Chapter 3

Roscoe's POV:

    She has been asleep for the past whole day ever since she was shifted to my room. I just hope she wakes up soon. I mind-linked my dad telling him about my mate... He said he'll stop by later and that I would soon need to make an announcement about our Luna. Harmony, Rigel and Alaric brought the clothes and medications for her... They had arranged it my room cabinet and clothes in my closet. Later, Harmony brought a bowl of freshly cut fruits packed in an airtight container and left it on bedside dresser... She also brought me my dinner but I hadn't eaten much... How can I? When my life is fighting for her own life! 

"Mhmmn" I heard a sound and looked up to see that it was my adorable mate who just woke up

"Hey, little one. You're finally up. You shouldn't speak." I said softly

She woke up immediately and tried to look around but winced because of the pain. The effect of pain killers must have worn out.

   "Easy there, little one." I said calmly placing my hand on her uninjured hand

  I felt tingles shoot up my hand. I saw my mate calm down slowly. She is so cute. I don't understand how someone can hurt something so precious and delicate. I took the fruit container and opened it. Taking a pitch fork, I took a slice of apple and placed it near her lips urging her to open her mouth. She hesitated but took the slice of apple in her mouth and chewing it slowly, she ate it. I fed her some bananas and a piece of watermelon after that she slightly shook her head indicating she didn't want more.

   She barely even ate. I gave her a glass of milk. She took it with shaking hands, I placed my hand on hers for support. Slowly, she drank the whole thing and tried looking around.

   "What do you want, love?" I asked softly

  She held out the glass to me and pointed to her throat. I suppose she wanted more milk. I got up and got the carton of milk. I poured it in her glass, filling it and she drank it as I supported her hands again. Once she was done, she gave me the glass.

  "Done, love?" I asked 

She nodded slightly.

  "Alright, love. Rest up." 

She shook her head.

   "What is it, love?" I asked

She tried to speak but remembered that she couldn't when she opened her mouth. Though the guys had the small whiteboard for her to communicate but it still puts pressure on her arms and Madeline told me it's best not to let her use it all the time or it might get in the way of her recovery.

    "Sorry, love but you can't use the board all the time. It will cause more harm than do good, if use it all the time." I said softly as I patted her hair down

    I got my phone, unlocked it, opened my keyboard and gave it to her to type it out. This should be fine but I will ask Madeline about it later when she checks up on my little mate.

   She typed something and flashed the screen towards me. 

  "Where am I?" 

     "You're at the packhouse, on our floor, love."  I answered

  "You not mad?"

     "Baby, I can never be mad at you." I told her 

  "Can I touch your hair?" She pouted

   "On one condition." I said

  "What?"

     "Tell me your name love. I don't even know my cute mate's name." I smiled

   "Catalina."

      "Catalina. It's a beautiful name, love." I said as I tested out her name on my tongue

    "Can I touch your hair now?" She typed impatiently

    "Yes love." I said amused

    I leaned ahead so, she won't have to bend or move at all. I took her hands and slowly guided them to my hair. She started playing with my hair excitedly, with a bright smile. She truly was a exquisite creature. She was happy and content by just playing with my hair. She removed one hand from my hair and typed something and then showed it to me.

   "Soft." 

  "Is it love?" I chuckled

     "Very" 

   "You can play with it whenever you want." I smiled

    "Really?" She looked so hopeful, pleading with her eyes not to say 'no'.

    "Yes love." I told her softly

  "Yay!" 

   And just like that she became the happiest I've seen her. I watched her, content in seeing her smile. She seems to have something for my hair cause even half an hour later, she was still playing with it, not ready to stop. 

  "Come on, love. That's enough for now." I said softly

   "But I wanna play more." She pouted

  "Later love. You need to rest. You can play with it when you wake up. I promise." I tried to convince her

    "Five minutes please?" 

  "Five minutes that's all. Then, you sleep for a couple hours. But drink some juice before you sleep, please?" I conceded

    "Ok" 

  She went back to playing with my hair. Just then Dad and Madeline walked in my room. They stopped right in their tracks when they noticed the scene in front of them. You can just imagine it, I was sitting with my chin in my palms, elbows on the edge of my bed while both her hands were in my hair and tongue slightly out like she was trying to concentrate and was thinking really hard. 

   "Did we interrupt something?" Dad said, his eyes twinkling with amusement

   "Nope. She was playing with my hair which she seems to have fallen in love with and doesn't want to let go." I replied

    "Luna, put your hands down now." Madeline commanded

  My poor mate whimpered but made no move to do as said.

    "Respect your Luna." I barked in Alpha voice

     "I'm sorry Luna." Madeline bowed as she apologized

  Catalina just shrugged and went back to playing with my hair. She is truly one of a kind. She looks like little kid who got their favourite candy for the first time, I didn't have the heart to take it from her.

