All Chapters of Her Alpha Mate: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Smiling softly, Rose leaned in and gently rubbed her nose against Sebestian. Using her mate's positive energy to give herself the courage to point out the downsides "I have been thinking about this for a long time. I've talked to Ash about this, like a lot, and as much I am deadly scared of watching almost everyone in my life grow old and die, I do want this with you" she said and as she did she could sense Alexander happiness, knowing she had to quickly cap it and not let it linger "BUT.." she said almost a little harshly as she pulled back and looked at her Alpha "now I want you to think about it."Feeling his inner Alpha bounce with joy, Alexander was filled with happiness he once again didn't know existed up until that point; how was it possible that he was getting everything he could have ever wanted. "I don't need to think about this.""Yes, you do" Rose shot in, trying to not let her Alpha's happy mood spread and throw him off the topic because feeling just how excited he was m

Rose stood and straightened her tall frame. She barely noticed how several muscles complained. "How is he?"Andrew took a deep breath. "Sebestian suffered several injuries in the accident. Such as a broken sternum. One of his broken ribs came close to puncturing his lung. There was quite a bit of internal bleeding even without that, which was a big reason why I took my time." The man's jawline tightened. "We're worried about the head trauma. A scan showed a hairline fracture to skull and we're doing everything we can to make the swelling in his brain go down. At this point it's impossible to predict what the long-term effects may be. Our best neurologist is examining him right now."A shocked silence filled the room. That... was a lot of unpleasant information to take in. Rose, however, had delivered enough horrible news to know that her friend was hiding something. By then she was so numb from shock that her voice came out clear and even. "What aren't you telling me?"Andrew tensed u

Rose didn't know long she was out. She came to hearing the already too familiar sounds of machinery. As soon as the fog filling her head cleared, she identified a new beep. Shortly after her eyes managed to distinguish Ash's sad, tired face."You had a really bad anxiety attack. Your heart was also out of whack, so you need to be monitored for a little while." Ash frowned. "They said something about... stress cardiomyopathy. Is it something serious? Because it sounded serious."Rose's heart ached when she recognized the diagnosis. She swallowed hard against the lump rising to her throat. "Broken heart syndrome", she explained quietly. "No, it's not serious." Just stupidly, cruelly befitting.Ash's eyes filled with sorrow, but the man refrained from commenting. For a time. "That name... might explain something." His brother sighed heavily and ran a hand through his already disheveled hair. "This doctor, I can't remember her name, mentioned that you should talk to someone. A professiona

Sebestian felt like he was held under water while he listened to Rose, eyes fixed on the opposite wall. "Ray is another child." It was all told with the kind of paternal love that'd already showed itself once.Rose tried to show a picture from her phone, but Sebestian was too ashamed and overwhelmed to look at it. The Alpha closed his eyes and tried very hard to breathe properly. "How long?" How much time had he lost? How many precious memories? What kind of a parent was he, to forget his own son? He wanted to scream from frustration when the words got tangled together and were nearly impossible to spew out coherently. "... long?"Rose frowned before finally figuring out what he meant and answering tentatively. "He's been our son always." The full weight of those words crashed down on them both simultaneously.Sebestian struggled to make sense of everything. It was like getting sucked into an alternative reality. Like waking up from long sleep, to find that someone else had been livin

Monika likely noticed what she'd done to her hands but didn't call him out on it at the moment. Instead, she moved to hug her, but he refused her with a shake of head. "I'm... I can't." Her voice was so hoarse that for a second, she wondered if she screamed out loud, after all. "If you touch me, I'll lose control and..." She trailed off. She couldn't lose control; too many people she loved needed her to stay strong right now.Monika nodded. Not necessarily happy but understanding. "As long as you know that you're not alone in this. We're all here for you, all of you. Got that?"Rose nodded, dangerously close to losing control over herself. After that... she didn't have very clear memories. She took a cab to the hospital, even on such a day sensible enough to know that she shouldn't drive. Her feet led him to the ICU. The sterile reek and suffocating silence that smacked her across the face at that ward just about tore her new numb bubble to shreds.There was no one around to update he