Chapter 31
Eve POV
I could feel myself starting to wake up. The smell of disinfectant hits me first and the sound of beeping. I’m not in the forest anymore. They caught me.
I start to feel around and I’m not in my outfit with weapons. There is someone next to me. I start to pull away but it makes them hold my hand tighter.
“Lewana, it’s OK. It’s Conrad. I got you. You’re safe here with me“.
He gently strokes my face and I can feel the familiar calming Alpha aura. I start to try and get out of bed but the pain I have all over my body makes me feel heavy.
“I have to get the girls“.
“Liam got the girls. They’re safe in the pack house“.
A wave of relief washes over me. That was the closest I had gotten to going back. I feel my tears starting to form in my eyes but I don’t let them fall.
I just look at Conrad and gently ask. “What happened“.
“Michelle called Liam and told us you were under attack. We were able to locate you but they had used a tranquilizer dart on you before we got there“.
“Did any of them….. touch me“.
“No. No one did. We got to you within 25 minutes of you calling. You fought so hard and have some major bruises but nothing is broken“.
I can’t stop the tears at this. He came to get me.
“Why“.
He looks at me confused. “Why what“.
“Why did you risk yourself coming to get me“.
“The same reason I call you Lewana and not Eve. You shine so bright and only you can’t see it. You are so amazingly special and they can’t have you to destroy that light“. He moves his hand to my face and uses his thumb to wipe the tear off my cheek.
I force the tears to stop and start moving to pull the IV line out.
Conrad starts to panic and holds my hands to stop me. “What are you doing“.
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I can’t stay here. I have to leave. Everyone is in danger if I stay“.
“You are too injured to go anywhere. You need to stay in bed“.
I start trying to fight to get up but have very little strength left.
“I’m sorry I have to do this Lewana but I need to protect you. Even if that is from yourself. He sends a full force calming wave through me. I suddenly feel like I haven’t slept in years and all the pain goes.
When I wake in the morning Conrad is still at my bedside holding my hand with his head resting on my bed fast asleep. I start to pull my hand away and he grips tighter.
“And where are you off to“. He turns and looks at me with a cheeky grin.
Crap. “I was just getting up to go check on the girls“.
“You’re an awful liar“. He has a gentle smile on his face as he looks down at me. “Where were you really going“.
“It’s weird waking up so close to you“.
“What’s weird about it. I know you’re calmer when I’m holding you and I’m happier too. Why can’t I hold you“.
“You’re the Alpha King for a start. You don’t go around holding everyone else’s hand while they sleep“.
“I keep telling you. You’re special to me. Are you ever going to believe me when I tell you that“. He strokes some hair away from my face and I see those big jasper eyes. I have to look away.
“I don’t know“.
“Well let’s start with the fact you saved three civilians last night while fighting a rouge army, took out nine by yourself, and came back with limited injuries“. I can feel the pride in his voice.
“I only took out seven and it doesn’t feel like limited injuries“.
“It was nine. Two of the rouges you fought in your last battle bled out not too far from where we found you and you’re in pain from bruises. Nothing is broken“. He is smiling at me with nothing but care in his eyes. But they turn to sadness.
“Lewana, there is something I need to tell you“. He seems scared now. “I went to see Alpha Blake. He told me everything that my father did to you and it’s my fault. He only did it because I left. I’m so sorry. Please, don’t leave me before I can prove I’m not like him“. He just held me tighter as he says this.
he did
“I worked that out when you told me your past on the weekend. During his …. sessions… he kept saying having me was his birthright due to his bloodline. No one becomes that evil overnight so! some of the same stuff to you. I don’t blame you for leaving him. You’re not your father jus mine“.
I’m not
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I can see the wave of relief wash over his body. He stands up quickly and kisses me on the forehead. He had clearly been dwelling on this for days and couldn’t wait any more to ask me.
I keep looking away from him. I start to get up again, “I really should be going“.
He starts to help me up but when I’m standing up he pulls me close so I’m standing between his legs and pulls my head closer to his so our foreheads rest against each other. He whispers in a sultry voice that makes my stomach flip, “Why do you keep running from me when I know you feel something“.
Before I answer a medic comes in the door making me fall away from him back onto the bed. The medic looks up all cheerful. “Oh great you’re up. How are you feeling this morning“.
“I’m OK. Just a bit sore“.
“Well, a few days here and we will have you good as new“.
Conrad intervenes. “Actually, I was speaking to the in–charge last night and due to the situation, we are going back to the pack house this morning. There’s better security there. We just need her pain meds and I will take her to her room“.
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