The Alphas' Chimaera

First Night Home

Kassandra pov

Pain. It has been a familiar feeling lately; one I have come to recognize better than my own flesh. This pain is different. I am soar and unable to move. I try to see but my eye wont open. I can hear steady beeps and I feel a pressure on my hand, along with a wet feeling. “Alexis? Jessica?” I call out and there is no answer. “Hello?” I ask. I know I had shut them out, but have they abandoned me entirely? “What? Did you finally want to talk?” Alexis voice comes through.

“Alex! What is happening I can move. I need you help. I don’t know where I am and if James has me, I am not safe.” I tell her and she sighs at me. I slowly drift out and let her gain some control of my body. the darkness suddenly turns into a blinding white light and I am choking on a tube they forced down my throat. I sit up and the once steady beats are now chaotic as I try to rip the tube out.  The tape holding it strong and I can’t stop gagging.

Suddenly I am wrapped in a bear hug and Doc is in front of me. I am hyperventilating at this point completely blind sided by the situation I find myself in. “Kassandra!” she’s shouting my name, but her voice is foggy and barely making it to my ears. “I need you to calm down I will get the tube out.” I make a small nodding motion letting her know that I heard her. She quickly comes over and lays me down and tilts my head back. She sticks what looks like a dentist’s suction tube into my mouth. “Okay Kassandra, I am going to take it. You will need to cough a couple times so you don’t inhale anything I might have missed.” She yanks the tube out quickly I cough a couple times rubbing my throat.

“Do you know where you are?” Doc asks. “The hospital.” It comes out dry and raspy. My voice literally hurts. “Its dry, water is bring brought to you know. Do you know your name?” she asks. “Kassandra Kane?” I respond quite confused. “Is something wrong?” Doc asks concerned. “Why the obvious questions? I ask grabbing the water being held out to me. “checking for brain damage. Elias is on his way to the hospital now. I will let your parents back in so you can talk to them.” I nod and she leaves. Seconds later my parents enter, and they hug me hard.

“We worry so worried, I wasn’t sure if you were going to wake up.” My father says as my mother is overwhelmed by tears. “What do you mean?” I ask. “You have been in a coma close to a month now.” My father says and my mouth drops. It feels like just yesterday I was being tortured. “Honey, we need to hurry Alpha will want some alone time when he gets here.” He says rubbing my moms back. “Who is the new Alpha?” I ask and they are confused. “There is no knew Alpha, Elias is still Alpha.” My father says. “How is that possible, Elias is dead.” I say and my parents look confused. “No, Kassy, he is not dead. He was the one who saved you.” My mother chokes out. “But James told me he killed.” My father just stands there shocked and my mother stopped crying long enough give the same expression.

The door slams open and Elias is there looking at me hopeful. I feel this sudden sense of fear and I am tense.  My parents quietly leave, and Elias hugs me. I don’t dare to move. “What’s wrong?” he asks “You’re not real. None of this is real. Any moment now James will wake me up and I am being tortured again.” He looks at me incredibly sad and heart broken. “Kassandra I am real. This is real. James had a sick plan to force me to watch them hurt you. I was able to save you an bring you back here. You are home and if you want, I can take you out of here so you can see.” He says

Could it be true? I found myself dreaming of this moment ever since James grabbed me. “Please…” I beg him. I need to see outside of these walls. “I’ll get doc in here.” He says and goes to leave. I quickly grab his arm and yank him back down. “Please don’t leave me.” I beg. When ever he left is when I would wake. I want to stay in this moment of almost happiness. “Kassy I need to get doc.” He says and I start to cry. He doesn’t understand. I can’t be alone. “Elias, I don’t know how long he had me, but he told me you were dead. I didn’t believe him at first, but slowly has he bag to beat me and other things I saw you. I thought you were there, but you were just a hallucination in my sad attempt to comfort myself. I would say whatever it was I needed to hear then you would leave, and James would be back.” The all to familiar sense of pain is back and I feel incomplete. He takes a deep breath and forces me to look up at him.

“Kassandra Kane, I am real. You are no longer in that situation. I will never leave you again. No one will ever touch you like that again. I promise you.” He hugs me tight and It feels like he trying to squeeze all the broken piece back together. I missed this, I missed him. “Fred!” Elias shouts and my father hurries into the room. “Yes Alpha?” he asks. “Can you grab Doc?” my father hurries out of the room. I burry my face into Elias chest.

