Chapter 11

Mica

Beep… beep…. Beep…

What’s that sound?

Beep… beep… beep…

Where am I? Why is it still dark? Is it still night? Oh, my mom and dad. Where are they? Did they leave me again? No, they shouldn’t! I want to come to them! They finally talked to me so they should bring me with them. Mom! Dad!

“It’s going on a flat line, get the defibrillator!” I heard someone say before darkness consumed me, again.

Beeeepppppppppp………..

Beep…. Beep…. Beep….

Why the hell something keeps on beeping? Where I really am?

‘Wake up!’

“Who's there? Who are you?”

‘Come on, Mica, wake up now!’

There it goes again.

‘Open your eyes,’

I don’t think that voice will ever stop unless I do what it says so I tried to follow it. But I can’t see a thing, where am I going?

‘Wake up now, Mica.’ it talks again so I continue searching for it. Wait, it said to wake up and open my eyes. Am I sleeping? If that’s the case, I will try to open my eyes. It took a long time before I succeeded, but when I did, I was welcomed by a blinding light. It was so dark from where I came from and the light hurt my eyes so I closed them again.

“Mica!!” I heard her exclaim. It was her again, Hera. I don’t think that she’s going to stop approaching me. “Oh goddess, you’re awake,” she said feeling relieved. I looked around and I noticed that everything was really white. “You’re in the pack hospital,” she said, so that must be the reason for all the beeping that I had been hearing. “I already asked Reeves to call the doctor.” She was smiling. When is she going to stop talking? She’s really noisy, maybe she was the one I was hearing when I was sleeping. Then I saw her smile again as if reading my thoughts. Whatever. I tried to get up but she stopped me. I didn’t want to talk because I had a feeling that she would be talking to me endlessly if I did so I just let her.

Then the door burst open and the beta, the man in a white coat who assumed was the doctor and the freak alpha emerged. Why do I have a feeling that something has changed with him? Wait, should I have to care about that? Yes, I missed him for a day that I didn’t see him. But that doesn’t mean that I need to care about him, right?

“How are you?” the doctor asked. Yeah, how am I? Then I remembered my mom and dad and the fact that they didn’t want me to come with them. They didn’t want to be with me.

“I am going to check your vitals—” the doctor continued but I decided to stop him.

“No need, I am fine,” I said and turned my back to them.

“I’m sorry doctor, I will just call you later. Let’s leave her for now.” I heard Hera say. I heard footsteps going out of the room until I heard the sound of the door closing. I was about to close my eyes when I felt someone hug me.

“It’s OK, Mica. Everything’s going to be OK.” Hera said. I actually felt her sincerity. But the fact that she’s that freak alpha’s sister made her a wolf and a vampire as well. Both the kind that killed my parents and the cause of my suffering at the hands of my stepfather. How will I ever be comfortable with her without thinking about how my parents died?

She’s nice, but I can’t. I just can’t accept what she wanted to offer. I didn’t know but a tear fell down my cheek.

“It’s alright to feel hurt, angry, Mica. You have been through a lot and I understand if you can’t accept me now. But I am going to do my best so you will be able to see that not all wolves and vampires are as bad as you think. I promise you that, and I hope that you will give me and the others a chance to prove that to you.” I heard Hera say it before I fell asleep.

Lottie and Hera’s faces are what I saw after I opened my eyes again. They rushed to me when they saw me and my female boss at the diner asked worriedly. “Are you feeling OK now?”

“I’m fine. “ I replied and she smiled along with Hera.

“You have not eaten for days, what do you want to eat?” I creased my forehead. What did she mean by days? How long have I been here? “After you talked to my brother you never left your room and I’m sorry that I totally forgot about you because of an emergency. When I realized that I had not seen you for 2 days already, I went to your room and found you unconscious.”

“Then, how long have I been here?” I asked.

“Two days. You were calling your mom and dad and almost died if the doctor had not revived you.” Hera answered.

“What’s going on, Mica? Why did you let that happen to you?” Lottie asked. This time, I saw worry and sympathy with sincerity. I somehow felt happy because of that.

“Now, what do you want to eat?” Hera asked again. But this time, she looks happy and lively. As if she had found something that brightened up her day.

“Anything will do, I don’t really feel hungry.”

“What do you mean you’re not hungry? You had not eaten for days, have you forgotten about that?” she exclaimed.

“Hera, we can’t let her eat just anything. We have to ask the doctor first so she won’t get an upset stomach.” Lottie said, laughing.

“Oh, yeah. I’m sorry. I was just excited that you're already awake.”

“Thank you,” I replied and smiled at her. Though it didn’t reach my eyes, it was still a smile that I didn’t want to give to her. But because I felt her sincerity, I couldn’t help but do so.

In the afternoon, the doctor came in for my discharge and gave instructions on how I will take care of myself and the food I need to eat for the time being. I had just finished changing my clothes when the freak alpha arrived.

He somewhat changed, just as I noticed the first time I opened my eyes. I couldn't figure out what that was before but now I’m sure that it was because of the way he looked at me. He was angry at me. Well, that’s not new. “Hera, you will send her to the omega’s quarter. Starting tomorrow she will have to serve the pack house,” he said.

“Wait, what?” I asked. “Why would I need to serve your pack house?”

“Alpha!”

“Aziz!”

Lottie and Hera exclaimed.