All Chapters of Rejecting the Prince's Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Eric POV After having Julia checked out, I was confident she was healthy. She had not experienced any extreme heat since this morning. I knew she was not going into heat. That would only happen after I marked her, and I would be holding off doing that until I better understood how that would affect her. I have someone doing research on human mates, so that I can be aware of everything that Julia will experience being my mate. “Cami is safe and on the mend; I think it is time to go to my home,” I said to Julia. She paused before looking up at me, “I have to work,” she murmured. “Take the week off. We need to get you somewhere safe,” I encouraged her trying to help her understand how serious this situation was. She pulled out her phone and called her boss, quickly explaining Cami had been attacked and that she needed the week off to collect her thoughts and support Cami. They both worked at the same place, so the boss sounded

Eric POV I had cringed internally when I had threatened Julia. I never wanted to do that to her, but I realized if I did not tell her bluntly that she was stuck here, she would have tried walking back to the city. And with the rogues that surround the kingdom, that would be tragic for all of us. I moved forwards, hearing her quiet footsteps behind me. They lacked confidence, like she was afraid to take a wrong step. I turned around, extending my hand to her, which she continued to ignore. Before I turned back, I noticed she was looking flushed again. “How are you feeling?” I asked. “Fine,” Julia replied coldly. I knew she was not fine. There was something wrong with her. “Why didn’t you tell me your birthday was today?” I asked her. “It did not seem overly important given everything that has been happening,” she replied. She paused for a moment, bending slightly as if she were experiencing pain. I took a

Julia POV I felt Eric pick me up and carry me bridal style out the hospital room door. As my body started to stiffen, Eric ran out the Pack hospital doors and towards the forest. “Please do not leave me,” I managed to mumble as I tried to breathe through the pain that was now encompassing my body. “I will not leave you,” Eric promised me as he reached a clearing. My body stiffened straight as a board in Eric’s arms forcing him to lay me on the ground. He kneeled beside me, “Just breathe, Julia; just breathe,” he kept murmuring as he kept trying to touch me. I tried to breathe, but all I could focus on was the pain. “Hold her in your arms,” I heard the doctor say. Eric picked my rigid body up as best he could. As he did, I felt a calming cross over me. “It is helping to ease her pain,” the doctor murmured, as he checked my vitals. “Why is this happening?” I heard Eric ask to the doctor. “I do not know. I do not know how we

Julia POV “Eric!” I screamed as he went down hard. I turned helplessly and saw men racing towards us. I was terrified. Were they the good guys? I had to trust they were. “Help him!” I yelled, as they moved around me and raced Eric towards the hospital. I do not know how, but I kept up with the men, “Eric, do not leave me,” I kept chanting, hoping he could hear me. We raced into the hospital and as we walked in, the Queen and King were waiting, “What happened?” the Queen demanded of me. “I do not know. We fought off wolves, and were walking back here when he passed out,” I said staring at his body as they dragged him away from me. “You fought off wolves?” the Queen stuttered looking at me. “I know,” I said to her turning away and moving to sit in a chair. Suddenly everything I had learned tonight hit me. Wolves were real. I was a wolf. I was real. Eric was real. Yet it was all surreal. The Queen moved closer to me, “

Julia POV “What’s happening?” I cried out demanding to know what was wrong. All I got was being pushed out of the room by the nurse, with a growl. “Did you just growl at me?!?” I shouted slapping my hand on the door when it was shut in my face. Elizabeth came up to me, “What happened?” she asked gently. “I marked him, like you told me to. I waited a moment and then the machines went crazy,” I said as tears of frustration filled my eyes. “I am sure he is fine,” Elizabeth said, before I continued, “And then that nurse growled at me!” I declared still pissed off and confused by that. “Who growled at you?” Carter asked cautiously. I realized I was being childish, but I was distraught. “A nurse who pushed me from the room,” I said before looking at the closed door. “Nobody shuts a mate out of the room,” Elizabeth said as she stepped around me. “It is alright; I just want them to help him,” I said as Elizabeth wa