The Cruel Mate

6. Waking up

I was in and out of consciousness the entire time. I felt them grab my body and drag me up the snowy hill. I felt myself in a moving car, squished between two people. Now as I wake up, I hear the machines beeping. Where am I? I opened my eyes, to bright light directly above me.

“What the f***?” I moaned trying to get out of bed. As I tried to get out of bed I felt hands push me back down, and a familiar voice trying to comfort me. I felt sparks where the person had touched me. I slowly opened my eyes, to realize I was in a hospital. I was hooked up to monitoring equipment, I looked to the person responsible for the sparks and saw him. My heart immediately began to beat rapidly causing the nurses to run into the room. I started panicking trying to fight them off, trying to get away from him. I can’t be back here, please god no. Please tell me he didn’t catch me. I felt a needle prick my skin, and then darkness again.

“When will she wake up it’s been two days?” I heard a voice shout.

“I don’t know Alpha, she was pretty badly injured and her trying to fight us off only made it worse.” I started to open my eyes again, and realize I was still in the same room.

“You’re awake! How are you feeling??”

“Great.” I said groggily as I tried to sit up.

“Don’t sit up, you’re still in pain.”

“What happened….” Just as I had asked the memories came flooding back. My pack being killed, me running for my life, and the fall down the hill. I felt my heart beat start to pick up again.

“Please calm down.” I felt a hand touch my arm, and I felt the sparks yet again.

“Who…” As soon as I made eye contact, I instinctually scooted away. I kept scooting until I fell off the hospital bed, wires getting ripped out of the machines.

“W-h-h-y are y-o-o-u h-e-re.” I stuttered out.

“Ash, please stop scooting away from me.” He said, was he pleading? Surely not. That had to be a demand. I scooted until my back hit the wall, I was trapped yet again. I made myself as small as possible on the floor. I heard the door open and footsteps walk towards me.

“Luna please get back on the bed, I will help you. You are in a lot of pain.” A kind voice said. Luna? I thought, what the h*** was she talking about. I sat frozen on the floor, curled up in a ball to protect my vital organs. I felt a hand touch my back, I flinched trying to make myself small on the floor.

“I’m not gonna hurt you.” The kind voice said. “Please just let me help you.” I looked over and saw my mate still sitting next to the bed, his eyes filled with sadness. Or was it fake? Maybe it was anger?

I let her help me back on the bed, she carefully hooked the wires back up. She told me she was getting me some food and quietly left the room. Now I was alone again with him. With Jordan. His name alone made my heartbeat go up again. Ice has been extremely quiet since I have woken up, I could feel her fear though.

“Ash, I just wanted to say i’m sorry.” I looked at him shocked, this had to be for show. “I’m sorry for the way I treated you when we were younger, I never should have laid a hand on you. I am also sorry the men I sent for you killed your pack. That must of been extremely painful for you. They will be dealt with accordingly.” I looked at him with tears in my eyes. “I want a second chance with you, and for you to be my Luna.” I stared at him too stunned to speak. It’s not like he would let me refuse. I didn’t have anywhere else to go, his men made sure of that. I kept searching his eyes to see if he was telling the truth, not like I could when we were together. His eyes were a dull red, they were puffy like he had been crying. His usually neat black hair, was messy like he had been running his hands through it constantly.

He leaned forward towards me, and I scooted back again. He stopped, and sighed. “I will earn back your trust and love.” He stated, as he leaned back and his chair giving me space. I released a deep breath I didn’t know that I was holding, and laid in the bed staring at the ceiling. This couldn’t be true, could it?