“Alpha is everything okay?” she asks “Yes, can I take her home?” he asks and lets me go. “Kassandra, how are you feeling?” I start nodding and force a smile. “I feel normal. I little soar.” I say and she nods. “that is normal, but you should heal up in a day or two. Also, I should tell you that we were able to remove the parasitic twin. James no longer has any attachment to you or you to him.” Doc says and suddenly I understand why I feel incomplete. It is only me and Alexis. “She is right Jessica isn’t here.” Alex says and now I know. This is real. I am safe.

“I don’t see a problem with you going home. Just take it easy and try not to move to much. There was a lot of damage. Stay in bed and call me if anything changes.” Doc says with a smile and leaves. Elias helps me out of the bed and my legs are jelly underneath me. He catches me as I fall and hold me close. “Where are you going?” he asks. “Bathroom.” I mutter and he picks me up and carries me to the small bathroom attached to the room. “I am going to give you your privacy. I will be right outside the door. If you need anything just shout.” I nod slightly nervous but focus on my legs to curve the anxiety of being by myself. He shuts the door and grabbing hold of the sink I look in the mirror.

My hair is nearly all gone. They must have shaven my head when I arrived. I look at my shoulder and my mate marks are gone. They have disappeared entirely. Had he rejected me while I was away? I ask myself. There is a knock at the door. “Kass? Doc has brought the paperwork and I have signed you out. Your parents have brought some sweatpants and a t shirt to change into.” Elias says and I nod to myself. “Can you help me?” I ask and he comes in and grabs me. “I will always be here to help.” He says moving me back to the bed.

“Can you help with the clothes? I feel to weak to move.” he nods softly and helps me out of the hospital gown. He slips my shirt over my head and I manage to move my arms through the holes. He grabs the sweatpants and scrunched the legs up to slip it onto my feet as one. He gently pulls and lean against him as he pulls them all the way up. My parents are back in the room and each hug me. “We will be by to visit this weekend. We have a flight to catch. We plan to bring all your stuff here. I am so happy to know you are okay.” My father says and gives me a giant hug. “I love you so much. I am so happy to know you are okay. I will call you every day.” My mother says giving me her own hug.

“I love you guys too.” I say and Elias scoops me up. “I am going to take her to her room. It is late and she should be resting.”

“Of course, Alpha, please take good care of her.” My father says. “Always.” We all leave together but go separate ways as soon as we leave the hospital. Elias walks me back to the pack house and my parents get into a car. I hug Elias close and stare up at the stars. It feels like I haven’t seen the stars in years. The night it still and the pack house is even quieter. “What time is it. 12:34 in the morning.” Elias says swiftly walking up the stairs. He drops me off on my bed in the room I had before I was taken. “Get some sleep. I have some work that needs to be finished.” He kisses my head and tucks me in. “I will come see you in the morning. Get some rest. Goodnight Kass.”

He leaves me to my thought, and I feel like I haven’t slept my entire life. I roll over onto my side and close my eyes. I let the warm feeling a safety comfort envelop me and I drift to sleep.

I wake in a cold sweat and quickly take in my surroundings. I try to breath and calm down, but it feels like I am dying. I grab my chest and try to feel my heartbeat and focus on my breathing. Slowly things become clear and I calm down. I get up and walk to Elias’ room. Luckily, he is actually in bed and he seem to be sleeping. Or at least was until I opened his door and walked in. He shoots up out of bed. “What’s wrong?” he asks.

“I couldn’t sleep…” he gently pulls me into his bare chest. “Is everything okay?’ he asks. “Yes, it was a nightmare.” I admit. “How can I help?” he offers, and I try to hold back a sob. “Can I sleep in here with you?” I ask unable to look in his eyes. “Yes, of course. You can sleep in here.” He picks me up and lays me in his bed. He kisses my head again and lays down next to me. I get as close as I can to him, and he wraps his arms around me holding me close.

“I will protect you with my dying breath. I will never let anything like that happen to you again. I love you.” He whispers in my ear and a single tear falls onto my pillow. He loves me… I smile and drift to sleep in his arms knowing that for the first in a long time I feel safe.