Conri POV
"What the fuck just happened," I yell at all of her guards, then I look at my mate and see her hold her stomach, pull her hand back and she's bleeding! I run to her and catch her before she hits the ground. Her guards scatter as they start looking for the shooter. Dear Goddess, you can't take her away from me yet! Ash opened her eyes, just a little, and said, "I will be okay. This is not our ending," and she went unconscious in my arms. I jumped in the SUV that some of the guards were riding in and told four guards to come with us to the pack hospital. They jumped in while I held my mate in the back seat. I was so close to losing my shit when Trina, her closest ally besides me, said, "She's going to be pissed that there is a hole and blood on that dress." I c
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Conri POV I walked into the room, and my heart almost stopped. I never thought I would see my badass mate in this condition. She's laying on her back, she is hooked up to so many machines, there is no way she can be comfortable. I am thankful she's breathing on her own, so I don't have to see her with the tube down her throat, but there is a tube going up her nose. I asked the doctor why and he said, "Some of the silver is in her stomach. We have to filter it out with liquid charcoal. Hopefully we won't have to do it much more. It doesn't taste good, and she makes it very obvious that she doesn't like it." I said, "Does she fight it?" He nodded and I smiled. "She fights anything she feels threatened by. I will talk to her." He said, "That's the best thing you ca
Ashina POV Everyone in the room, including me, started laughing. Chloe said, "Lady, you sure know how to scare the shit out of us!" I looked next to Conri, and it was Chloe! I held out my arms and hugged her as I said, "Chloe! Do I really need to damn near die to get you to come see me?" We both laughed; well, I tried to laugh, but it came out as a groan. Fuck! That hurt. Chloe cringed, "I'm sorry." Conri said, "You can thank Prince Aidinth for bringing you around. He offered a vial of his blood to get all the silver out of your body." I said, "Thank you so much, Prince Aidinth." I looked around and said, "Was I really that close to death?" Conri said, "You were pretty out of it. Mostly because you lost a lot of blood. There was quite a bit of silve
The doctor said, "I will do that, my prince. I swear, I had no idea this would happen." I said, "You have nothing to worry about. My grandmother already told me that I have one of the best doctors in the country looking after me." The doctor blushed and said, "While I do appreciate her vote of confidence, I believe she and I are pretty even. She may even be a smidge better." I chuckled and said, "Regardless, we do need to know who is supposed to be in my room and the nurses that are allowed in here, must be trusted with not only keeping my medical condition confidential, but with not being able to be bribed to kill me." The doctor said, "Good Heavens! We can't have that. We will initiate VIP protocol for you. I'm ashamed to say it hasn't been done yet. But, in my defense, I was busy trying to keep you alive." I nodded and said, "What is VIP protocol?" He said, "We will have only one nurse, on each shift, taking care of you. That nurse will receive triple her normal pay durin
Trina laughed, "No shit! You should've seen how pissed your mom was when they tried to grab her. She put them on their asses faster than any man I've seen, and she almost snapped both their necks at the same time. Your dad was the only one who could stop her. He told her that we needed to question them first." I chuckled, "That's my mom. She's tiny, but mighty." Conri said, "We still have about four hours before the meeting, do you want to take another nap?" I said, "I think so. You're so good to me... far better than I deserve." Then I closed my eyes and fell asleep again. I woke up three hours later with Conri shaking me and asking if I wanted a shower before the meeting. I almost jumped and hugged him. I said, "You know me so well." He laughed, "Trina brought one of my t-shirts for you to lay in. They aren't going to see anything but your face and hair anyway. She also brought your shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. The doctor said you can shower as long as you have hel
Everyone in the room fell silent except Cedric. Cedric said, "Princess Ashina, if you were to cry, none of us would blame you one bit. This is all a lot to handle. I don't know that anyone in this room has gone through half of what you are going through, right now. I don't know that I could take it without breaking down." That was when my mom raised her hand and said, "I've been through it. Well, I haven't been shot with a silver bullet, but I was stabbed with a silver blade." I chuckled, "Mom has been through many of the things that I'm going through, but I don't think you ever had an explosives expert sent against you, did you?" Mom looked like she was thinking, "I don't believe anyone tried explosives with me, so that's new." I said, "While I appreciate the kind words, Cedric, I really don't have time to cry at the moment. I will cry when I do have time." He smiled, "I'm just saying, take care of your emotional needs too. We all care about you." I put my hand over my heart and sa
It has now been a week since I came home from the hospital. My wounds are not completely healed yet, and I'm still in a back brace and confined to bed. I am ready to fucking lose it! I'm talking with King Fenris and my dad every day for updates on the status of the pack, but they aren't telling me much. When my doctor comes in today, I'm going to beg him to get me out of this bed. I'm seriously going crazy, and I know Conri is too. At least he gets to go to the meetings. I am stuck in this fucking bed! I'm really starting to get cranky about it too. Ask Conri; he's been catching the brunt of it lately. He's a saint for putting up with me through it all too. I am really going to owe him when all this is done. My doctor, followed by Lupe and Conri walk in, and I'm about to snap. Conri sits next to me and rubs my arm. Just the sparks from that small act are enough to calm me down. He knows how irritated I am; he can feel it. I ask the doctor, "Would you please do the CT t
I felt tears start to well up and I said, "It's just going to piss me off more than I already was." I cleared my throat, and said, "You are going to make me cry, and I really hate crying. So, I already told my parents about the surgery. They are coming up for it." I looked at them both and they each had the saddest of looks on their faces. I said, "Really, guys, I'm okay with whatever happens. I don't know if Nyla will also be paralyzed. I just know that the silver in body is suppressing Nyla and keeping my wound from healing. I can't tolerate either of those things. So, Conri, if the doctor comes out and tells you that the silver is not able to be taken out because it's too close to my spinal cord, you tell him I want it out. I can live with being paralyzed. I cannot live without Nyla and my quality of life would be horrible if I have the open wound for the rest of my life." Conri said, "I understand, I just don't want to have to make that decision." I said, "You aren't making the
Conri's POV Letting go of her hand was one of the hardest things to do. I walked back to the room the clinic staff put us in to wait for updates. There is a phone in there that has a direct line to the surgical suite. When I got there, I was met with nothing but long faces. I said, "Really guys? I honestly don't think I can take eight hours of this heavy feeling." Luna Abby said, "That's how long it could take?" I nodded my head. I said, "he said that it's such a delicate surgery, he has to move very precisely. If he moves too quickly, or jerks his hand even a millimeter, he could paralyze her." Luna Abby rested her head on Alpha Damien. Brenna was doing what she had to do for Nico, but I really miss my mate. Seth and I are the only two who are mate less in this room. O