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Pain shot through me,my neck searing and my arms and legs aching like they never had. I slowly opened my eyes and stared up at the ceiling in Sina’s bedroom. If it wasn’t for the pillows drenched in her sweet, thick scent, I would’ve thought I was in my room. I couldn’t turn my head or move my muscles an inch.
“Calder,” Sina whispered from my side. “Can you move?”
I opened my mouth—or at least tried to—but I couldn’t say anything. I couldn’t even scream.
She hovered over me, her head tilted to the side slightly and her eyes wide with tears. “I’m sorry,” she whispered. “This is my fault. I shouldn’t have ordered Darius to go find the baby.”
I wanted to tell her that it was okay, that this wasn’t her fault, but I couldn’t even speak through the mind link. The last thing I remembered was walking home from Maxine’s house and finding Jaroth lingering around my pack borders and fighting him. My teeth digging into his flesh. My claws in his neck.
What had happened after that? Had we captured him? Thank the fucking gods that he hadn’t taken Sina.
“Should you give him more medicine?” Gaian said to Sina’s left, his face barely in view. “The vampire blood and herbs?”
“I’ve already given him the dosage I usually took,” she said, chewing on her inner cheek, the way she did when she was nervous. “I don’t know what will happen if I give him more. It usually takes effect by now. It’s been hours.”
“Well, fucking try,” Thayer growled.
More tears welled up in Sina’s eyes. “I-I don’t want to kill him. I don’t know what Jaroth gave him.”
Thayer leaned over the bed and snatched my chin. “You might be an asshole, Alpha, but you’re not fucking dying today.” When he released me, he turned back to her. “Fucking do it.”
Sina pressed her trembling lips together and crawled up onto the bed next to me, taking the vial of medication from Gaian’s hand. She gently cupped my chin and pulled my lips apart, placing the edge against my mouth.
“I love you,” she whispered, tilting the vial so the liquid rolled into my mouth and down my throat. “I’m going to fix this. You’re not going to be paralyzed forever.”
Paralyzed forever?
As the last drop rolled down the back of my throat, tingles shot up and down my arms, through my body. It was the only thing I could feel. Then, everything turned dark.
When I woke up again, it must’ve been midnight. I turned my head toward the window, a sharp pain lurching up the side of my neck. I grunted in agony and stared into the dark night sky. Everything fucking hurt, but at least I could make small movements.
“Sina!” I called, my voice hoarse.
Is she still here?It sure smelled like it.
“Sina.”
The door opened quietly, and Sina’s scent drifted through the room. “Is that you calling me? Are you awake?”
“Sina,” I breathed, moving my fingers slightly. “Come here.”
Sina closed the door softly behind her, then hurried over and crawled into the bed with me, wrapping her arms around my shoulders. I wanted to hold her back, but I still couldn’t move my arms or legs.
“What were you thinking?” she whispered, tears streaming down her cheeks. “Darius told me he was trying to track the scent of the baby and found you and Jaroth going at it in the middle of the forest. Why would you try to capture him alone?”
“He was lurking near my property. I’d do anything to protect my pack and my mate.” I turned my head toward her and winced, another shot of pain running through me. “I’d do anything for you.”
Gently, she grabbed my face to hold it still. “Don’t move,” she whispered. “He sliced your neck nearly down to your spine. It’s a fucking miracle that you’re alive.”
“I’d do anything for you,” I whispered, tears in my eyes. I kept repeating the same thing over and over to her, but I fucking meant it.
I had been nothing but an asshole to her, but I’d had my reasons. I needed to protect my pack. I needed to protect her.
If anything happened to her again, I didn’t think I’d survive it. It’d nearly killed me last time.
“You almost got yourself killed.”
“I know,” I whispered, ignoring the nagging pain in my neck. “And I’d do it again. You’re my fucking everything.”
