THE MOON CHILD

Chapter 8 - Dreams

Everything was so dark, I could not understand where I was exactly. I was trying to call for help but nothing came out of my mouth, it felt like I lost my voice.

" Hope!! sweetie pie, please get up, I am very worried about you", I heard mom say that to me, " mom!!" I tried to call her but failed at it.

" Hope, I am sorry I could not protect you as I should have, I failed you as a mate and failed my pack an as Alpha", Sam said with a squeaking voice," please get up, I need you, our packs need you", he continued with that, I could hear his sobs on between his words, it was hurting me, I felt pain in my chest to hear him cry.

I tried to open my eyes but I was not able to, I wanted to reach out to them but nothing was happening. I did not know how to get to them, I wanted to hug my mom, I wanted to tell Sam that it's not his fault and he is a great leader, I wanted to know what exactly happened, who was I and why did that mysterious man call me the moon born.

I felt a touch on my palm, it made me jolt and open my eyes, everything seemed very blurry, " Mom? " I called out for my mother, " oh my god sweetie you are ok, let me get the doctor," she said and ran out of the room.

My vision cleared a little when I saw Sam sitting next to my bed with both concern and relief on his face, I extended my arms towards him, he was confused but grabbed it and held it strongly "I am ok don't worry "I said to calm him down.

He did not say anything and was just looking at me, suddenly I remembered something and asked him " how is Ramona?", " she is fine, her injuries were not that deep, it healed quickly, " he said, honestly I was not even ready for any other answer.

Mom came in with the pack doctor, he came near me and checked all the vitals, " you were sleeping for 3 days Hope, do you know that" he said looking at the heart rate monitor.

'3 days' I was shocked, I tightened my grip on Sam's hand but he looked at me and gave me an everything is fine nod. " Your body healed in just 2 hours, and all your body vitals were normal, but still you would not wake up," he said now facing me, his explanations confused me, how can I be unconscious for 3 days," however, I think now you are free to go, I guess it was the shock, I should go now but I would want you to come back if you feel anything abnormal," the doctor said and turned towards my mother walking out of the room with her. 

I lay down on my pillow, looking at the ceiling I couldn't stop but think that I was a warrior, I have seen people die before, I have killed also, I cannot faint because of shock, it was confusing, everything felt abnormal.

" How do you feel now ?," he asked to me breaking the silence in the room and I closed my eyes lying back on my pillow, "better," I said not knowing what to say more.

"I know that you want answers hope, I want it too and we both will figure it out together," he said closing his eyes. There was silence for some time.

" Do you remember the frog that was there in your bag hope?" he said looking at me blank.

" Yes, I do " I sighed, I hated him for that, I wanted to demand an explanation for that but before I could speak anything he continued".. it was Kade, alpha Lex's son, I wanted to stop him but I couldn't, he was bigger and stronger than me and his alpha blood was more developed than mine at that point," he said throwing a nervous glare at my direction " I couldn't protect you then, nor was I able to protect you now," he said to me with his eyes red and teary, I wanted to hold him but then I heard his sobs. " No, you did protect my people Sam," I said making him look at me, " I am big enough to take care of my self, You did whatever you could, and I am grateful to you for that," I said to him. He was looking at me with an expression of disbelief on his face. 

Mom came inside the room interrupting our conversation, she came near me and sat down, moving her fingers through my hair she said:" Let's go home now".

I felt Sam's hand shiver. 

" Mom" I meeked making her look at me ".. I want to know what exactly happened that day," I said turning my gaze towards Sam," and Sam said he is going to help me out in this, we will work on this together", I said saying the last word slowly and clearly, I saw a smile emerge on his face, I turned towards my mother and said" I don't think I will be able to rest until I get to the bottom of this", a tear emerged on the corner of my eyes. she sighed and said," very well, you are grown enough to take your own decisions, and being an Alpha I have duties too, we need to figure it out to stop the killings". she turned towards Sam and said" I believe I can trust you with her", Sam was looking at me continuously and said slowly without turning "I will keep your daughter safe, Alpha Mercy".

I was discharged from the hospital in 2 hours, the hospital was is Sam's pack land, so after I was discharged mom left for our pack while I went to stay at Sam's packhouse.

