Chapter 17

Third Person’s POV

Carter sat at one of the vacant tables and ordered food for him. He wanted to get one for Mica but he didn’t know what she wanted, so he decided to order when she returned from getting her things at the back.

He was still eating when Mica came back only to tell him that she still wanted to stay and help in the diner. “OK, do whatever you want,” he replied. Mica wanted to say thank you but decided not to. He didn’t want him to think that they were close or be suspicious of doing things she didn’t usually do.

Even Career didn't even see Mica, he made sure to be on high alert. He didn’t want anything to happen to her since she was his Luna. Her scent was still strong, so he knew that she was still at the diner. He was thinking that she would use that opportunity to escape, but he wanted her to enjoy her day out of the pack, so he let her, hoping that she would not do anything stupid.

“Alpha is busy?” Lottie asked after sitting on a chair in front of him. She knew that she was not allowed to talk about anything about the pack and Alpha Aziz because they didn’t want any information about them to reach the vampire king. But, she feels fine talking to him comfortably since her mate was his friend too.

“Yeah,” Carter replied casually. He knew what she was trying to say but he decided not to limit his answer because nothing would ever change. “I asked Mica to go out so she wouldn’t feel too restrained in the packing house. She’s a human and we need to take care of her,” he added, as Lottie nodded.

“How is she doing there?” Just fine, but you know our kind.

“Not just our kind, even other species think highly of themselves whenever they see humans,” she agreed.

“Moon goddess wanted us to protect and co-exist with them and earlier we had a talk about that. I admit that what she said was true.”

“One thing I could say about her is that she’s smart but weak. Broken inside and out. You don’t know what she has been through with her stepfather.”

“Does Alpha know?”

“I don't think so, Hera will never tell him that. Only Mica has the right to,” she replied,

“How did you find out about it?” Carter asked curiously.

“When she started working here, she didn't talk so I got curious. I don’t know if you know this, but I had a little skill. I could see someone’s past just by touching them. I couldn’t stand it so I didn’t dig deeper into her memories. But I did it with her stepfather.”

“I know about it, that’s why I agreed to come here because I had a feeling that you had some information about her. But since it was so sensitive, I will trust you. I suppose you never told Cane either, right?” Lottie nodded her head, then stopped suddenly.

Carter’s eyes widened and tried to smell Mica, “She’s in the back.” Lottie said and got up and went there as Carter went out through the front door. Just as he reached the back, he saw a vampire with Mica in his hand, ready to bite her. He tried to jump at them as fast as he could, which startled the vampire, causing him to let go of her, but he managed to put a hole in her neck. Lottie moved faster and got Mica behind her as she tried to protect her just in case the vampire got back at her.

Mica held her neck and coughed a few times. Although the vampire was going to suck in her blood, he was holding onto her neck tight. “Are you alright?” Lottie asked after she saw Carter giving the vampire what he deserved.

Mica nodded and continued giving her neck a gentle rub. “I’m fine.” She voiced out and looked at Carter and the vampire who was now on the brink of death. Wolves inside the diner gathered at the back too when they smelled blood and saw how the Gamma killed the vampire. Then she looked at her again and noticed that there was blood cutting down her neck.

“Here!” Lottie shouted to Carter, who looked their way before he ran to them.

“Shit!” he exclaimed when he saw that the vampire managed to give her a deep bite. “Are you alright?” he asked when he was close.

“I j- just, my eyes seem blurry,” Mica replied.

“The parking lot,” Lottie said and started to run for the car as Carter followed her with Mica in his arms.

“I already mind-linked the pack hospital,” Carter said, and Lottie drove as fast as she could. The doctor and nurses were ready when they arrived and Mica was sent to the emergency room immediately.

‘What’s going on?’ Aziz mind linked Carter,

‘Luna has encountered a vampire,’ he replied,

‘What! Where on our way.’ and cut the link. Carter waited for him and for the doctor to come back and was walking back and forth.

“Can you stay still?” Lottie asked, annoyed. Although worry was all over her face. “I’m getting dizzy looking at you doing that.”

“How can I stay still? What if something happens to—” he replied but stopped because he almost said the word, Luna. “Anyway, Alpha is on his way.

“As if he cares,” Lottie replied in a low voice. Enough for Carter to hear her.

“He does, it's just that something happened between them that made him angry.”

“Regardless,”

“I know that it wasn’t a good idea to send her to the quarters or in the dungeon, but try to understand Alpha.”

Lottie didn’t answer anymore because she knew that he and her alpha were best friends along with their beta and her husband, Cane. “I’ll call Hera.” she just said and took her phone and dialed. Carter looked at her as she started to explain what happened and judging by her reply, he already knew that she would be coming there too.

“Gamma, this is not good. The bite had already transferred venom into her system”, the doctor said when he came out of the emergency room.

“Ahhhh…” they heard Mica scream.

“Couldn’t you do anything about the pain?” Lottie asked,

“We can’t. We all know how painful it was. But it was better than not feeling at all since she will be dead by then.” the doctor replied, “It seems that the vampire was disrupted when he was about to suck in her blood,” he added.

“But we can’t be sure, we all know that venom is poisonous to us as well,” Lottie replied.

“Alpha is coming soon. We were able to mind linked with each other so he will be here in no time.” Carter said,

“We need to remove the venom,”

“We know that!” Carter shouted, out of worry. “I’m sorry, I just–”

“It’s OK gamma, I understand.” the doctor replied, and Lottie was looking at him. She knew that he was their gamma and his primary concern was their Luna, who happened to be Mica. That explains his behavior now since their Luna was in danger.

“Ahhhh…” Mica screamed again. This time, it was louder.