Chapter 25
**“There are wounds that never show on the body that is deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds”—Laurell K Hamilton, Mistrial’s Kiss**
Alpha River’s P.O.V
I sat beside my mate as I watched her sleep. Kiara and her mother were so agitated that they had to go for a run to calm down. I asked what happened to my mate and the only answer I got was stress but it didn’t seem to be just stress with the way Kiara and Celeste were acting. I took hold of my mate’s hand and had to let it go immediately because she was as cold as ice. I shout for the doctor and he got straight to examining her as soon as he arrived. I moved outside to give the doctor space so he could do his work properly.
Matthews arrived as I was pacing in front of the door and he wouldn’t look at me. I tried but he still refused. I persisted and then I wished I didn’t. The look of pure disgust and hatred as he stared back at me had me reeling back with shock. I was about to ask why when Tricia rushed into my arms.
“Is she okay?” she asked flatly
“You have the fucking guts to ask Tricia!! You are helping her mate cheat and make a mockery of her and you don’t even have the decency to show her some respect when she is sick. She is behind this very door and you are here rubbing your slutty self all over her mate with non-existent concern. You two disgust me and I hope you are ready for what’s coming for you.” Matthews spat out before he opened the door and entered the room.
I could hear the locks falling into place and I know he wouldn’t let me in even if I begged him. I looked down at Tricia who was looking at me rather weirdly. And then I remembered she wasn’t at my mate’s ceremony
“Where were you? I didn’t see you during and after the ceremony”
“I didn’t feel like participating so I left and stayed on the neutral grounds till it was over”
“What the fuck? Do you know what you have done? You have deliberately refused her as your Luna and shown her the highest form of disrespect. What were you thinking Tricia?”
“What!! You couldn’t have possibly thought that I would submit to her. Did you? I just can’t.”
“Do you know what would happen if she or anyone finds out?
“What could possibly happen and besides she won’t know. She’s so oblivious to everything happening around her. I am confidently sure that she won’t even notice it just like she hasn’t noticed the relationship between you and me”
“You are playing with fire Tricia Bennett. I don’t know what has gotten into you”
“Nothing has gotten into me. I have just gotten a wakeup call. I don’t think I can sit back and be number two for the rest of my life. I want you and I want it all now. You and the title.”
“Are you crazy? You do realize that the final parts of the ceremony happened hours ago and she is my MATE.”
“I’m crazy with love for you. And you didn’t care before about your mate and you didn’t care when she arrived in your life so don’t start now. You are already in too deep and you just have to pray that your mate continues being oblivious to all that is happening around her. If you would excuse me, I need to help out with the other patients”
I watched as Tricia turned and walked away and I still couldn’t do anything. I was more than shocked with the drastic turn of events.
First my mate, then Kiara and Celeste, Matthews cold behavior and now Tricia. What next?
***Chaos’s P.O.V***
I lay in bed conscious to everything around me yet not so conscious. I was in a half comatose state and I could feel myself changing. Even I, am afraid of what the end result might be. It was a battle of wills that I lost the moment I found out that my mate was cheating on me. The right thing to have done was to have left but am not that kind of person. I couldn’t leave when I was responsible for the welfare of the people that were now my pack members.
Our future is uncertain but I know for a fact that it was going to be filled with so much pain, hatred, rage and a whole lot of negative emotions. I felt the moment my mate touched me and discovered how cold I was. What he didn’t know was the fact that I was just as cold inside.
Everything was frozen from my emotions to my body parts and that was the scariest thing I have ever felt. I laid there in silence as the doctor touched and prodded me. It was a waste of time since he won’t find anything other than the constant dropping of my temperature. I was preparing to sink further into the darkness that was surrounding me when I heard arguments outside.
I didn’t have to strain my ears to hear what was going on because with the state that I was in, everything was extremely heightened and will stay that way for a very long time. I wish I could turn my heightened hearing off because the things I heard next more than just broke me. They awakened an old buried part of me that had me vibrating on the bed with rage.
I could hear and feel the bed singeing with fire as my inner self boiled to the topmost level. I heard locks falling into place then the horrific screaming from a particular person filled the room.
Matthews.
It was chaos in my room- no pun intended. I could hear different voices which I could make out very well. Kiara, the doctor and my mum. I was trying to calm down when I heard the voice of my mate.
My temper flared and my mother must have sensed why because she sent my mate out of the room. I calmed down a tad bit afterwards. I felt water being poured over me and the sigh of relief that left my lips had my mum chuckling softly. I felt Uncle Hephaestus’s presence before he entered my room. I felt the moment he made himself comfortable on my bed before gathering me into his arms.
I might have failed to mention it before but my uncle is the closest to me besides Kiara. He used to baby sit me when I was younger and never stopped even when I was older and didn’t need him anymore.
He started mumbling words that I was too familiar with. A calming spell… And before I knew it, I was safely tucked into the comfort of the darkness I now belonged to. This isn’t the life I wanted.