It was still a little far from the hospital and we had to drive our way back.

While driving back it was really silent in the car, I could even listen to sam breathe in that silence. His eyes were on the road, not paying attention to me. " Sam" I called out for him. " yes" he replied without looking at me.

" Can I ask you something" I waited for him to turn towards me but he replied without turning his head "yes, hope".

" What did you mean when you said 'my wolf'' that day and how did you understand, to be honest, I still don't feel any change in me," I said looking at him very curiously.

" My Wolf said he can feel her inside you" he replied still not looking at me.

" Sam", I called out to him but he was still not looking at me, I extended out my arm to hold his palm when I felt the sparks flowing between us. He immediately stopped the car and got out of it, he moved towards the front of the car with his fingers running across his hair, he went in front of the car and stood there taking the support of the bonnet. 

I was sitting there for almost two minutes, then I decided to go out to talk to him. I got out of the car and walked towards him, " Sam", I said closing the distance between us " will you please tell me what is going on", I was concerned about him. 

"I cannot do this anymore, I don't know what to do", he said almost on the verge of breaking down.

" What can you not do Sam," I said, lifting my hands to place my fingers on his cheek.

He grabbed my waist and pulled me towards him, leaving no distance between us for even air to pass, my chest was on his chest and his face was right in front of my face.

He dropped his head to rest on my shoulder and said," Hope, you are my mate, the only thing I want to do is to love you a lot and to keep you safe" he looked up at me, his eyes were full of disappointment and continued "I don't think I can do even one thing properly in my life, I don't deserve you", a tear rolled down his cheek and it broke my heart, I was not sure if I was ready or not but it felt the most appropriate thing at that time, I wiggled I little to loosen his grip on me, I took his face into my hands and said" I trust you with my life and with my people", I leaned forward and kissed him. 

He was shocked by what I did, " you proved enough that day, how much you love me and care for your people, not only yours you were concerned about my people too.." I could see a mixture of confusion and happiness in his eyes"... I am tired of the misunderstandings that I have towards you, I want to give it a chance, give us a chance," I said collapsing my lips on his, kissing him, he broke the kiss to look at me and said," I don't want pity Hope, I want you to like me for me", he said looking down.

"It's not", I spoke with a firm voice making him look at me," It's not pity, I am not capable of pity love Sam.. "' he looked at me with confused eyes, I looked down and continued to talk".. I was angry on you before because I thought you were nothing but a mean jerk, but then during the training, I saw your soft side, you were patient, calm, understanding of me and my emotions.." I looked up to see his face and softly said," I may not be connected to my wolf but I understand the mate bond I can feel that with you, it might not be as strong as yours or others but I see people around me and how they behave with their mate, so I thought that the mate thing is making you behave like that with me but then during the attack, I saw how protective and caring you were for your people and my people"' tear started to form in my eyes," also the thing you said to me in the hospital about the frog made me realize that I never actually asked you for an explanation, besides we were kids that time and now we are grown up adults and I believe in the fact that people change," I said without a break and started sobbing.

Sam took my face into his hands and made me look at him, " the moon goddess did bless me to give me someone like you as my mate," he bent forward and kissed me, at first it was slow but then turned into a passionate one, he bit my lower lip and tried to enter my mouth with his tongue, I replied him with equal force and affection. 

He grabbed me, and pulled me up into his arm, he turned us around making me sit on the bonnet of the car not breaking the kiss," Moon goddess knows how much I craved for you Hope ", he said shifting his kisses from my lips to my neck with his hands running on my thighs over my jeans, I moaned, snaking my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. 

His right hand started to move up my back while he pulled my waist closer to his with his left hand making my core touch his bulge, wearing layer of clothes was not helping us both, I did not want it to stop I wanted to be like that with him forever but then he stopped,

" Hope", he said breathing very heavy, he broke our hug and said," thank you for giving me this chance, let's go home, for now, we have people waiting for us including your team, technically our investigation is not over yet", he said giving a kiss on my forehead. " but I would want to take you on a date tomorrow, will you come ?" he said looking at me " yes"' i replied looking straight into his eyes.