The Alpha's Mate

Chapter 13

CARSON



An hour passes, and still, there's no sign of the doctor or my mate. I was getting reckless.

Lynx was pacing around.

I stared at the corridor but noticed movement, which made me move slightly. The doctor from earlier came into view and walked over to us. I straightened up.

The doctor stopped just in front of Jenny and me, but his eyes landed on Jenny. "Leah is ok, and she is stable now."

"What did the scan say?" Jenny asked, standing up still looking worried.

The doctor looked at her, but his eyes looked at me for a few moments before giving Jenny his undivided attention. "The scan showed no signs of anything. We have no clue what caused the collapse or what you described."

Jenny let out a sob and sat back down. I looked at the doctor. "Do you have any idea what it could be?"

"I don't know," he said, looking at me. "I would have said a bleed on the brain, but there was no sign. Nothing showed on the scan." He looked at me, but his eyes went back to Jenny. "Has Leah been sleeping or stressed lately?"

I turned to look at Jenny, her eyes wide, and she nodded slightly. "I forced her to move back with me," she said with a whimper. "She didn’t want to, which could have caused her some stress, but her friend told me before we left that she hadn't been sleeping either. Did I do this?"

I looked back at the doctor, who shook his head. "No, I don't think so. I just needed to know what happened or if anything in her life had changed, but I think the lack of sleep didn't help; it would all depend on how much sleep she has been having, and put stress on top of it all, not just moving here but the loss of her father, anything could have caused this, but since we don't know what this is, we have to keep her in for a few more days for observation."

I started at him, trying not to let my face show anything, but I had my own suspicions, which I wasn't going to share with them what I thought.

Lynx grunted but also agreed with what I was thinking. Jenny's actions may have caused part of this whole thing as well; she was hellbent on seeing her, moving her back here. I knew she was planning on bringing her back first as she had arranged to meet Leah’s father. They met, and he agreed to talk to Leah, but it was up to her if she wanted to get in contact. Jenny agreed, but when she received the call from the hospital about the accident and the death of her ex-partner. She was horrified and wanted to go there.

When she got there, a social worker was waiting to see her and stated Leah had to move in with a relative, even if a friend could take her in, as she was only seventeen. Jenny was heartbroken and didn't know what to do, so she contacted Julian and me for advice.

I agreed that Leah should be with people she knew, but Jenny wondered if she could move her into the pack and be part of the pack. I was reluctant about it as her daughter was human and didn't know about us. There were a lot of discussions and throwing scenarios around if it was a good idea since most of the pack didn’t exactly like humans, but Julian mentioned an old pack member lived close by to the human town, which surprised me.

The old pack member told me that she could come on to the pack and would have to swear her loyalty to us, never mentioning our kindness to other humans. He also stated that documents could be filled out for Jenny to claim her daughter and records for us to ensure that we kept up with the code of having a human on the grounds.

Julian did all the work and even wrote the documents to prove everything was above board.

My mind raced over about how we got her, mainly she should be with her friend and not with us. I stared at the doctor.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

The doctor sighed. "She needs to rest, and she will be fine in no time.”

I nodded, and the doctor turned away, heading back down the corridor.

I looked around at everyone who had waited. "I think we should all leave and get some rest," I said.

"I want to stay," Jenny murmured, looking at the door.

I shook my head. "No, Jen, she needs to rest, and after everything that happened, she needs to stay calm."

Jenny looked at me but didn't say anything.

Josh walked up to her, placing his hand on her shoulder. "Alpha Carson is right," he said, making Jenny turn to look at him. "Leah needs some rest. The doctor will be with her, and she needs to calm down after what happened."

Jenny shook her head, "She will be on her own," she said, looking around at us.

"She won't be. I will stay for a while, but I think it is best if the doctor talks to her before anyone sees her; she needs to trust someone."

"What about me?" someone said, making me turn around to see my sister, Cassie, standing there.

I frowned.

"What? Why would you do that?"

Cassie shrugged. "I think she may feel comfortable with someone her own age," she said, looking around at everyone. "I can stay here while you all go to rest, but if she wakes up, I can talk to her, maybe even be her friend."

