Elias POV I follow his line of sight straight to Nathan as I expected, as Chilli's thumb rubs in a circular motion on my arm in a comforting mannor. But this just fills me with more guilt and heartache as I stare into her blue waterfall orbs, our family and loved ones waiting on the edge of their toes to rush to her side to help with baited breaths, as I can feel their fearful gazes on us. She was the one just screaming out in agony and now she's trying to comfort and soothe me."I'm so sorry Chilli," I whisper under my breath as she painfully gasps for air. Why did I let her do this? Why did I suggest it? And what the fuck happened, what the hell is in his blood? Wolfsbane? Why didn't I listen to my instincts? I knew I shouldn't have let her do this, fuck! Anger boils up inside of me at myself and the one responsible for my mate's pain. My eyes shift back to Logan still on his knees, now looking more paniced and worried at Chilli, but something tells me its more
Chilli POV The burning sensation prickles as the blood still burns my skin, but the pain is mild compared to when it first came into contact with my claws. My mind races to the recording and hearing what we thought to be Nathan doing something to ... him, to silence him. What did he do? The more it plagues my mind, I come to the assumption he must have injected something into him, it's the only thing that makes sence. I fear for the next person his blood touches, when a small part of me is slightly glad he'll have a kind of defence, protection in a way, against any foes or attackers. I watch Elias in the corner of my eye as he drives, the guilt eating at him for my pain. But I wouldn't have it any other way and I think he knows that, which makes him feel worse. However, it had to be me, of course it did. My red wolf fire gives me a sort of protection, a shield, I fear how much worse it could have been if he'd been the one to have the blood on his hand. I fear it could
A few days later."Sit back down!" I grumble as I lower my numb ass back onto the sofa, it's been a few days since taking me to the hospital after the banishing and he still won't let me do anything but rest. It took so much convincing for him to let me move from the bed to the sitting room this morning. But I've had enough of sitting around, I'm bored beyond belief. "Sit!" He shouts with care again from the other room, but this time I continue to get to my feet, ignoring him."I'm fine," I call back as I make my way to the spare room which has become the nursery, I'm so close to being done in there and it's driving me crazy to just sit here when I could finish it off in less than a day. "I just want to..""No," Elias appears in front of me, cutting me off mid sentence and stopping me in my path. "You need to rest, doctor's orders," he tells me."I have rested, plus it was only my hand, I dont need this much rest for just my hand. Look," I say, holding it up to his face, "It's fine,
Elias POV 'Elias? Chilli?' Erin's sounds in our head as Chilli leads me away to the right,'Keep going!' I tell them before turning back to look at Chilli, "Chilli? Where are we going?" But she just Shhhes me as she replies in my head, letting go of my hand,'Come on!' She tells me as she pick up the pace, 'Chilli?' I hiss, easily keeping up with her, 'what's going on?' 'This way,' she tells me, 'we'll cut him off!' Him? I think to myself, him? But my mind doesn't get a chance to dwell on it for long when a blurr in the far distant sprints between the trees. Our wolf instincts kick in and take over as we bare down and sprint full pelt after it not needing to say another word. Neither of us holding back as we keep up with each other. The closer we get more, the more I can smell the beast, and it is indeed the creature from before. I continue to follow Chilli's lead as she weaves and jumps around the trees and roots of the forest as I talk to the other
Back at the pack house, I stare at Nathan behind the same bars that housed Logan not too long ago, I study the man's facial expressions, trying to understand. I've seen Nathan's wolf form before and it did not look like that, it was big, powerful, a normal alpha's wolf, not what we just saw out in the woods. The other thing I don't completely understand is why? Why was he here today? It doesn't make any sense. This all feels too easy if you ask me. With a sigh and a shake of my head I adcend the steps out of here, frustration and my speculations pledging my mind, I feel a headache coming on. "Still not talking?" The angelic voice of my Chilli, evaporates any signs of a possible headache as I lay my eyes on her, smiling, trying to hide her worry and concern as she waits for me in the corridor with the guards posted at the door again."No," I sigh taking her hand in mine and pulling her in close, needing to feel her body fit into mine in a perfect embrace and for he
Elias POV "Shit!" I swear under my breath as I feel Chilli's consciousness start to fade "stay with me!" I tell her just before she suddenly goes limp in the seat next to me, now out cold. "AAARRRGGHHH!!" I swerve into the other lane before regaining my control of the wheel and bringing the car back to the right side of the road. 'Shit! What the fuck was that?!' I momentarily think to myself for a split of a second as the realisation hits me that Chilli has been holding back her true pain from me since we got close to the car, but now, with her unconscious, I can feel it all. "Fuck!" I grunt between gritted teeth as I struggle to fight to stay focused on the road and getting us to the hospital in one piece. Thankfully we are so close and within minutes I turn into the hospital car park and come to a screeching holt out side the main doors. Throwing my door open and leaping over the heated bonnet of the car to retrieve Chilli's lifeless body. Abandoning the car I rush
Donna POV "Page Dr Jones!" I tell Matthew, "get him down here now!" He nods and rushes to the phone on the wall, "Jason, start an IV," I ask the other nurse as I turn my attention back to the patient."Yes doctor," Jason nods whilst I stare down at her as we work together to hook her up to the EKG and blood pressure machines. As I attach the sensors to the skin of her chest and stomach, then wait momentarily for the machines to start reading hers and the babies vitals. I can't help but observe her youthfulness, 'so, this is our Luna,' I think to myself, I'm always so busy with work that I don't follow the news much, so have never seen her face before. "She's so young," I comment aloud under my breath as Dr Jones suddenly appears through the doors and strides straight up to the bed side."Donna?" He asks before seeing who the patient is, "you rang... oh," his sight fixed on her. "What happened?" His voice suddenly so stern."Right!" He states once I've
Elias POV After the longest pause ever, doctor Jones thankfully agrees to let me see her, but only me to Erin's and Leroy's dismay. They lead me through the double doors the doctor I thought was a nurse stopped me at earlier, as my heart pounds painfully in my chest. As soon as we get close I can sence which room she is in as my breath hitches. Doctor Mills pushes the door open for me to enter Chilli's room as two male nurses look so shocked to see me, I catch her nodding at them in the corner of my eye as they bow there heads before stepping slowly away from the bed and leaving the room. But my eyes and attention is transfixed to the beautiful woman laying soundlessly on it. "Chilli," I whisper so softly under my breath, hesitantly reaching out to touch her skin and take her hand in mine. The warmth of her skin shocks me as her face is so pale, I thought she would feel cold to the touch, as my eyes well up as the heat from her hand fills me with the reassurance