Louisseena

Chapter 38

Loulou

I woke up sleepily with a pain in my chest. It did not hurt as much as before as if there were numbing effects on it. I turned my head and as usual, a bald head was lying beside me on the bed. I smiled. Knowing I was safe, I fell back asleep.

I woke up again this time with voices filling my ears.

“ We need to fix this soon Bruce. She almost died because her wolf wasn’t with her to heal her. ”

“ I know mum.” The sound of a kick against a metal cabinet shocked me.

Shit. They have figured out my wolf is missing. This wasn’t what I wanted.

“Loulou, you’re awake.” I can hear Bruce’s concerned voice. I wanted to reply but I couldn’t find my voice. I croaked and mouthed the words instead.

He helped me sit up and hold a glass of water in front of me which had a straw. I took a sip, seeing my hand also had an IV drip inserted.

I looked around me. I’m on a hospital bed with Bruce and Meredith in the room.

There was silence. Meredith broke the silence, “How are you feeling dear?” Any pains or headaches?” I shook my head. Meredith sighed, “ You scared us back there.”

“I’m sorry” I started to tear up.

“What’s wrong? Are you still in pain??” Meredith said.

I shook my head again,“ I’m sorry I broke your necklace”

“Honey. I don’t care about the damn necklace. I care about you. Your safety comes first” Meredith's head is against mine. I cried silently letting my tears fall. I couldn’t cry too hard as my chest still hurts. 

I wiped my tears and said, “ you can’t fix me” turning towards Meredith. Meredith gasp as she realized I had listened to their earlier conversation. “I’ve lost my wolf because of my own failure. She’s never coming back.” 

“Please mum, can we talk about this when we get home.” Bruce said as he looked at his mother.

“ She already heard it, Bruce. Let’s at least try now?”

I was getting confused. Try what?

Bruce sighs as he sits down beside me. “Loulou, I want you to listen carefully to what I’m about to say. Do not rush to a decision. I want you to take your time to think about it.” I was getting scared at this point. What was he about to say? 

“ We might have a way to bring your wolf back. However, it will not be easy.”

“What? How? Do you have a way to portal into the wolf realm and get her back?” I asked.

Bruce chuckled. “No. It’s not like that. But as I said, it won’t be easy and we are unsure if it will work.” Meredith added, “promise me at least you’ll try Loulou?”

I nodded. “ I’ll promise you I’ll try. Whatever it takes. Not that I have anything else to lose.” I shrugged. “ Now, tell me how?”

Bruce POV:

After she came out of the operating theatre, the doctors told me they had stopped the bleeding and stitched her up. They wondered why she wasn’t healing fast though and it took them some time with their own healers. I notified them that she didn’t have her wolf with her. They suspected as much.

I thanked them and went with my mate to her resting room. Her face was still pale and her chest was being bandaged up. I sat by her bedside and held her hand in both of mine. You gotta get well soon Loulou. I spoke in my mind.

I was getting tired and I rested my head on her bed. It was a long night.

My mom woke me up, checking on Loulou and me. I realized it’s already morning. My mom wants Loulou to face her past again and get her wolf back. I want too, I want Loulou to get her wolf back and recognize that her true mate is here waiting for her. But asking her to meet that bloody jerk again, it just hurts me. I didn’t want her to relive her painful past all over again. I’m afraid that she might officially lose her wolf. 

I was getting frustrated that there isn’t an easy solution to this. I kicked the metal cabinet in frustration. s**t, I woke up my mate.

“She is strong Bruce. She has the alpha blood in her. She will overcome it and get her wolf back.” Meredith mindlink me.

After discussion, my mate decided to try. 

“ What’s his name?” I was eager to know. I already had all the information at my disposal, I just needed to know who it was out of the 20.

“Huh?” she responded. I must be jumping too far ahead for her.

“ Your mate,” I growled in disgust, having to mention that bloody jerk.

“ Marcus. Marcus Fleming from the Down Under Pack.”

“We have another problem mom” I mindlink my mother.

It was hard to leave my mate’s side. She looked really tired. She needed her rest. I mindlink my mother that we had some things to talk about with dad. I coax her to sleep and that we will be back with the healers. 

She didn’t question me at all, about how I knew that a mate rejection took place. She is like that, always not seeing the motive of people. She’s so naive. It could be a good thing and a bad thing.

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Back at the palace, Bruce showed his mom and dad the profile of Marcus, the gamma. They both had the same look on their faces. 

“Her mate already had a pup when he went to the exchange. Who the f**k does that? Everyone knows this is for unmated wolves” Bruce slammed the file onto the table. 

“Maybe he didn’t know he had a pup already while he went?”, his mom tried to calm Bruce down.

“ How is it possible to not know if you f**k with someone who’s on heat ?!” Bruce boomed.

Richard was staring at the gamma’s profile. He soon looked up and said, “ We need to let her know son. It’s rather we tell her than she finds out herself.” 

“Or she doesn’t need to know. We just pull the guy here, have her reject him and it’s done.” Bruce didn’t want to hurt his mate any further.

Bruce’s parents stared at each. His mother began first, “ Listen to me first son. It’s best that we let her know the truth, all that we know. At least if she knows now we can still comfort her and prepare her before she stands before him. If she finds out later on, it will be hard for her to digest. We can’t predict her reactions. You know how she is. You said it yourself she has troubles expressing herself, especially in social situations. Don’t get her caught up in where you won’t be.” 

Richard added, “ we can discuss how you want this to be done and also the next step. She is afterall your mate. We will support you in every way we can, son. Remember that, she is family to us now too. “

Bruce is already deep in thoughts on how he wants to break the news to his mate about the bloody jerk and the next step he should take to have the rejection ritual take place. He mindlinked Ryan to find out more details about Marcus’s background history. 

They spent the next few hours discussing the best way they could execute these.

“Thanks mom. Thanks dad. I love you” Bruce hugs his parents.

“ I love you too, my son.”