My Mate Saved My Life (Book 1 of the Saved Series)

Chapter 7 (Lucas)

Lucas POV

She agreed! She actually agreed! I’m so happy! So is my wolf, Alastair. He keeps jumping up and down in my head. 

Calm down buddy, we still have a long way to go.

Walking down the narrow path, I stay close to her. But I don’t touch her. I really don’t want to scare her away again. I’m still trying to figure out what happened to her arms. The bandages she had on them; they seemed to be bloody after I grabbed them. That means she must have had fresh cuts on them. Did she... Did she do that to herself? Goddess please no!

“Are you sure you’re ok? Do you want to go to the infirmary to get your arms checked out? I can call for the pack Doctor.” I ask, still so concerned for her.

“NO!” She practically screams turning to face me for a second and turning back just as fast. “I mean, no, I-I’m fine… But thank you” She whispers out.

 Why is she thanking me? I’m the one that made her already injured arms bleed again.

I wish I could see her face. After we left the classroom, she pulled on her hood to hide her face even more. What is she hiding under there? She was hiding her arms, so, she must be hiding her face too. If I remember right, yesterday, she had some bruises and a nasty scratch on her face. Has it healed yet? Or has it gotten worse? Is that why she’s hiding under her hood?

“I really am sorry that I hurt you. I really didn’t mean to. I swear! I would never purposely hurt you. I’ve been looking for my mate, for you, for almost 2 years. I still can’t believe you were right here, under my nose all this time!” I say feeling nervous. I hate that I did hurt her.

I give her my biggest smile. She barely looks in my direction, but I noticed it anyway. 

She blushed! Wow, she is so adorable!

Being near her, make me so happy! I wish I could take her in my arms and hold her tight. Make all her pain go away. I’m going to have to be very patient with her. She seems so lost, scared and unnerved by whatever happened to her. I just want to protect her. I AM going to protect her from now on!

She sits down on one of the swings, pushing herself lightly with her feet. Is that a smile on her lips?! WOW! She has such a beautiful smile!

“Can I ask you something?” I ask her as I sit on the swing next to her.

She stops swinging and glances nervously at me.

“Why did you think I would reject you? Have I done something to you, or a friend of yours that made you think I would ever do such a thing?” I ask, feeling the sadness of the possibility.

Her expression looks so far off. As if her toughs are completely onto another world. She takes in a deep breath and finally answers me a few seconds later.

“No…You didn’t do anything wrong. I don’t even have any friends so…yeah…” She whispers.

What does she mean she doesn’t have any friends?! She has to have a least one friend. Right?

“Glad I didn’t do anything but, what do you mean you don’t have friends? There’s no way you’re always by yourself?” I ask, looking at her with knitted brows.

She bends her head down as if she ashamed or she as if she's being reprimanded. I get up and bend down in front of her. Putting my hands lightly on her knees, she recoils a little trying to hide herself even more into her hoody.

“Hey… You can tell me anything, you know. I’m here for you. I want to be here for you and protect you. I know we just technically /officially met yesterday, but I want you to be able to count on me for anything. I want to be the one that makes you smile, the one that makes you laugh. I want to cherish you and love you unconditionally! You, Sienna, my beautiful Sienna, are my mate! And I would do anything if it meant that you’d be happy… That you’d be safe. I have this feeling, ever since we met in the hallway, that there's something serious going on. My wolf, Alastair and I were restless all night, feeling like something was seriously wrong, I almost chased after you into the night, find you, just to make sure you were ok. I don’t want to push you to tell me. I just hope you'll eventually trust me enough to tell me what’s going on. You are hurt, I do notice it. The way you screamed when Lana pushed you into the lockers. The way you screamed when I grabbed your wrists. I’m praying to the moon Goddess that you did not do that to your arms yourself because you didn’t want to be my mate, But I’m also praying that no one did that to you either. And I’m sure one of these two reasons is right. So please, give me the time to prove to you that I can be there for you, that I CAN protect you. That I’m worthy of being your mate. I promise you; you will not regret it!” I tell her with all my heart and honesty, only to see tears gliding down her face.

I made her cry again…. f**k! Why do I always make her cry?

She takes in a long deep breath. Something's different about her composer. Suddenly, she squares her shoulder straight, lifts both her hand and pulls down her hoody. My eyes grow big and my jaw falls down to the ground.

