The Unknown Wolf

Chapter 4 Alayna POV

Alayna was having a hard time breathing. She couldn’t figure out if it was Damon’s voice or the meds fully kicking in. Her vision kept going in and out and she seen the floor coming closer and closer with each flash. Last she felt was solid arms wrapping around her and picking her. She immediately felt safe, a feeling she had never known even after she ran away. Her headache was starting to go away and her breathing was starting to level out. She didn’t understand why. She looked up at who had caught her and realized right away who’s eyes those were. They were ice blue, and filled with worry, like something that was very precious to them just broke. Alayna got her strength back really fast and yelled “ Let go of me! I am perfectly capable of standing on my own two feet thank you very much! “ For good measure, and to show she was serious, Alayna swung her fist straight at Damon’s face and felt bones crack in both her hand and his face when she made contact. He dropped her and she landed on her feet ready to strike again. She could feel her hand that was broken already starting to heal so she put both hands up and started walking towards Damon, determined to get out of that room ASAP. Alayna was waiting for Damon to hit her, she was used to being smacked around but the difference this time was she didn’t have to stand here and take it. She could see the look of shock on his face as she advanced towards him. She could also see the struggle he was going through, she got the feeling he never stood down from a fight and neither did she any more. As she got closer his facial expression became more of amusement over shock and he said " Now little one, you need to calm down and heal instead of fight " " If I want to fight, I will and there is nothing you can do about it! Also, I am not your ' little one ' so stop calling me that! " Alayna retorted at him. Just as she was close enough to swing at him she felt a pinch in her arm and turned around ready to swing again. She saw Amie the nurse with an empty syringe staring at her like she had grown horns. Alayna started to feel calmer, which she didn't want at all because she wanted to fight her way out of here and go back to her camp that she had set up. Alayna sat down on the hospital bed and looked around the room trying to find some way of escaping even if she had to jump out a window to her death. She had promised herself a long time ago that she was not going to live under anyone ever again. " Zyla, if you can hear me how do we shift because I am thinking that is the ONLY way to get out of this mess " " We CANNOT shift yet, it is not time. You need to hear them out, I feel like they can help us with our problem " " What do you mean it isn't time?!?!? " Zyla never answered her, instead went dormant for the time being. Alayna looked around at everyone in the room, there was Damon who she thought looked like a Greek God, 2 other males that could pass as Greek Gods but where not as handsome as Damon, and then there were 4 nurses, 2 males and 2 females, one being Amie, all 4 looked like they were ready to pounce on her if she got up. She could see the door that Damon came through, a window but by the looks of it she was still at least two stories up and with her current injuries she wouldn't survive the fall and she remembered Zyla's words so she decided to not go that route, another door that looked like it led to a closet but no other exit that would help her. She then started to look for weapons. She would even take a scalpel to slice and dice her way out if needed, but there was nothing so she took a deep breath and decided talking her way out may be the only option. " So, why am I here and how can I leave? " Everyone looked around uncomfortable, none of them sure if they should answer her, besides Damon, he was staring right into her eyes like he was reading her soul. " Well little one, it is simple, you were hit by a truck and we brought you here to heal since a regular hospital wouldn't have understood your healing process. " Alayna looked at the others faces and could see that he was telling the truth. " What if I want to leave? Am I free to do so? " " You will be free to do so as soon as you can walk without passing out. We wouldn't want you falling down the steps and breaking your neck now would we? That would defeat the purpose of bringing you here in the first place. " Alayna was pleased with this answer, like she trusted him when he said she could leave. She had no idea why she trusted him because she had only just met him. " Will this be the room I am staying in till that happens? " " If you would like to stay here, or we can set you in the guest suite so you have a bathroom and everything you will need. Which do you prefer? " Just then Amie spoke up " Sir, that may not be a good idea, all the suites are on the 5th floor and that is a ways away from the hospital if something were to revert with her. " Damon stared at Alayna mulling over his options. " Alayna, how are you feeling now with the meds that were just put into your system? " Alayna thought a second before she answered, because truthfully, she didn't want to die. She knew she had her whole life ahead of her and she knew what she wanted to do with it. " I feel..... calm. Not sleepy or like I want to throw up, just calm. " " Perfect! Because the amount we gave you would have killed an elephant but knowing you have healing powers we figured you would be ok. " Alayna was pissed at this point, all her calm gone. " WHAT DO YOU MEAN!? COULD HAVE KILLED AN ELEPHANT! HOW DID YOU KNOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AMOUNT! " Alayna started screaming at Damon, and only him. Knowing that he had to have given the order. " AM I YOUR LITTLE GUINEA PIG TO TEST s**t ON? " " Calm down little one. You are not a ' test ' subject. But there was a lot of internal damage and you need to stay calm and rest or it will be worse of you in the long run " Damon calmly said to her. He was trying to calm her down with his voice now and Alayna knew it but wasn't going to let it affect her. " BULLSHIT! I AM LEAVING RIGHT NOW AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! I FEEL FINE, INTERNAL INJURIES MY ASS! " Alayna stood up and started marching to the door, determined to take out anyone that got in her way. As she was nearing Damon she could smell something that started to calm her down. She didn't want anything to do with it so she started to run faster to get away from it. She felt arms wrap around her, not in an aggressive way but more of a protective way. She looked around, expecting to at least be out of the room because she had seen the door getting nearer as fast as she was running but instead she was barely off the bed she has just been sitting on. With one last look around the room she let the meds, the strong arms and the calm take over her body and fluttered to sleep.

Damon POV

As soon as Alayna stepped off the bed he knew she was going to fall over no matter how strong she acted. He ran to her bedside and reached out for her. He held her tight and could feel her fighting the meds and her calm but finally she gave into them. He laid her down on the bed, stood up straight and turned around. " Amiee, get the VIP guest suite ready that is on my floor, Zach I want you to start doing research on her to see what we can find out about her, Brett your job is to find this ' camp ' and bring whatever is there to her room. I also want you to go get the gas station clerk and bring him back here. His name is Devon and she trusts him. Oh, Brett, he is not to be harmed in any way, and he is gay so maybe just flirt a little with him. " Damon winked at Brett then let out a little laugh with the look on his Gammas face. " Really Damon, you think that was necessary comment? " Brett threw back at him all while laughing and walking out of the room. Everyone was out of the room besides him and Alayna. He stared at her wondering why she had come into his life and why he was affected by her. He knew she wasn't his mate because that kind of pull wasn't there but something was there.

Damon got the mind-link that the room was ready and so he picked up Alayna. He noticed that she barely weighed anything at all and for some reason that made him angry. He just shook his head at that and started making his way up the 4 flights of stairs to her room that she was going to be recovering in. Once he got there he laid her in the king size bed and sat on the chair that was by her bed watching her. After a couple hours he got up to leave because he had a lot of work that needed to be done.