27 Grateful 

Luke. 

I heard a beeping sound continuously as I struggled to open my eyes. My eyelid was heavy, and I felt my bones snapping into place. I tried to remember what had happened, but my mind was blank. I struggled to open my eyes, and I finally did There was light above me, and something stuck down my throat. I blinked a couple of times, and a woman wearing a nose mask in scrubs looked at me.

“Alpha Luke, Alpha Luke,” she said, and I tried to respond. She brought her hand down towards my face and towards my mouth, then pulled at the thing in my throat. She pulled it out, and it was a breathing tube.

I took a deep breath by reflex, and suddenly the event flashed in my memory. I tried to get up, but they held me down

Tia, Tia”, I managed, and they held me down. “My... my wife?” I asked.

“Alpha Luke, You and your wife, sustained massive injuries in a car accident, and some silver was involved. Luckily both of you were still breathing when you got here,” the doctor explained, and I tried to move my legs. They weren’t fully healed yet. It hurt, but I needed to see my wife. “My wife?” I asked again.

“Relax, Alpha, she is receiving treatment,” The woman said to me, and I could not relax. The event that transpired played in my mind repeatedly until I passed out

I woke up in a hospital bed. My mind was still foggy, but it gradually came back to me. I got off the bed and figured I was fully healed. There were some joggers

and t-shirts made available by the hospital. 1

  • managed to put them on and exited my room. Finding

the front desk, the medical staff was shocked to see me. She was tongue-tied. I looked around and saw Tia’s mother.

“Mrs Lockwood,” I said, rushing to her. She was relieved to see me.

“Where is she?” I asked her. I knew I sounded desperate, but I could not help it.

“Follow mę,” she said calmly and led me to a room next to the one I woke up in. I rushed in. She was wrapped in bandages and hooked up to a machine. I went to her bedside and kissed the top of her head.

“The impact was on her side, Luke. She came here almost dead, but she held on to life long enough for us to get the silver bullets out of her.” She said, her voice cracking

“Silver bullets?” I asked, and she nodded.

“The assailants alighted their vehicle and shot several rounds at you and her, but her body was over yours, so she got the brunt of it. They were not able to

get close enough to aim for your heads. That was what saved the both of you,” She said with tears streaming down her eyes. I went to hold her.

this, Luke,” she said, breaking

a simple life before all this,” Amy said between sobs, and I felt responsible. What would

pulled away from

getting better. She cannot heal as fast as you, but she should

our only child. When your father forced us to give her to you,

am,” I apologised to Tia‘s mother and

Tia, and she

I sat on the couch

walked

did not know I had tears in my eyes until he

to see them? The assholes that did this?”

head. I was confused, and he noticed, so he held my head with his hands to help me focus my

at Tia. I was more

my discoveries, the board’s decision and everything he told me. My father was angry but believed this was a well-planned attack, and Miles did not have

I asked him, and he bowed his head, and I knew he did

this what you went through with Stacy?” I asked him, and he reluctantly

never had peace for one second in my life, father. Why? What did I do to

It was bearable when it was just me, but I cannot bear seeing Tia suffer like this. What if they had succeeded? We would both be dead by now,” I said, and he shook his head. I felt fear rise in him, and he was

investigation,” he assured

my head because I had never seen

out of here, I will lunch my investigation, “I told him, and I knew the

LLLL 

him point–blank, “At this point, both of us cannot exist together,” I said, and my

jump to conclusions, son,” my father

her. If it comes down to her and me, I choose me. I cannot sacrifice myself and my wife so your mate can be happy. If

came to disconnect Tia from the machines. They said she was fully healed, and I should wait for the sedatives to wear off. I sat

blink a few times. I knew she was trying to recollect, so I remained

her eyes on

and kissed her forehead again. She

said with humour, and it was amazing how she always made light of terrible situations. I laughed a bit and shook

wore the

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