The beeping was the first thing I heard before I opened my eyes. Steady, annoying, loud. The heart monitor. I opened my eyes, the light bright was blinding. It made my head hurt. I groaned. My body ached, like I had been hit by a train. My lips were chapped, my throat dry. I was in the hospital. Again. I had passed out. Again. Then it hit me. Everything that happened, Amy. I tried to sit up but the pain was crippling. I settled down back in my bed, glancing around for help. Then I noticed her. Amaya. She was standing right outside my door, speaking to a figure I couldn't see. The person was out of my line of sight. I tried to make out what they were saying but gave up. They were too far away. Amaya's gaze caught mine through the glass door. Her eyes were lifeless, cold. She nodded at the person, without taking her eyes off me for a second. It made me uncomfortable. "Hey Jas," she greeted the moment she entered the room. "How're you feeling?" Her voice was low, sad. She s
It sounded familiar, I couldn't place my finger on it but it was there, at the back of my mind. Ciro looked at me, expectant. I ignored him, feeling a sense of urgency to know where the scream came from, who it was from. I pushed past him, following the sound. My head hurt. "Where are you going?" He was hot on my heels, his hands swaying as he spoke, his frustration clear as day. "Following the sound. I need to find her." I answered, distracted, focused on finding it. “What sound?” His tone was exasperated. I ignored him. I didn’t have time for this. I heard it again, louder this time. It was a female. She sounded like she was in pain. My gaze swept the room, noticing no one was doing anything. They were going about their day like someone wasn’t obviously in trouble. It pissed me off. “Jasmine, slow down.” He grabbed my hand. I tried to pull away, but I couldn’t. My body was weak, I was weak. I shivered, a sudden cold hitting me. I pulled at my arm, frustrated. I needed to ge
I chipped at my food mindlessly, my thoughts preoccupied with Ciro. I woke up this morning feeling a tad bit better, so I decided to have lunch downstairs with the other pack members. Most people I came into contact with bowed their heads respectfully and kept their distance. It felt lonely. I found myself wanting, needing someone to speak to me, to distract me from the thoughts of my mate. The only friend I had was Amaya, and she was somewhere, probably having fun with other worriers while I wallowed in self-pity. I wanted her to have fun, but I also needed my friend. Ciro hadn't shown his face since our conversation yesterday. I sighed. I thought we were making progress, thought we had a bond, but I guess the truth of my health was too much for him to handle. I wondered how he'd react when he finds out about why we're on the run and who my parents really are. I sighed once again and gave up on having breakfast. I knew I wouldn't be able to eat anything with the emotional turmoil
Whenever I had episodes, I'd always wake up in my hospital bed feeling a little better, but this time, I felt worse, and I wasn't in my hospital bed or in any hospital bed for that matter. I was in Ciro's bed. His scent was all over the place, soothing me. But even that wasn’t enough; it couldn't ease the pain in my head. I cursed whoever made me this way. I groaned and tried to get up when the door was pushed open to reveal my mate staring at me with a worried frown. "Don't move," he commanded while gently closing the door and walking towards me. “Water," I croaked out, cringing at the sound of my unattractive raw voice. He held out a glass of water I hadn't noticed was sitting on the bedside table next to me. I took it gratefully and gulped it greedily. “Thanks." "You okay?" He asked worriedly. “Yeah," I nodded. He didn't say anything, just sat opposite me and eyed me warily. I sighed and crawled to him, straddling him. I wrapped my hands around him while he buried his
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. And it didn't help that I was having a headache and my vision was going in and out. I felt at the verge of blacking out. I usually had this sort of day at least five consecutive days a month, no in-betweens. So it was weird considering I remember being sick just two weeks ago. Was my health getting worse? It’s been two weeks since I was officially accepted by Ciro’s pack. The experience has been uneventful. Time flew by so fast, and my days consisted of me roaming around, getting random bows in respect. The pack house was currently full to the brim with wolves coming in and out, making a load of noise that was affecting my head. Ciro had business to attend to, so he wasn't there to keep me company as I ate in the big dining room downstairs, and my stupid companion was somewhere around doing whatever. Fed up with the food and noise, I got up and turned around to head upstairs when I almost ran into a blonde girl. "What the hell?" I glare
Ciro's POV "Come on, you can't stay mad at me forever." "Says who?" Her eyes widened in realisation while I just smirked smugly. She spoke to me after three hours of silent treatment. I had to give it to her though, she was good, too good for my liking. "She speaks," my tone was sarcastic. She scowled and went back to her drawing. We were currently in my office, I had insisted she hang out with me in an attempt to get her to forgive me, and also to get to know her better. I was failing at both. "Come on," I drawled miserably. I wanted her to talk to me or look at me or touch me, or even kiss me. “Jasmine, I'm sorry," I wasn't. If I hadn't ignored her subtle cry for help then she wouldn't have said the things she said and she wouldn't have gotten accepted, not that it would have mattered. I recalled the feeling of pride emanating from my wolf after we witnessed our pack bow to our mate, their Luna. A small smile played on my lips. Sighing, I got up and moved tow