    "She seems to love your hair more than you." Dad mused

   "I think so too." I smiled

   Soon, her hand pulled out of my hair and she slowly placed it on her lap and looked at me expectantly. Ok, I'm a little confused.

   "What happened, love?" I asked

"Five minutes are done. Juice?" 

    "I'll go get it." I smiled

  "Ok."

     I got apple juice and poured it in a glass and gave it to her. She eyed it and then slowly she drank it as I supported her hand. She gulped it down and held out the glass to me, I poured her a second glass and she drank it too. When she was done, she licked her lips.

  "Yummy." She patted her stomach

    "I'll make sure to keep more of apple juice around for you, love." I said softly

  "More juice soon. Yay!" 

     "Let Madeline check you and then you can sleep when she is done. Ok?" I said and Catalina nodded 

  "We will need to change your bandages. So, let's get right to it. Why don't you and your dad talk outside, Alpha?" Madeline said

   Dad and I left the room, and we headed outside to the balcony. For a while, we just stood there, but dad broke the silence soon.

   "She is pretty and cute." Dad said

  "She is." I agreed

    "So, your hair?" Dad mused

   "She loves playing with it. Played with it for more than half an hour." I said

    "Hm, your mother..." Dad started

   "Let me guess, she's not happy that I won't be choosing one of her stupid girls?" I asked

     "Pretty much." Dad said

   "It doesn't matter. In the end, I'm the Alpha and she better not disrespect my mate. The poor mate of mine has already gone through enough." I said firmly

    "I don't doubt it. Which reminds me, what's her name?" Dad asked

  "Catalina." I told him

    "Beautiful name. Look, I honestly don't know if your mom is going to accept her as your mate but don't worry, I won't let her do anything to Catalina." Dad said 

     "I don't doubt it dad." I assured him

  "Everyone is going to love her and be mad about her condition. She is going to be treated like a pampered princess." Dad said, amusement dancing in her eyes

   "I don't mind as long as they don't overwhelm her." I shrugged

     "Make the announcement tomorrow morning or today evening. Honestly, the sooner the better." Dad said

   "I'll make it in the evening today, while she's sleeping." I replied

    "Ok. Let's go back. Madeline must be done by now." Dad said

    We headed back to my room. I knocked not wanting to scare Catalina. Madeline opened the door and let us in. There she sat on the bed covered with new bandages covering her complete torso from her shoulders to a little below her waist, legs and most of her hands. She was doing something on my phone. I went and sat beside her, only to find out that she was trying to unlock my phone. I placed my thumb on the fingerprint scanner and it opened. 

   "How did you open?" 

"It opens with my thumb print love. Until your new phone gets delivered, use mine. I'll show you how to add your thumb print in it." I said

   I showed her how to add her thumb print in my phone, she did just as instruct and her thumb print was saved in my phone. Then, she proceeded to poke around in different apps, she had no idea what to do with them.

   "Now sleep?" 

"Yes baby. You need rest to recover fast." I said softly as I helped her lie down

   "Ok." 

  She fell asleep in the blink of an eye. The medications must have taken over. She was under such heavy medications; it was bound to make her sleepy. Dad and Madeline left soon enough. I called Harmony to stay with my mate so I can go ahead and tell the pack about my mate and her condition. When Harmony came, I left immediately after.

   I mind-linked the pack to gather in front of the stage that we had for ceremonies and stuff. When I reached it, I saw that all my members were there waiting for me. I stood on the podium and spoke in the mike. 

   "I know all of you are wondering why I have called all of you here. I have wonderful news to share with all of you today and terrible news as well. Which one do you want to hear first?" I said

   "The good news." Most of my pack members replied

"Well, I have found your Luna. She is the cutest werewolf I have ever met. She also happens to love my hair more than me." I said with a smile

   "Where is she, Alpha?" Derek, my head warrior asked

"She is in our room resting. Harmony is with her at the moment taking care of her." I answered

   "What do you mean, Alpha?" Michael, my Delta asked

  "That brings us to the terrible news. She is very badly injured. Most of her body is covered in bandages since there are whiplash and cuts on her skin and God knows scars from what other stuff. She can't speak until she recovers completely because someone made her drink a mixture of Wolfsbane and silver. Right now, she is not in a good state to leave her bed for anything which is why you might not see her for a while but when she is given the clear to leave the bed then I'll bring her out for some amount of time, you all can talk to her but do not in any case crowd around her. If you want, you can visit her but be sure not to overwhelm her and ask permission from me and the person who's taking care of her at that time. Pray to the Goddess that she gets well soon." I informed

   "Do you know who did it?" Caroline asked

  "I do not but I will find out when my mate is better. Right now, my prime concern is my mate instead of those bastards." I said

   "We understand, Alpha. What is our Luna's name?" Some of my pack members asked

  "Catalina." I answered

    "We promise to take care of Luna Catalina and protect her with all our being." My pack members said

  "Thank You. Now, I must go back to my adorable mate or my wolf is going to make me go crazy." I said and dismissed them