WHAT THE f**k HAPPENED TO HER FACE!?

Before I get the chance to ask, she puts the tip of her fingers on my lips, her smooth delicate fingers, telling me not to say anything. I comply.

“I…. I’m not going to tell you who, or how… But... your right. Someone has done this to me." 

She starts to panic.

 "But you can’t tell anyone! Please don’t tell anyone or do anything. Please “Tears are still flowing down her bruised and swollen cheeks “I s-showed you, but you c-can’t tell anyone…promise me y-you won’t tell anyone, please?!” She's breathing so heavily, I'm afraid she'll pass-out!

Slowly lifting my hand toward her cheek, stopping mid-way, silently asking for her permission. She gives me a little nod. I slide my hand from the side of her eyes, down to her nose, across her cheek, brushing her lips, to finally leave my hand halfway on her cheek and neck.

She lifts her hand and wipes something from my face. Tears. She just wiped my tears. It breaks my heart to know someone hurt her like this. How long has this been going on, for her to be this afraid of people finding out? Remembering the file, I read last night, this has definitely been going on for a long, long time. How much has she suffered silently and by herself?

Pulling myself up, I bend down close to her face. She takes in a quick surprised breath. I tell her:

“I promise you, that I won’t do anything, or tell anyone. Yet. But I also promise you, that from now on, I WILL protect you. You. Are. My. LIFE now, MY mate, and I’ll be dammed if I let anyone hurt you ever again!”

I close in the little space there was between us and lightly kiss her lips.

Chapter 7 (Sienna’s POV)

HOLY MOTHER OF GODDESS!!!!!

I said yes! I agreed to go to the parc with him. He seems so happy, carefree, and excited. Could I ever be that happy? That carefree? I really hope we do someday. Maybe…

As we walk down the narrow path down to the parc, he stays closed to me, but not too close, so he doesn’t touch me. He seemed so scared that I wouldn’t want to talk to him after he grabbed my arm in Miss Grayson’s class.

 “Are you sure you’re ok? Do you want to go to the infirmary to get your arms checked out? I can call for the pack Doctor.” He asks

I can’t let anyone else see my arms! It's already too much that he did, I can’t handle anyone else finding out about them today. I’m already terrified to go home after school and its barely 6:30 am! I’m scared that my mother already knows someone saw… What will she do to me?

“NO!” I practically scream at him looking at him for a second and turning back just as fast. He cannot see my bruised and swollen face; my arms are already too much.

 “I mean, no, I-I’m fine… But thank you”

Try to stay calm sienna, my wolf tells me.

 I try as much as I can to stay calm, but I feel so lost and I’m so confused. I can still feel the stinging in my arms.  Maybe I should have asked for a cold compress or a cold wet cloth at least. They really are burning.

 “I really am sorry that I hurt you. I really didn’t mean to. I swear! I would never purposely hurt you. I’ve been looking for my mate, for you, for almost 2 years. I still can’t believe you were right here, under my nose all this time!”

He gives me the biggest smile I have ever seen anyone make. It makes me feel kind of shy. I can barely look in his direction. I can feel the heat rising on my cheek, making them look like 2 tiny tomatoes

I take another deep breath, trying to stay as calm as possible. I’m still a little skeptical of him. I still can’t figure it out. Is he really that nice? Or is this all an act, like my mother, does when were both in public together. Is this whole situation’s going to blow up in my face?

I sit down on one of the swings, pushing myself lightly with my feet. I remember the last time I was in a parc. I was when my dad was still around. We had such an amazing day. Eating ice cream, and shopping for a new doll. Make me smile just thinking about that special day. I miss my dad. I wish I knew where he when and why he left me.

“Can I ask you something?” He asks as he sits on the swing next to me.

I stop swinging and glances nervously at him.

“Why did you think I would reject you? Have I done something to you, or a friend of yours that made you think I would ever do such a thing?” He asks, looking so hurt.

What?!

Why does he think he did something wrong? He looks really nervous. Why would he think he did something wrong with my “friend”? I don’t have friends. I haven’t had one in years! Does he not know that I’m the school's looser, the ugly waste of space in here?

Oh right!  He’s been gone in the UK for a while now, training and learning to be our next Alpha. Maybe he doesn’t know, that’s why he’s not rejecting me right now. But when he finds out, I’m sure he will.

