In that moment, my whole body felt like it was frozen. Taking in what Mateo had just said. Was my friend dead? They said he had improved. “What?” I hear Dan stutter next to me. “He went into cardiac arrest. They don’t know if it was shock or what it was. Maybe the wolfsbane.” Javier stood up to greet us. “What?!” I hear a voice from behind us. Esme. She sounded heartbroken. “Is he….” Dan was fighting tears, I could tell, and to be honest I was in too much of a state to even speak. This was one of my best friends. He couldn’t be dead. Surely not. I hear Esme sobbing. “What has happened?” she asks. “His heart stopped” Dan says, going to hug her. I should have done that. I know I should step up and be a good Alpha, a good friend, but I am in shock. My brain just isn’t wanting to work. “I heard that. But why? He was stabbed, they said he was improving.” Esme said. “I want to see a Dr.” Of course, she has medical knowledge, she will want to know mor
Hearing Gabe had gone into cardiac arrest had broken me. In that moment, walking around the edge of the corridor to hear them say his heart had stopped, I thought I was too late, I thought I had lost him. I thought I may not have a chance to put things right with him. That we may not be able to try to work things out. Because hearing he had been hurt had made me reconsider everything. I would give up my degree for him if I needed to. I was terrified for him. I knew how strong the mate bond can be, but knowing your fated mate is hurt is enough to bring you to your knees. Kya was howling and whining in my mind. She is still angry with me, but at the same time desperate for me to get to him, so I think right now she is torn between whether she will be on good terms with me or not, knowing I was here to see our mate. There was no way I was never going to not go and see him. But hearing his heart had stopped, I thought he had already gone. I thought we had lost our chance a
We have sat in the lounge listening to Alpha Jacob chat with Esme and Lola's families, offering them homes at Midnight Forest Pack if they would like to move with them. He went over the issues Alpha Jace has caused, and he explained what our pack could offer. Focusing so much on a fresh start for them all and the support they would receive. He said they did not have to take up the offer as the council had said they could be relocated with the other pack members at neighbouring packs closer to the Crimson Night Pack if that is what they preferred; but as a pack, we had wanted to offer them the opportunity of a fresh start with Lola and Esme, especially after hearing everything they had had to endure over the years. I had seen many shocked faces at this offer of a fresh start and a new home, new jobs and even education for the women. Some seemed uncertain, understandably. But as we were explaining they would be given time to think about it and discuss between themselves, my phone
I wanted to go and check Gabe was ok, but right now Esme and Mateo were by his bed, and I felt it was necessary to let them be with him. Dan and I were standing in the corner of the room. Both quiet, both watching the scene in front of us. I wonder if he is full of emotion and turmoil like I am. It doesn’t feel right seeing Gabe like this. He is a warrior, he is not meant to be weak and vulnerable in a hospital bed. Not to mention quiet and unable to be cracking jokes, having a laugh like he normally does. It feels so wrong in so many senses. It makes this whole situation so much more scary to me. That probably doesn’t make sense. But that is how it feels. He looks ill too, and that is not good. I hope these Drs are able to help him. I truly do. My gut feeling is that I want him taking to our pack hospital if I am honest, so I know the Drs, know they have the best possible treatment available, as here I don’t know how they work, don’t know the staff and don’t know what they ha
I was shocked to see Manuel and Jake leave the packhouse, but when I received his mindlink I assumed he had had some bad news about Gabe. I hope Esme had got here in time. I let Alpha Jacob know where they had gone. While my family sat and spoke among themselves about their future. Right now my focus wasn’t really on whether they came with me to Midnight Forest or not. My mind was on Gabe. He had saved my life, and now his life hung in the balance or may have even ended because of that. I wanted to know if he was ok or not. “Ok Lola, we will call Knox shortly, he should be there by now. He told me he was going straight to the hospital when he landed. Are you ok?” Alpha Jacob looks at me with a sad smile I shake my head. “This is my fault, isn’t it?” “No sweetheart, it isn’t. This is your Alpha’s doing. Manuel was following protocol, as the boys always do. That is how they have been brought up, that is how our pack do things. And Gabe was doing what he does, being the
Seeing Gabe laid there like that was enough to make me want to go and find that Alpha and torture the evil son of a bitch, I swear I have never felt anger like it. But intermingled with the anger was agony and upset at seeing my closest friend and cousin injured, knowing he had been so close to dying. And he had been like that because he had come down here to help me and my mate. I will always look at it like that. He didn’t have to come, but he will have had the same pull to the warrior's team and the family I did and wouldn’t have wanted to leave them. He wanted to help, support us and be there. Part of me wonders if some of his reasoning was for Esme too. And seeing her now by his side, anyone can see they are meant to be together. They need to make this being mates work now. They would be crazy not to. I cross the room to his bed now Knox has let me go from his hug. I think he's feeling as hopeless in all of this as me. “Hey Gabe” I whispered, hoping he could hear me
I had sat with Gabe for three days now, and he was still sleeping. The Drs were coming and going, telling me his stats were improving. The nurses were regularly cleaning his wound and it actually looked like it was starting to slowly heal now they had managed to get it to stop bleeding. Kya was in slightly less of a mood with me, she was whimpering each time the nurses were touching her mate, changing his dressings, knowing he would likely be in pain. Seeing his wounds made me flinch. I have seen so many wounds in my training, but seeing them on Gabe they seemed so much worse. Knowing it was my mate that was hurt, knowing he could be in pain, it affected me more. Mateo spent most of the time here too. Though I had gone a step further and was literally sleeping in the chair next to Gabe’s bed. I only left the room to go and have a shower in the Drs' room that they were allowing me to use. And I only did that when Mateo was with him, so he wasn’t on his own. I needed to make th
I could not help but smile at hearing those words coming from Gabe, who knows if he was joking other than him, but I swear hearing him talk and seeing him awake was so much of a relief. And I wanted to slap him and hug him at the same time, this pain in the ass of a friend of mine. “Oh Gabe!” I hear Esme sigh as she perches herself on the edge of the bed next to him. All the emotion clear in her voice. I see a small smile playing on his lips “I ain’t dead then? What you doing here, Carino?” his voice barely audible. “What do you think she is doing here you stupid fucker, she came here to check you were ok. Sat here every minute of each day since she arrived. That not tell you something? Fancy rushing down here to help us without some warning you fool.” Mateo blurted out from the other side of the room, he had literally just walked in. Something tells me he may be a little bit relieved his son is ok. Just a little. “Good to see you, Dad” Gabe tries to laugh “Oww, tha