bChapter /bb212 /b

Conrad POV

I notice the antiseptic smell first. I try to open my eyes, but the light above me burns when I do. Where the hell bam /bI?

I try to push myself up, and even though a strange feeling in my arm surprises me, it’s nothingpared to the pain I feel in my ribs. I feel like I have been hit by a truck. I try to talk, but my mouth feels like sand.

“Easyb, /bAlpha King. Your home. You safe“.

My beyes /bslowly adjust to the light, and I start to recognise one of my medics staring at me.

“I have mind–linked Beta Liam. He’sing“.

I try to talk, but ites out as more of a croak. “Water“.

They scurry awayb, /bgrab a cup from a nearby tray, and hand it to me. They have to help me sit up slightly to drink it, but I feel instant relief bas /bthe cool water washes over my tongue.

bJust /bas bI /btake myst gulp, Liames running in and jumps on the bed to hug me.

“Holy shit, it worked. You’re awake“.

He barely noticed me in pain until the medic started yelling at him.

b“/bBETA. HE bHAS /bSEVEN BROKEN RIBS. GET OFF HIM“.

Liam starts to panic. “Shit. Sorryb, /bsorry“.

The medic jumps into action and starts pushing meds into my IV, which was the strange feeling in my arm before. I can tell it’s morphine as soon as it hits me. The warm feeling instantly lessened the pain.

I can hear Arthur is next in the door and instantly rolls his eyes when he sees Liam looking freaked out and the medic pushing morphine into my line.

“Honestly, Liamb, /byou need to think things through“.

My mouth is starting to feel dry again, so I try to croak out something before my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

“What Happened?“,

The room goes silent. I keep slowly opening my eyes and letting them adjust to the light. It’s getting there, but everything is still bvery /bbfuzzy/b. I focus on Liam when he starts to talk, and the medic helps me with more water.

b“/bConrad. Two days ago. You died. The broken ribs are from CPR. What do you remember?“,

What the fuck. I died. I instantly btry /bto contact Jaceb. /bHaving a wolf soul move on when the human side bis /bbnot /bumon. bThe /breverse happened in Lewana’s mum, where the human side passed on.

20:55 Thu, Oct b2 /b

“You there, buddy“.

He replies softly. “Yeah. Weak“.

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I let out a sigh of relief and try to think back. I remember being shot and running for my life with Conner and Murdock. I don’t remember anything after the first night it went dark at night.

I try to ry this. “Connor. Murdock. Shot“.

Liames closer and speaks gently as his voice shakes with nerves and possibly tears. “Yeah, that’s right. The G was five days ago. You were on the run for three days before you made it close enough to home. Alpha James of the Eastern Moonfang pack sent his warrior to assassinate you for Malik. Luna Queen must have known you were nearby and single–handedly saved all three of you“.

That’s my girl.

A realisation suddenly dawns on me, and I croak again. “Where is she?“.

Liam croaks this time. “She performed CPR on you when you died, but you were too weak. She managed to transfer a lot of her life force to you through the mate bond to keep you alive so you could start to heal“.

SHE WHAT. She shouldn’t have done that. My mate. My pups. I start to look around frantically, which is when I see her next to me.

I go still with fear as my heart breaks and my stomach drops through the floor. I try to get up quickly to get to her, which is when all the rms start going off as my heart rate spikes.

Liam starts pleading with me to lie down, but I use all the strength I have to push him away. He barely moves but seems shocked and

unsure.

Arthur steps in and grabs my shoulder, forcing me down onto the bed. I struggle under him to get free, but it’s clear he isn’t moving.

“Son, you need to focus on me. Breathe. Deep breaths“.

I call out to my sleeping Moonlight. Not sure if I’m trying to wake her or get her to order him off me.

“Lewana“.

“She’s in aa. If you want to help her, you need to breathe. Come on, son. Breathe through it. Focus“.

I turn and look at Arthur, trying to make my Alpha Aura, but it doesn’te. I stare at Arthur as if trying to kill him with my stare alone, but see that he is calm and trying to get me to copy his breathing.

I start to copy his breathing and can feel my breath returning to normal and my heart rate dropping. When it is back to more normal levels, he continues to hold me down but talks calmly to exin the situation.

“She gave you her life force so you could live and raise your pups together. She is in aa from ack of life force. Not from injury. Once she regains her life force, she will wake up. Right now, you need to realise that you are vulnerable and so is your pack. We are a Luna Queen and Alpha King down, we have 700 refugees outside, and an Alpha we basically share a border with iis /itrying to kill you as he is in an alliance with the man trying to im your daughter and mate. The fact that jellybean is sleeping is not the biggest issue right

nowb“/bb. /b

He’s right. I have tomand. I have to lead when she can not.

b20:55 /bbThu/bb, /bbOct /bb2 /b

1 start to fully focus on the room and try to clear out some of the mind fog. I slowly started to think of what I need and put a list together.

I start giving orders. “Jug of water. Food. Head medic for updates. On all of us. Updates on pack security. And sit me bup /b

People start working around me, and the medic sits me up I look over at my sleeping mate. She’s beautiful. She doesn’t look like the bjur /bleft a battle. She tucked up in the bed with her arms out and fluids going into the IV. Someone has brushed out her hair so it falls on her shoulders and has ced small moonflowers through her hair.

I have to keep telling myself that she is next to me. She is breathing, and that will have to be enough for now. I have to be the lender expects me to be. I can’t let her down likest time when I fell apart.

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