New Life, New Hope

May

I stare at the handsome Adonis staring lovingly at me and I just can not look away. I take my time memorizing every feature of his face and locking it in my memory banks. If this is just a dream, I want to be able to remember it and savor this moment.

Only when a doctor comes into view do I snap out of it. This cannot be a dream. I am truly in the hospital and very much alive. Something clicks in my mind and I move my eyes looking at everyone surrounding my bed.

Sure enough, the moon goddess did not lie to me. These are the same faces I saw when I was in that enchanting garden. She did tell me that everyone has been praying for me. I open my mouth wanting to speak but my voice just won't give in.

The older lady sees it and gets me a glass of water and a straw. Before she can even hand me the glass of water, the dark-haired man snatches it and bolsters me up. Then he gives me the water himself.

Honestly, I think that was quite rude of him but when I see a knowing smile on the lady's face, I swallow my reprimand. There is something they both know that I do not know of. So, before I make a fool of myself, I shut my trap.

Whatever it is that I will have to know, I will. Seeing as I have acquired myself a new family, I may be settling here for the rest of my life. After drinking half the glass, I feel a lot better. Although I want to drink more, the doctor forbids me.

"Alpha, we have checked luna and she seems to be good to go. If you want to take her home, I will not dispute it. We will have to do a follow-up review in the next week. For now, we will leave the cast on her left leg and right hand only. These were the worst of her injuries.

Her ribs and head seem to have miraculously healed. Honestly, this is a miracle in the medical field. Save for the two aforementioned, everything else seems to be perfectly fine."

I can tell from his tone of voice that doctor Marcus is quite excited by this outcome. Of course, I admire his humility. He would rather give all the credit to fate and the moon goddess than claim it for himself. I take a peek at the man he has addressed as alpha only to see him wink at me. He also clears his throat and responds to the one with the tag, written Marcus.

"Honestly, if you had not worked around the clock to save my mate, I doubt that even the moon goddess would have had the chance to revive her. Allow me to extend my gratitude to you and your team. You as well Sapphire. I can never repay you for what you did for your Luna."

Okay, they got me lost here. What are these names they are using? Why do they keep referring to me as luna? That is clearly not my name. But I am too shy to correct them. Since no one has asked, I will leave it at that. I guess they had to come up with a name for me when I was in a coma.

The doctor and his team bow deeply and I gasp. This guy is years younger than doctor Marcus but why is he bowing to him? Is it because of his name? Honestly in this day and age who names their son Alpha? I internally scowl at his pomposity but remain passive.

I am surprised when boisterous laughter breaks the silence. Everyone stares at the Alpha dude in confusion. He takes his time laughing at his own joke while we all stare. In my mind, I am thinking that if he was not such a godlike creation, I definitely would have scolded him.

However, even his laughter is quite enchanting and contagious. I find myself smiling as well. There is something about Alpha that just draws me to him. It is crazy but true. looking at him gives me this sense of belonging and comfort.

My teenage hormones are playing tricks on me. Who in this world recovers from a coma and starts having lucid thoughts about their savior? Nutty right? I groan internally and force myself to suppress these thoughts. I do not think it is good for me to be near to this well-chiseled face. It is making me lose my sanity.

The worst thing is, every time he looks straight at me, he starts laughing. After a while, the older lady seems to have figured out why he is laughing so much. She stands up and pulls his ear.

"That is enough now. Can't you see that you are confusing your mate? Stop laughing or I will rip this ear off and see if you will not bawl like a toddler!"

Now that I have taken a closer look at the lady, I see an uncanny resemblance between her, the Alpha dude, and the teenage girl with crescent moon-like eyes. A light bulb goes off in my head and I mentally facepalm. Of course, she is their mother!

Otherwise, she would not have dared reprimand him in that manner. I have already seen that he must hold a higher position amongst his kind. Everyone else addresses him with such reverence. My suspicion is proven correct when he responds.

"Argh! Mom, that hurts. I'm sorry I won't ever do it again. It's just you guys do not know what I know. Or rather you did not hear how much my little mate adores me. If you heard her, you would have laughed along with me. She has already scolded and praised me numerous times in that little head of hers."

I have a very bad premonition. Something tells me that he is talking about me. I know I scolded him and praised his godlike features at the same time. Shit! Does he have some kind of magical ability to read minds or what? Seems like I have to be mindful of my thoughts henceforth.

"By the way little mate, my name is Leslie Martinez, not Alpha. That is just a title. Take it like I am the boss but instead of addressing me as boss, they call me alpha. What's your name beautiful?"

This guy is shameless! How dare he just exposes me in front of everyone like that? I glare at him and mumble my name in exasperation. He does not seem to care at all. It seems like my little temper display is making him quite happy.

"I did not hear you, darling. Would you please repeat that? I am sure everyone here is as eager as I am to know your name."

Since he asked so nicely, I see no reason to be rude. So I clear my throat and speak.

"My name is May. May Jacobs. I am seventeen and will be eighteen in three months. Thank you all for saving me. Thank you Mr. Martinez for finding me. Had you not appeared at that time, I may not have lived to see this day."

"You remember? What else did you see the day that I rescued you?"

I see a bit of apprehension on his face. I do not think he believed I would recall everything. I see that everyone in the room is tense now. What they do not know is I even met their moon goddess. The one who created them.

Since he has been cheeky enough to expose my thoughts to everyone, I decided to bite back. I stare at him with a smile and begin to talk.

"Yes, I remember everything. I saw a pitch-black wolf with the kindest eyes ever. He then changed into a stark naked man and carried me to safety. So, even if you can read my thoughts Alpha, I also saw your nakedness."

Everyone ruptures into laughter and I see the big bad Wolf's ears get a tinge of red. I am happy that I got back at him. After the laughter dies down, the lady I presume to be his mom looks at me and questions me.

My dear, does that mean you know who we truly are?"

"Yes ma'am. I met a beautiful lady with long raven black hair and deep sea blue eyes. She is the one who told me that you guys are werewolves. She asked if I would still return to you even after knowing this, and I said yes. Besides, you guys even though you have a predatory side to you, did not hurt me when you found me.

You chose to nurture me back to health. You cared for me more than my family ever did. So when I agreed, that is when I got up and so all of you here. She said I have been given a second chance in life so I grabbed it."

I do not know about the others, but my savior is looking at me with a mixture of awe and something else I cannot figure out. I know that this may be abrupt, but my heart tells me that I made the right choice. I also need this new family of mine to know that I was presented with a choice and I chose them. I hope that this is a new beginning to a better life.