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Save in the infirmary

Author: Shooting Star
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-01 21:33:46

Aria.

“Take her away, Kade and keep an eye on her.” Alpha Rowan ordered, the moment Alpha Damon walked out of the pack house. He stared at me before he left, his eyes filled with worry, he looked like he didn’t want to leave me there with him.

“Alpha, you haven’t…”

Alpha Rowan cut him off before he could complete his words.

“You heard what she did Kade, do you expect me to keep someone like that beside me again? And you were going to help her escape the pack. Do you think you’ve any right to question me at this moment?”

Kade exhaled and lowered his head in submission at Rowan’s outburst.

“Alpha, everything is a lie, and nothing like that was going to happen.” Kade protested, I stepped closer to him and touched his arm and shook my head at him. I didn’t want him to argue with Alpha Rowan.

He sent wolves to have me killed, he could do worse to Kade, and it wasn’t something I wanted.

I don’t want to lose him.

“Are you going against my orders?” Alpha Rowan barked, I shook my head, and nudged Kade to speak to him and apologized. He was being adamant, and this wasn’t the time for it.

“Kade.” I whispered his name. He turned and stared at me “…can you just take me away from here, I don’t want to stay another moment with Alpha Rowan here and I’m in pain.”

He bit his lower lip hard and took his gaze back to Alpha Rowan.

“I’m sorry, Alpha. I will take Aria away now.”

Alpha Rowan snorted, and looked the other way. Kade took my hand and led me out of the pack house, he took me to the infirmary.

I was made to lay on an empty bed, and Kade went to get the doctor. He came back with Kade, and I was being checked.

The brown eyes of the doctor narrowed at my wound on my shoulders.

I blinked my eyes at him as he stared.

“Is it bad?” Kade asked, standing close to the doctor.

He adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat. “A bit, the claws went deep but she will be fine and it’s quite advisable she doesn’t use her shoulder for a while, it will heal faster that way.”

“It’s because she has no wolf is it?” Kade’s face was squeezed with worried wrinkles.

The doctor nodded in response to his questions.

“Are there other wounds?” He glanced at me for a brief moment, and returned his sharp gaze to the lanky doctor.

“There’s bruises around her rib cage, her arms and her…”

“It’s enough.” I chipped in, and sighed.

My whole body has scars which I didn’t want Kade to see, I didn’t want to see those pitiable look on his face.

“Just get it treated.” I said to the doctor.

“I will do that Miss Aria.”

I was getting treated, and Kade decided to take a walk out of the room. I was left with the doctor and a nurse. I had taken some painkillers, but it didn't help much.

Someone came into the room, he stood by the door for about a minute before he revealed himself and moved closer to the bed.

I scoffed when I saw him, he took his hands from his pocket, and breathed out.

“Aria.”

I averted my gaze from him, and at the white ceiling, the Doctor finished with the bandage on my shoulder. He bowed to Lucian who stood behind him and left the room with the nurse.

“I didn’t know…” His words trailed off.

“You didn’t know…” I snickered, and gave him a stare.

“You were the one who told me the Alpha wanted to see me, and I’d almost lost for life for something I knew nothing about.”

I expected to say that he didn’t know, he was part of the council and a strategist like him had no idea what Rowan was planning, it sounded like a joke to me.

“I won’t do anything that would put your life at risk, Alpha Rowan wanted me to find you, I had no idea what his plan was…I’m sorry. I don’t know, I think you hate me for what happened…” He stepped closer to the bed, and stepped when he was close enough to me.

“I hurried over to the pack house when I learnt what happened, and I came here to find you, Ava told me Kade took you here.”

Ava again?

“I should have come sooner.”

“And do what?” I rolled my eyes.

“I could have come up with a plan, and found a way to talk to Rowan, I never knew about this Aria, believe me.”

“You work for the Alpha.” I pointed out.

“Kade does too, why do you treat me differently from him?” He mumbled quietly.

“I think you already know why, Mr. Lucian.” I drawled out, and turned to the other side of the bed.

He leaned on the bed. “I’m sorry.”

“If you are indeed sorry for what happened, and prove that you’re not with Rowan on this.” I stated.

“How?” He inquired.

“Get Soren out of prison.”

Lucian chuckled softly and I was forced to spare him a glance with a frown on my face. Did he think I was making a joke?

“That’s not a joke.”

The smile on his face faded off, and he straightened himself, his hands crossed over his chest. “Is that all you want me to do?”

I nodded curtly.

“I will get him out before tomorrow morning.” He said with utmost confidence.

“How?” I furrowed my brows.

“I don’t have to remind you of my work, Aria.”

I rolled my eyes. “At least you know my name.”

He chuckled and just stared at me, the look of relief washed over his face. I wouldn’t believe that someone like him was worried about me.

He didn’t seem like it, Lucian was always cold and distant.

“You should get some rest.” He picked up the blanket, and helped me to settle into the bed comfortably, he covered me with the blanket.

“Is someone watching over you tonight?”

“Kade is with me.”

His lips quirked “Your bodyguard.”

His hands were on each side of the bed, and I was trapped in the middle while he stared intently into my face for a moment which felt too long.

“Get away from her.” Kade growled from the door.

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