Chapter Seven

(Aegis's Point Of View).

Hollowness greeted me like an old friend opening my eyes up with a gasp. I was in an hospital room empty of patients but filled with people. Six nurses in varying height and coordinated uniform tended to the only patient in the room.The room in all its glory smelt like death.The walls appeared so white, it nearly blinded me. A single dull blue light hung in the corner of the room adding to the gloomy atmosphere of the room.

“ Where am I?”

A tall blonde willowy nurse in a blue apron exchange a look to a woman on my far right before answering me.

“In the hospital ma’am.”

“But this is not the hospital, I work in the hospital ” I replied looking around the room of new faces in confusion.

“Where’s mama Priscilla and Sister Thalia?”.

Exchanging another desperate look with other nurses in the room, the same woman answered me.

“Erm, This is not your pack hospital ma’am. I’m afraid you’re no longer in your pack . This is the  Night-wisp pack”

“The Night-wisp pack. What am I doing in the night wisp pack” I muttered.

They stated towards me, all of them. Some in anticipation, some in resentment and some in pity and I looked on in confusion.

And then, it all came rushing back.

Elias rejecting me, choosing Vela, my parents supporting him, sending me away , my baby, wait my baby.

I couldn’t feel it.

“My baby, where’s my baby? I can’t feel my baby” I cred out in fear.

No one paid me any mind. I tried reaching out to my wolf.Nothing.

I turned in desperation to the woman closest to me. She looked panicked but that didn’t matter to me. Not right now.

“Say something,  Where’s my baby?” 

“Say something  please I’m begging you” I was full on yelling now.

She didn’t need to say anything, the pity on her face was answer enough.

Hot tear ran down my face. This couldn't be happening.

“No please, please tell me you were able to save her. Please, I can’t lose her. Please”.

“Miss Aegis” a new voice called out.

This woman was dressed differently.She wore a long purple dress and a white lab coat.

“My name is Evangeline, the resident healer of the Night-wisp pack. You got here just in time for us to save your life. Nothing however could done to save your baby.  I have your records here and from what I can see, you were an hospital attendant in your pack. So you of all people should know the effect of ingesting wolfsbane”.

What  was this lunatic talking about?

“I didn’t take any wolfsbane. I’m not stupid ma’am I know the effects of wolfsbane. It would have killed me”

“Are you quite sure?” She asked looking at me in disgust.

Oh no she did not just insinuate what i think she’s insinuating.

“I think I would know if I took Wolfsbane. As  you’ve rightly pointed out, I’m an hospital attendant. Hell I’m studying to be a doctor. So why would I take a drug I know would kill me?” I asked, the anger in my voice evident.

The look of disgust on her face tripled by the minute and it bothered me and my wolf. A lot.

“ I didn’t kill my baby” I growled  at her with my claws an teeth extended.

She believed me now. Good but that didn't do anything to abate the anger in me. My wolf was blood thirsty and she was looking to be a fantastic kill. Realizing same, she took a step back in fear. All the nurses had spread out by now, everyone knew the danger of an angry wolf much less a grieving one.

“Leave us” She ordered the nurses.

“ If you didn’t take wolfsbane then how” she trailed of

“You tell me, you’re the doctor here”.

 I knew the instant she came to the  realization.

“No, that wasn’t possible.There’s no way” 

She was wrong. She had to be.

“Aegis please try to think deeply. Did you eat anything yesterday,anything that tasted different?”.

“No I only ate once yesterday at the Alpha-Beta dinner. It tasted fine. Moreover if it was in the food, we should all have died.”

“Think few hours before you got in the carriage. Wolfsbane takes about Three to Four Hours to take effect in a body”.

“ I didn’t take anything after. I swear. I was barely even able to stomach anything at the dinner”.

“Okay. What of drinks? Did you drink anything after?. Think Aegis”

“ I didn’t drink anything. I didn’t. I ate at the table and we had to leave because of Vela. The only other thing I drank was water when…”. It couldn't be.

“Goddess no, they couldn’t have. No please no”.

The Healer was quick to restrain me. “Calm down Aegis. Talk to me.When did you drink water?”.

“I-i-i was choking and I couldn't breathe after he rejected me. They brought me water to drink. It tasted weird like it was metal but I didn't think much of it. They….”  I looked 

“No….”  “They took her away from me”.

“Stay with me Aegis. Who gave you the water?”.

“ She gave me the water. My mother gave me the water”.

Horror splashed through her face but I couldn’t process it.

“NOoooooo”. ‘They can’t do this to me, Please don’t let them do this to me. They can’t take her away.Do something, Please bring her back.” I cried desperately clinging to her.

Tears filled her eyes as she answered me” I’m sorry Aegis. There’s nothing we can do. The baby’s gone”.

“No, no, no, no” I was having an anxiety attack.

Watching me tentatively, the healer shouted for a sedative.

Feel. I needed to feel.

My eyes caught a blue mug o the table beside me. My hands reached for it before my brain could process it as flying across the room. I reached for the drip stand but she wouldn’t let me.

The healer pulled me into her arms in a desperate hug.

“ I’m so sorry love. I’m so sorry. It'll be fine I promise”.

“They took her Evangeline. They took my baby from me”.

“T’s okay darling. It’s going to be just fine love. You’ll be fine love”.

I felt the tiny prick of the needle at the back of my neck but I still didn’t let go and neither did she.

“I was a good girl Evangeline. I was a very good  girl. Why would they do that to me”.

“ I don’t know love. I on’t know.But please don’t let Go. Don’t let go love. Fight Aegis. Please fight. You’ll get through this love, I promise”.

Fight. I had no fight left in me. They took it all. 

Drowsiness hit me like a wind. My senses failing me by the minute but she didn't let go. She held me in her arm and rocked me till my body fell under.

“Poor child. What mother could have done that to her child?”?

“ I don’t think she’ll ever survive this. The wolfsbane didn’t just kill her baby. It destroyed her womb. She'll never be able to have another child.

The last thing I remembered before my mind finally came under was her telling me to fight. What a joke.