Sixteen

RAVEN'S POV:

When I woke up, I was lying on a hospital bed, unable to move my body, and I looked around me frantically. I had never been inside this part of the pack hospital before, and me being here was a likely privilege from being brought by the Alpha King himself.

There were only two more people in the ward with me, and it was rather quiet, except for the occasional footsteps of nurses passing by the door from time to time. Even the only visitor sitting in the visitor's chair by a patient was fast asleep. Meanwhile, there was no one beside my bed.

Even Tristan was nowhere to be seen. This made me feel strange, and I realized I was getting used to him being around me - and that was no good. I hated being dependent on anyone, as I've been dealing with a lot of consequences regarding that in the past. Not to mention, I feared being abandoned.

I couldn't afford to place my trust and lose my guard around Tristan. What if he decides to leave, too? Or, what if he had other plans, and I