The words of the twins echoed in my mind and it made me feel amazing they both we’re actually being very nice. And their scent was intoxicating Ashton’s sweet honey smell mixed with Dom’s deep earthy chocolate smell with a hint of caramel. I had honestly never paid that much attention to what they smelled like honestly. I was trying to focus on the work, but there was a searing pain in my stomach. It was horrible I couldn’t take my mind off of the pain but the movement was helping a little.
On one of my rounds delivering champagne I noticed two girls from school, they were snickering at me. I knew that they were friends with Alex so I knew what they had heard. They were the typical mean girls every school had anyway. I ignored them, but what I couldn’t ignore was the fact that as I turned there he was smirking at me; Alex and his mate. I took a deep breath glued a smile on my face and walked in their direction and offered them some champagne. They took their drinks, then as I turned to get more champagne he shoved me hard. I tried to catch myself but failed. I remember the crunching sound before I felt the pain.
I had already been uncomfortable but now I was screaming in pain, it took me a second to realize that there was actual glass in my stomach. The screams turned to tortured howls of pain and my whole body felt like my bones were snapping. That’s the last thing I remembered before everything went dark. I could heard some men yelling around me but I was under water and they were too far away.
I woke up in this bright white room awhile later, I’m not even sure if it was the same day or how long I’d been asleep. I could feel all the tubes and wires attached to my body and that annoying beeping. I wanted to reach up and smash it. I started to look around and see where I was I sat up slightly and I could see a woman that resembled Lucinda.
“She is awake!” The woman called as she hurried out of the room calling someone. Probably the doctor, I’m assuming that I was in a hospital from the lights and the incessant beeping.
I had been right she was calling the doctor and I could tell that it was the pack doctor. His name was Dr. Black he was a tall slender man with a coffee colored complexion. He has a deep voice and spoke very quickly I had a hard time keeping up with him.
“Hello Emma, how are we doing? We removed all of the broken glass in your abdomen there are several lacerations so we ended up giving you 250 stitches total. You need to rest and take it easy otherwise you won’t heal properly. And do not change into your wolf untold you are healed all it will do is rip open the stitches.” He paused to take a breathe that was a lot of information way to fast. I was lost somewhere because I thought he said my wolf? I don’t have one yet I’m only seventeen.
“Uh did you say my wolf? I’m only seventeen I can’t change yet.” I chuckled.
“Well actually when you are under stress and a lot of it you are more likely to have your body speed up the transformation process. You were already going into heat, not sure if you knew that or not but that’s what was starting to happen. But you got seriously injured and when a wolf gets hurt like that their body’s natural protector takes over. As for your body speeding up your transformation it is common and it normally happens with females.” He kept peppering me with information.
“Any questions? Well we are gonna let you go home tonight everything looked good once you got all stitched up. Don’t worry I will give you paperwork explaining everything.” As soon as he finished his sentence he was already walking out the door.
I looked around looking for my clothes and I didn’t see anything or anyone. Not even Lucinda, I thought for sure she had been here I really did. I must have been mistaken. I could hear the clicking of heels on the hard tile and I turned to look and see I had been right it was Lucinda carrying a bag, probably my clothes.
She smiled at me and handed me a bag. “While we are waiting for your paperwork and for them to unhook you why don’t you tell me more about that night. And don’t lie to me.” Her voice was stern.
“What night?” I asked confused.
“The night you came home a bloody mess, I’ve heard some rumors and I’d like to know the truth. Most of what I’ve heard doesn’t make sense and I wanna know what really happened.” She wasn’t going to let me get out of it, so I took a deep breath and started.
“ I had been dating this boy named Alex, I thought he really liked me but it was a joke. We had been ‘dating’ for a few weeks and he took me to a place in the middle of nowhere to see this water fall and I was so exited to go hiking. When we got there there was nothing and no one around, I looked at him to ask where we were and he started beating me then. He laughed every time he hit me I begged him to stop. I thought he was gonna kill me I really did. The he took my pants off and my underwear and I tried to stop him but he started beating me again. He r***d me after I stopped fighting. I thought it was over then I never thought he’d bring me back alive so I just laid there and cried. I don’t even remember what he said to me anymore then when I thought it was over he flipped me over on my belly and started again only this time it was rougher and it hurt so much more. I just cried I knew no one should believe me and no one would care. After when he dropped me off I was so embarrassed and it hurt so bad to walk and even worse when I sat down. I just wanted to pretend it didn’t happen.” I had been looking at my hands while I was telling the story and she was rubbing my back.
I realized I was crying and this was the first and only time I had ever spoken of this happening. I had never told a single soul about it in my life and I never would again. The nurses had came in and started unhooking me and I was trying to get myself together.
“I’ll be right back okay? You didn’t have anything that was loose fitting so I took some of Ashton’s sweats and a loose t-shirt. The nurses will help you get dressed. I have to make a few calls.”
I opened the bag and the smell was amazing! Intoxicating I hurried my nose into the shirt while I waited for the nurse to totally unhook me.
Seemed like it took forever but they got me all undone and were helping me into Ashton’s clothes. I could hear Lucinda in the hallway practically barking at someone on the phone. I was fully dressed by the time her phone call was over and my head was swimming in that heavenly smell of Ashton.
“Ready?” She asked me. I nodded and started to follow her to the car the hospital had given me flip flops to go home in.
Once we were in the car I took a deep breath and began, “I’m so so sorry, I didn’t mean to destroy the boys’ birthday party. I’ll clean the glass up as soon as we get home. I’m I going to get in trouble with Ashton?” I asked at the end of my apologies.
She turned to stare at me like she’d forgotten that she was driving a car.
“It’s okay, it’s not your fault you didn’t tell him to shove you and he will be punished. As for the cleaning don’t worry about it, it has already been done. No, Ashton will not be mad that you are in his clothes because he picked them for you before he left with Grady. He handed me those clothes before I left to go to the hospital for you because I couldn’t find anything in your clothes that would be comfortable for you. Just relax and get some rest.” She was being so nice it was weird but I didn’t argue.
The rest of the ride home was silent and I was grateful we only had another ten minutes left anyway.