Chapter 004

Lucien's POV 

I watched as Lena dropped to the floor but not before I saw the flash of her eyes. The boys froze and a deep hush seemed to drop on everyone.

I recovered quickly and rushed towards her, "Call for an ambulance!!!" I yelled on top of my voice. One of the guys glided off the ice to call while the rest surrounded me, shock and fear on their faces.

She was cold and wasn't breathing, I checked her pulse and my heart skipped a beat. I wasn't supposed to let her practice just yet, I swore underneath my breathe as I carried her, she weighed so little compared to her frame, I glided off and waited for the guys to pull of my skating shoes before racing to the exit 

"Please, please" I begged the moon goddess. This wasn't about to end before I even got a chance to find her. My wolf growled within me like a wounded animal.

I would have wondered why but i couldn't, the ambulance arrived before I got to the front, I placed her on the stretcher and joined them in the bus. They zoomed off while the workers tried to revive her. 

She was still and cold. There wasn't a sign of life, I shouldn't have allowed her near the rink without a neck guard, she has complained that she didn't get it as part of her beginner's pack but I ignored it because I didn't want to have anything to do with her. What was I going to tell the authorities?

The medical personnel turned her over to check the spot, it has turned a deep blue black, he turned to me and shook his head sadly, I think it's a fracture to the cervical spine. 

"What does that mean?" I had no idea what he was trying to say.

"It does look like the impact affected her cervical spine" he replied as he moved her back in place. "If that's it, she might be paralysed or lose her life" 

My eyes widened as I clenched my fist, she could die? We arrived to the hospital and they rushed her in, I found a way to an empty room and called my best friend. Harry 

"Hey, Alpha Lucien" his voice came on almost immediately. 

"Harry, there's trouble. I was careless and someone's hurt" I paced around the room, unable to stand still. 

"What happened?" He sounded tense. If I could be worried, he has every right to be scared. 

"The rink, someone hurt her neck, she's going to either be paralysed or die. I need to do something" 

"You're not thinking of healing her, are you?" Came his response, too fast. 

I nodded as I stopped pacing then remembering he couldn't see me muttered a "yes". 

I heard chairs scrape the floor as he raised his voice. "Are you forgetting what's at stake? You've not even found the reason you're in that school. What if they find out you're a Lycan.? What are you going to do then?" He rattled off with a shaky voice.

I hissed as I ran a hand through my hair, he was right, there was so much at risk but I couldn't leave her to die knowing fully well it's my fault.

"I have to help" I muttered absentmindedly 

Harry growled "You're the Alpha, your bite could kill her!" 

"She'd die anyway, if I don't help. If she dies in the process, I'll know I tried" 

"You promised not to get attached, Lucien. The bite would bond you to her!" 

I was about to say something when the door opened and a nurse walked in with a tray, her jaw dropped open as she saw me. "This place is off limits to visitors, you should leave!".

I nodded and hung up before walking back to the ward, the doctors said she was in a coma and they had no idea when she'd wake up. I nodded and walked in to see her, she was as pale as the white sheet. The room smelled of blood, the sheet were probably washed but I could still smell it, strong and disturbing.

I touched her hands, she was cold. At the touch, my wolf, growled loudly as it made to take over.

"Have you lost it?" I snapped inwardly. It growled again and sat still.

I could tell he was angry, there had always been something about her that made me cold. My wolf stirred each time she passed, her scent was always so strong, I could pick it minutes before she walked into the room, I didn't need to be told that I had no business with humans. So I had stayed cold to her avoiding her at every opportunity I got, she didn't even do anything wrong. I felt so bad for treating her this way.

I had to do something now!. The school authorities weren't going to take this slightly, the hallway was empty and if someone was to walk in, I'd smell them before they got close.

Moving closer, I turned her neck to the side and poised over her, my mouth split open wider than humanly possible and my fangs slid out with a hiss.

Just a bite, she'd have a bit of my blood, hopefully enough to heal her and not kill her. I paused as my wolf struggled within me, it certainly didn't want this?

"I shouldn't save her?" I asked him

"She's good" he replied, worriedly.

"She's unconscious" I replied, I would be able to sense her heartbeat if she was conscious. 

"She'd survive without your bite" he said again, a little more sternly. 

I stood glaring at her, my fangs still exposed as I wondered what the problem was, I had never had to save a human with a bite. Was that why my wolf was against it?

And as if with a supernatural force, Lena shook violently on the bed then opened her eyes suddenly, I gasped as her eyes flashed a deep blue. 

It was there and disappeared almost the same instant, she sat up afterwards, coughing violently. I must have forgotten my fangs were out and only when she screamed, a ear piercing scream did I retract them right the same time a nurse rushed in.