I take in a deep breath and finally answers a few seconds later.

“No…You didn’t do anything wrong. I don’t even have any friends so…yeah…” I whisper. I wish I had a different answer for him. That I could be worthy of being with the next Alpha of our pack. Of being with him...

 “Glad I didn’t do anything but, what do you mean you don’t have friends? There’s no way you’re always by yourself?”

I bend down my head in shame. I don’t know how to reply to him. No one wants to be around me, no one. My mother made sure I felt unsafe being around other people, that I can’t trust anyone, why would anybody want to be around me? With me being so scared, I isolated myself into this bubble, staying away, making other’s feel awkward being around me. I didn’t want to, but the retribution I received at home for talking to anyone one, made me this way.

 Suddenly, he gets up and bends down in front of me. He puts his hands lightly on my knees, I recoil a little trying to hide myself even more into my hoody. Bending down like that in front of me, he might see my ugly face. What would he think?

“Hey… You can tell me anything, you know. I’m here for you. I want to be here for you and protect you. I know we just technically /officially met yesterday, but I want you to be able to count on me for anything. I want to be the one that makes you smile, the one that makes you laugh. I want to cherish you and love you unconditionally! You, Sienna, my beautiful Sienna, are my mate! And I would do anything if it meant that you’d be happy… That you’d be safe. I have this feeling, ever since we met in the hallway, that there's something serious going on. My wolf and I were restless all night, feeling like something was seriously wrong, I almost chased after you into the night, find you, just to make sure you were ok. I don’t want to push you to tell me. I just hope you'll eventually trust me enough to tell me what’s going on. You are hurt, I do notice it. The way you screamed when Lana pushed you into the lockers. The way you screamed when I grabbed your wrists. I’m praying to the moon Goddess that you did not do that to your arms yourself because you didn’t want to be my mate, But I’m also praying that no one did that to you either. And I’m sure one of these two reasons is right. So please, give me the time to prove to you that I can be there for you, that I CAN protect you. That I’m worthy of being your mate. I promise you; you will not regret it!”

How can he say all that?! How in the world does he already care for me this much?! Am I really hearing him, right? Do I really have someone, finally, in my life that WANTS to be in it? To be around me, to care for me and cares about what happens to me?

YES! YOU DO YOU NITWICK!! My wolf, Brianna yells in my head.  

I can trust him, can I?

I take in a long deep breath. realizing that he genuinely wants to be with me and is actually very concerned for me, I square my shoulder straight, lifting both my hand, I pull down my hoody and look at him straight in his gorgeous hazel eyes.

I think his eyes doubled in size, while his jaw, fell to the ground.

Before he gets the chance to ask, I put the tip of my fingers on his lips. His lips feel so soft... I silently tell him not to talk yet.

“I…. I’m not going to tell you who, or how… But... your right. Someone has done this to me..." I tell him nervously.

Realizing what I just did, showing him my face, telling him someone hurt me on purpose, I start to panic!

 "But you can’t tell anyone! Please don’t tell anyone or do anything. Please” Tears are still flowing down my bruised and swollen cheeks “I s-showed you, but you c-can’t tell anyone…promise me y-you won’t tell anyone, please?!” I say, fear gripping at me.

What have I done! I shouldn’t have shown him!

Looking back at him, he slowly lifted his hand toward my face, stopping mid-way, silently asking for my permission to touch me. I don’t know why, but I give him a little nod. He slides his hand from the side of my eyes, where my mother punches me several times, down to my broken and swollen nose, across my cheek, where my mother slowly clawed in, brushing his fingers across my lips, to finally leave his hand halfway across my cheek and neck.

Looking at him, he has tears falling down his face! Does he feel sad for me? He does, doesn’t he? He really wants to be with me. Lifting my hand, I wipe the tears from his face. He looks heartbroken seeing my face hurt and broken like this.

He pulls himself up and bends down close to my face. I take in a quick surprised breath. He tells me;

“I promise you, that I won’t do anything, or tell anyone. Yet. But I also promise you, that from now on, I WILL protect you. You. Are. My. LIFE now, MY mate, and I’ll be dammed if I let anyone hurt you ever again!”

Closing in on the little space there was between us, he lightly kisses my lips.