11. Cold

Xavier Pov

It was dark....and cold....like I was forced to lay on the ice in a dark room. Slowly something was squeezing my heart. It was hard for me to breathe. I wanted to move, shout for help, hold something but nothing could be done. 

*****

Stella Pov

I have been standing for 5 hours but Xavier didn't move an inch, his heartbeat was becoming slower, and mine were becoming fast. I didn't want to think about what would happen because I still hope that he would be fine while others weren't thinking the same as me. A tear fell slowly, leaving its trace on my face but for the first time I wanted to cry, I didn't want to be strong. 

If only I would have gotten there before and would have ended all those wolves before he or anyone else got injured. 

What I still couldn't understand was how our magic worked, magic wasn't supposed to work in this pack then how? Who removed that spell put on the pack which never let anyone else magic work here other than Xavier's. It was confusing and frustrating. 

"Oh my God!" Mia exclaimed and I looked at her to see she was looking at Xavier whose heartbeats were becoming fast, it was as if he was trying to fight whatever was taking over him. I ran towards him and touched his face and hands which were cold. His whole body was as cold as ice. I looked at Mia and it was like she was thinking about something. 

"Can we do anything?" I asked her.

"I'm not sure, I have to see if I know any spell that can help." She replied. I glanced at Xavier and he was moving a lot, his breath was becoming rigid.

"Call the doctor Mia!" She nodded while walking out of the room for finding a doctor. I kept one hand on his head while the other on his heart, next second he stopped moving, and went back to his same still position. He was having a nightmare in between all this, but why? About what?

The door opened and I excepted the doctor or Mia but it was Oliver. He was looking severely injured as his clothes were covered in blood. He had a plaster wrapped around his hand and I think his leg was also injured because by his face it appeared like it was hard for him to stand.

"Sit," I ordered him and helped him in sitting on the couch near the window where I was standing before Xavier got a panic attack.

"How is he?" He asked while gazing at Xavier.

"Not good............... what about you?" I changed the topic as I didn't want to talk about how my mate's condition was going toward the worst.

"I'm good," He replied shortly.

"What about the Beta?" I didn't know where this question came from but maybe I wanted to know about him.

"He is in the other room, beside this one." He said with a gloomy expression.

"What happened to him?" I didn't know the Beta was injured too.

"3 arrows dipped in wolfbane have scratched his skin." He said while I looked at him in confusion.

"Don't tell me that only scratches got him to hospital." I meant scratches were nothing and when they have a witch, Xavier's mother, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"I know that sounds weird, even when we have witches in our pack." I wanted to ask him that did they have more witches but he continued. " You know the old doctors were so good but a month ago Xavier's mother asked him to change doctors and I told him to refuse her but being an obedient son that he is for his mother only, he said okay. And see these doctors now, they are useless. My wounds weren't even so serious but look." He was becoming angrier as his dark brown eyes changed into black.

'So...ouch! Oh my god. Not now.'

Oliver caught sight of my golden eyes from which I stared at him.

"You should go home, Stella." He told me and I knew why he was saying this but I couldn't leave.....ouch!.....not when I was understanding everything slowly.

"You're in heat Stella. It's not safe for you to be here with so many males around." He looked at me while his wolf was also getting out of control.

"C-call...Call Mia, NOW!" I shouted as the intense pain hit me hard. 

'I told you taking meds for delaying your heat wasn't a good idea.' My wolf said but I couldn't answer her now as the pain was very intense. I drop to the floor clutching my stomach. 

The pain was double because I delayed my heat and not only this, my scent was also stronger which was a sign of danger for everyone.

"What happened Ella?" Mia came rushing toward me looking all worried.

"H.....H-heat...hide my smell with a spell," I told her and she did as I told her because there was no time for argument.

"Your smell is now covered but not for long. I can't do anything about pain." Mia told me and even though I felt like someone had just pushed me into a field full of cactus and fire, yeah I was sweating even in cold weather, I couldn't go back to the house.

"It's fine." I kept my hand on my stomach and a wave of relief passed through my body, the pain became less but this wouldn't last long.

"Oliver, Mia collect every single wolf who was injured in the field and ask Sebastian for help too. Mia, we have to do something and that will need a lot of power, so don't waste your strength. Now fast." I stood up and walked toward Xavier who was lying without any movement only his slow heartbeats were telling me that he was alive.

"I know I'm not so good. Never have done anything good for others. But today I'm doing something for your pack, for you. I hope you will come back and appreciate, ignoring the other things you will know when you will wake up. I just want to say I care about you and I will not stop until you are fine and back because I have promised myself that I won't let any one of you lose this game and will get revenge from my enemies." I kissed lightly on his forehead, it was the first time I showed him affection.....when he was unconscious and would not remember it.

*****

I stood on the stage, it looked like it was a place where they work out and have training.

The wolves before me were injured in many ways, some had broken bones while others got a bite marks. Only some wolves of high ranks were injured with wolfsbane, not too much that would kill them yet it was enough to put them in agony. 

"What are you exactly about to do?" Sebastian asked me. He was looking tired because in all this havoc he had helped a lot.

"Don't worry your girlfriend will be alright." I smiled and he looked annoyed as I was joking in this type of situation.

"Ok jeez, it's not that hard I will just do the spell of healing," I told him and he looked at me with narrowed eyes.

"A mixture of some spells which will heal their injury, like a broken bone or any other physical wound like that. Also, the wolf's bane scratches will be alright and they will be back to their healthy self." I told him on which his face changed into a worried one.

"But El, you said you would never use-" I cut in before he could say anything else.

"I know I said that I won't use my powers because I was afraid of what the witch said, I thought I would kill someone or do something wrong but don't you think that maybe..... it's just a lie. I never accept my true nature, I'm a hybrid. I know you let me act because you want me to live a peaceful life. But I don't think I can keep my act for long." I told him while he was looking at me like a proud father.

"You know how to do magic?" he asked me.

"Been doing it for a year or two now." He nodded while Mia who was listening to all this smiled.

"Are you ready?" Mia asked me and I nodded.

I could feel the pain of heat coming back.

'Just for some more seconds, please I have to do this.'

I have to do this for my mate. One look at Sebastian and I started the spell with Mia repeating after me.