The Alpha and the Omega

Chapter 11

Jaclyn’s POV

I slowly opened my eyes to the white ceiling. I felt groggy and had no idea where I was and what was happening. Then a familiar smell hit my nose. My mate was there. I slowly turned my head to the left only to see him holding my hand and asleep with his head on my bed.

I quickly pulled my hand from his and shifted on the bed to move as far away from his as possible. Unfortunately, I woke him in the process.

“Your awake! Are you thirsty? Do you need anything, let me get the Doctor?” Jayson’s voice almost sounded foreign. His words dripped with care and what sounded like love. But I knew better.

That’s when it all came rushing back to me. The silver ring, the box, and Nova. Nova was gone and I would never get her back. The sadness rushed back to me but then I was flooded with anger. So much anger. Before I could allow my anger to take over and focus it all on Alpha Jayson, the Doctor came into the room.

“Hello Jaclyn, I am Doctor Brown. You gave us quite the scare. How are you feeling?” He asked with tenderness in his voice. I couldn’t take my anger out on him.

“I could really use some water Doctor.” I whispered, but before the Doctor could blink, Jayson held a straw to my lips for me to drink.

The doctor gave me a quick exam and let me know I would be spending the next couple of days here before I was released. I wanted to find an excuse to keep the doctor in the room with us. I didn’t want to be alone with him. But the doctor had other patients and I couldn’t be selfish.

As soon as the doctor left the room, Jayson was back at my side. “I am so sorry little one.” His voice was full of tenderness. “I didn’t know what the box was used to do.”

I knew why he was sorry. He knew I had lost my wolf. I didn’t respond but the tears began falling from my eyes. He quickly reached to wipe them away and I flinched, assuming a hit was coming next. From the look on his face I knew he was hurt by my actions, but he was the reason I lost Nova and I didn’t want anything to do with him.

Before I could say anything, Camilla came bursting into the room.

“I can’t believe you are finally awake! I am so sorry! This was all my fault. I should never have had you come down to dinner. You must hate me. I am so sor” but before she could finish she burst into tears.

“Hey Hey Camilla. Please don’t blame yourself. None of this is your fault. Do you understand me? None of this.” I said while taking her hand in mine. “ I don’t blame you.” A said with a small smile.

“You should. I am so sorry.” She whimpers.

Silence filled the room and after a few minutes I softly said “I’m really tired. I would just like to be alone now."

I see Camilla’s eyes tear up but she quickly nods and reaches for Jayson. “Come let’s go and let her rest. And Jaclyn, if you need anything at any time, I got you.”

He doesn’t move. He just sits and continues to try and make eye contact which I won’t give him.

Finally, he gets up and looks at me with a huge sigh. He says, “I will be back first thing in the morning. Do you want me to bring you anything?”

“You don’t have to come back. I am fine alone. I’m us to it. You should be spending time with your Luna.” I could feel the venom in my words as I glared at him.

But he just smiled and said “That is what I will be doing.” With that, he stood and followed Camila out of my room.

As soon as he left the room, I called for a nurse and asked if I could take a shower. She removed the IV and I made my way to the bathroom. I turned the shower on as hot as I could tolerate. As I took my shower, thoughts of Nova kept running through my head. I missed her so much and I wasn’t sure how I would make it without her.

I’m not sure how long I was in the shower and at one point I must have sat down and pulled my knees to my chest and cried. Eventually, a nurse came knocking at the door and, to keep her from entering, I told her I was almost done.

Twice the nurse came to check on me and I responded the same way. And went back to crying. It wasn’t until I heard Jayson’s voice calling to me that I snapped back to reality.

I told him I would be out in a minute and ended my shower. As I stood in front of the mirror, I realized how much weight I had lost. I was already skinny before this due to being an omega, but now I look sick. In the 3 weeks I have been here I have lost a lot of weight and not in a good way.

I walked out of the bathroom without looking at Jayson and crawled back into bed. Dinner was brought to me, which I ate without looking his way. Once dinner was complete, I turned over and went back to sleep.

To my surprise, the next morning, Jayson was sitting right next to me again with my hand in his. I quickly pulled my hand away from him and looked out the window.

From time to time, he would try to talk to me but I never responded. I didn’t trust my voice not to scream and yell at him. But I just couldn’t bring myself to yell at him.

For days we repeated this dance. He would be by my side every morning and when I went to sleep he was still by my side. He would try to talk to me and I would ignore him. I figured I would be punished as soon as I was out of the hospital, but I didn’t care. I didn’t care about anything anymore. I just needed to play his game so I could get away.

Finally, the doctor gave me the authorization to leave. I assumed I would be going back to the shack. From there I would figure out a way out of here. I had about a month before college started and I would be there.I would leave this life behind and never look back.

“Are you ready to go home?” Jayson asked me.

Not wanting to talk to him, I shook my head yes and we walked towards the door where the same SUV that brought me here was waiting again. It only took about 15 minutes for us to be back in front of his pack house.

As soon as we exited the SUV, I started walking towards the path that would take me back to my prison.

“Where are you going?” Jayson asked me as he shoved his hands in the front pockets of his jeans.

“To my shack.” I stated, matter of fact.

“Yeah about that….. I had your stuff bought to the pack house. Again, I am really sorry about that, but come let me show you to our room.” Jayson said.

Before I could say anything, he took my hand and led me into the pack house and up the grand staircase.

We proceeded down the hall and stopped at the end in front of double doors. He pushed them open and into the most beautiful room I had ever seen.

The walls were an inviting light blue and there was a huge king-sized bed in the middle of the room.

“Do you like it?” Jayson whispered in my ear.

I quickly turned and put some distance between us. “What, what is this?” I asked, confused.

A huge smile spread across his face. “ It's our room. I had it redone so it was fit for a queen.” He said as he stepped closer to me.

“No.” Was all I could say.

“What do you mean, No?” He asked and it was his turn to look confused.

I took a deep breath and calmly stated “I will not be sharing a room with you. You knocked me out and left me for days as I laid in my own blood. You starved me and sent me something, but it surely wasn’t food. You mated with another wolf after meeting me. You silvered me and before allowing me to heal you threw me in that, that, that box. Which killed Nova. So, no, I will not be staying in a room with you.”

He nodded and said “I understand and I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you. I promise.”

“I just want my bag and a room of my own.” With that, he walked me to another room right next to his.

“That room will remain empty till you share it with me.” He stated, before leaving me alone in my new room. A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

I opened the door to a smiling Camilla with my bag.

“Hey girl!” She chirped. “I am so happy you are back! I missed you so much. Why are you in this room? Didn’t you like the room Jayson had remodeled?”

“Camilla, I will not be sharing a room with him. I understand he thinks he can make up for what he did to me, but I don’t think I will ever get over it.”

Sighing, she looked at me and back at her hands before asking me “Do you think maybe you could give him a chance? I mean maybe not right now, but some day?”

I knew my answer was going to be no but I couldn’t bring myself to say it to her. “Maybe one day, but not anytime soon.”

That seemed to be enough for her. She jumped up and down a couple of times before her excitement came rushing out in words, “Oh thank you, thank you! You won’t regret it. He will make it up to you. So are you ready for dinner? Let’s go.”

I stopped and panic started to rise inside of me. “Uh no I am not really hungry, I just want to unpack and settle into my new room. You understand, right?”

She smiled softly and nodded her head yes. “ OK, I will bring you dinner. You are eating and that is final.” She turned and rushed out of the room.

I had no intention of unpacking but I did need to figure out a new plan to get me out of here. I hated that I would be hurting Camilla but I couldn’t stay there and pretend nothing happened. So I got to work, planning my escape.