I stared at my sister and sighed.

"Ok," I said, looking around as the doctor returned.

"Doc," I said, making him look at me. "Alpha."

"We will all leave to get some rest, but I want you to notify Jenny and me when she awakens," I said and then looked at my sister. "Cassie is going to sit here too and be with her."

The doctor nodded.

Everyone stayed for a few moments till they left one by one, leaving me with Cassie and Jenny. Josh went outside to wait for Jenny; the boys had left a few moments ago with Jenny’s parents, who had been quiet.

As we were about to leave, we heard the noise of a bed being moved. I looked toward the door when I saw the nurses pushing Leah's bed out earlier, came back, and wheeled her into the room. I caught a glimpse of her, which made my heart flutter slightly.

Lynx was close by but never came close to being seen.

Jenny and I walked toward the door as they set her up in the room; Jenny and I walked in to look at her. Leah seemed so small in the bed, like a doll. I couldn't see her features well due to the bandage around her head.

The doctor walked in and went to check her vitals. Once he was done, he turned around and gave us a small smile. "You both should leave; I will have a nurse check on her every hour."

I nodded.

The doctor left, with the door closing behind him.

Jenny walked around the bed and stood at the foot, staring down at her. I could feel her emotions as they filled the surrounding air. "I used to sing to her when she was three," she whispered.

My eyes looked at her but landed back on my mate.

Jenny sniffed. "You have to win her over like a human," she said, which made me look at her.

I stiffened, but Jenny carried on. "You have to take her on dates and get to know her. The old-fashioned way. But you will have to wait till she is eighteen or longer, since she is still too young to know. We may need to find out the law about humans and werewolves. Make sure we know what we can do."

I didn't say anything, but my mind raced, wondering how I was going to do this.

Jenny looked back at me, then back at Leah, and sighed. "Her father was someone I fell in love with; even my wolf liked him. I didn't even know I was pregnant till two months before I gave birth."

Why the hell was she telling me all of this? Part of me wanted to know, but not like that.

Jenny looked at me, but something was there but as quickly as she thought something, the quicker she shook her head and changed the subject. "I think we both need to get some sleep," she said, turning to leave but then spoke again. "I will leave you to have a few moments alone with her."

She turned and walked toward the door to leave, but I stared at my mate.

Once Jenny was out the door, I walked over and stood where Jenny stood. And I placed my hand in hers, and sparks shot through me. There was no denying it; she was my mate.

My mother told me all the signs to look for when finding my mate. Her scent, the tingles or sparks, my wolf acting odd, everything was due to my mate.

Lynx came forward slightly and stared at our mate. He lets a whimper slip through. I can feel his sadness wash over me.

"Mate," he whined.

I felt his pain.

I wanted her eyes to open, but I had to play that right.

"Lynx," I said softly, making him look at me. "We need to do this right with our mate. I mean, we have to date her, get to know her. But we need to know what to do because of her age too, but while we are looking into it all, we will be around, even if we have to camp outside her door every night to be calm. We can do this."

I don't even know who I was trying to convince, him or me.

Lynx stared back at me. Then he lets out a huff of annoyance and retreats slightly. He lays down in my head and stares at me. "Ok, we do that way.”

I nodded and then looked back at my mate, before leaning forward slightly. I kissed her cheek, and slight tingles through me, which ignited something inside me. Her scent engulfed me as I got closer. I could feel my mouth water at the smell.

I moved back slightly and let go of her hand. Looking at her till I was ready to move away slowly. Then I walked toward the door and opened it. It closed behind me as I walked out. I stood still and looked around, only noticing the nurse looking at me as I stood in front of the door.

"Alpha," she said with a bow. “Your sister will be back soon; she has gone to grab a coffee before she will go and sit with the girl.”

I nodded but nothing came out.

Taking a moment, I walked away and left the hospital. I knew there was no go in me, not even sleep, which I knew until she was awake, I would slowly lose it. But what then? When will she wake up? Then there was the other issue: she didn't even know I existed.

Not wanting to show my feelings, I walked out of the hospital and headed toward the pack house. I needed a drink, and I needed to think of what I would do next.