Chapter 22
1 took off running from my study, heading straight for my girl. A sense of dread and fear built up inside my chest, as if it was trying to weigh me down and stop me from reaching her. Nothing was going to stop me though.
When I entered my girl’s room she was thrashing in the bed softly crying no over and over again.
I had to get to her as soon as I could. I climbed up the bed from the bottom and crawled to get to her.
“It’s OK. It’s OK. I’m here. I’m going to keep you safe from now on“. I start stroking her hair and stroking her face. She starts to calm down and I can see her rapid breathing starting to slow and her body relax. I wonder how many times she has had this nightmare. I wonder how I can protect her from her nightmare.
I start to look more closely at her and take in all the delicate features of her face. I can’t help but brush my thumb across her cheek and feel how soft her skin is. The beautiful softness of her face with light pink supple lips. I only look away when I hear a growl at the door.
“Get. Away from her“. Arthur is glaring at me as if he is physically throwing a dagger to kill me.
“I already told you. She’s my mate. So no“.
“Your wolf just senses her power and wants to claim it. What he’s telling you is not real“.
I ignore him. Nothing has felt as right as being this close to her. I have to know how to protect her in every
way possible.
“Does she know about her mother“.
Arthur looks at me confused. “What do you mean”.
“I saw her file. She is pure omega. She can’t be her biological mother. So, does she know“.
“I don’t know if she has ever been told, but she’s always been a smart girl. She would have worked it out by
now“.
By this time everyone else comes into the room and is a bit surprised by the sight. No one is sure about what they should or what happened.
Kimberly speaks in a tone just above a whisper. “How did you know she was having a nightmare“.
“I don’t know. I just felt it and knew I had to come“.
To everyone’s surprise, Lewana rolls over in her sleep and starts snuggling up to me. She moves her head, so it is on my chest and warps an arms and leg over me. I can’t help the smug smile that crosses my face as I look at the scowl crossing Arthur’s..
He snaps at me, “She’s only doing that cause you’re currently manipulating her. You’re using the calming
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aura. Aren’t you“.
“And what if I am. It makes her feel better. Besides, I don’t think she has ever felt a calming wave before. She wouldn’t be so receptive to it if she had“.
“So she really has never felt loved then“. The look on Kimberly’s face is heartbreaking.
“She has by you ladies. I can feel it in the way she relaxes around you. It’s our kind she has never felt it from“.
Arthur starts growling. “I love her. I basically raised her as my own before she was taken from me“.
“And yet you let her suffer at the hands of Alpha Blake for years before she had to save herself“.
“You don’t think we tried. Many of us died trying. Most of us were tortured for trying, myself included. We never gave up. We still don’t know how she escaped but we prayed to the Moon Goddess that she was thousands of miles away living the life that deserved. We were devastated when we started finding the care packages she left and we kept leaving messages telling her to leave us to rot. But she refused“. At this point, there are tears in his eyes and you can see he’s struggling with the demons of the past.
I stare at the old man and ask the only question I care about. “You don’t think I can keep her safe. Do
you”
His face goes cold with determination. “You’re an Alpha. The King of them no less. As far as I’m concerned, you will always be the problem“. He storms out of the room. Not that he trusts me with Lewana, but because he can’t stomach the sight of seeing her peacefully sleeping next to me.
Everyone else starts to leave the room after him which leaves me with my girl. I start to move to get up and leave but she instantly starts whimpering again. I decided to stay with her just so I can calm her more so she can have a good rest. Even just for a few hours.
I get comfy on the bed next to her and place a hand on her head. I start to think about all the things I’m going to say to her when she is awake. All the ways I’m going to keep her safe and with me. If there is anything I can say or do to get her to stay here with me and not head home in a few hours. For now, though, I just enjoy having her next to me.
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