspicious transactions and seemingly false documents, all were from his father’s rule and do not link to him at all. We’ve even scoured over the documents in the former Luna’s name and have found nothing.” He finished and had unknowingly given me an idea. 

“I know how hard you all have been working over the last two days, especially with me bound here. I appreciate it and ask you to please continue. I can’t let this alpha loose on this pack again.” They both bowed slightly and turned to leave. 

“Also, one of you summon the Luna here. I would like to officially meet her.” They both bowed and walked away. Ryker gave me a questioning look but stayed quiet. 

After a little while, the luna arrived. She had physically recovered but according to the doc, she was most likely going to need extensive therapy. She was wrapped in a red shaw and some yoga pants. She kept her head down and mumbled a short greeting to me. She was clearly uncomfortable and while I was sympathetic, I was also running short on patience. 

“I realize we have not yet had proper interaction, Luna Anna. I would like to remedy that.” I said plainly. 

“If you are inquiring about any of my husband’s business, I can assure you, it is a waste of time. I know as little as the next person.” She said firmly, looking at the floor. I would be inclined to believe her, if her heart rate hadn’t spiked and she hadn’t started shifting more uncomfortably. 

“I simply wish to ask you a few questions. You may not even realize that you know something. It can seem to be a trivial detail but can lead to more information.” I asked, trying my best to keep a level voice. The last few days have set me on edge and I wasn’t in the most sympathetic of moods.

“I told you, your Highness. I don’t know anything. I am as much a victim to my husband as anyone. Probably more so, and I have nothing more to say on the matter.” She snapped. I would forgive her disrespect given her current situation, but I did feel a reality check was in order. 

“Come with me.” I said, and grabbed her arm. She looked appalled at me!

“What do you think you’re doing?!” She hissed as I walked into my mate’s room, dragging her with me! Ryker tried to step in front of me.

“Titan, this is not the way to do this!” I shoved him, pulling the luna right to the edge of my mate's bed and turned the lights up! Luna Anna gasped and tried to turn her face away!

“No, you look!” I shouted! Making her turn her face towards her! 

“Titan, stop it!” Ryker shouted and tried to take my hand from her arm, but I held her and shook his hand off! 

“This girl has been under your pack house since she was two years old! Beaten, burned, tortured, starved, lashed and Goddess knows what else for 17 f*****g years! This is what your husband has done to an innocent child!” Her hand covered her mouth as she sobbed, but I wouldn’t let her look away! 

“That’s enough!” Ryker said and reached for my hand again, but I silenced him with one look! I had snapped and I was going to get the information I needed! 

“Your husband may have treated you poorly, but that is nothing compared to the life he has stolen from my mate and who knows how many countless others! I can’t even touch her because she doesn’t know what a loving touch is! She may NEVER WALK AGAIN because of him! Do you still count yourself his biggest victim?!” I yelled. She cried out as my giant fingers bit into her arm! Then a hard fist came across my jaw and I saw stars as I landed in the chair beside her bed that cracked under my weight! I looked up at Ryker who was holding the sobbing Luna. 

“What the f**k is wrong with you?!” He glared at me and walked to the door with Luna Anna. I was going to go after them but she stopped at the door and turned towards me.

“Wait. It -it may be nothing but a few years ago I found some p- papers with my n- name on them in a box under our bed. Th- they looked like land deeds or something but I don’t own anything. When I as- asked him about it, he got very a- angry and lashed me to b- bleeding, then used the maid!” She was barely able to speak from her sobs.

“Is this box still under your bed?” I asked. 

“I don’t know. I never d- dared to look again.” She answered and I knew it was the truth. 

“Thank you, Luna Anna. Ryker will escort you back to your room and will have a look.” I said firmly. Ryker nodded in agreement but glared at me as they left. I knew my actions were inexcusable, but I was desperate. I hoped like hell this led to something.