Chapter 18 CHAPTER 018
ARI POV:
A bitter taste filled my mouth and my eyes slowly opened themselves to the harsh light. A subtle groan escaped my lips as I tried to turn away from it and my body protesting sending pain through every nerve fiber.
“It’s okay” Harry’s soothing voice filtered into my ears as he gently turned me to my side before pulling the blinds shut “It’s okay Ari, you’re okay”
“W—What happened?” I croaked out, struggling to gain some type of control over my weak body “H—How?”
“You gave us quite a fright” He said lowly “They found you at the stream apparently, were you trying to kill yourself or pursue some kind of vendetta”
His words were the spark that brought back my memories, I would have clutched my head in pain as my brain worked overtime for my weak body. I groaned out as tears rolled from the corners of my eyes and grinder my teeth till all of my face hurts.
“Why don’t you go and ask Alpha Stone-heart why I’m here hurting and he’s out there basking in the sun” I growled “Where is he anyways?”
“I am not at liberty to say” Harry shrugged “I don’t even quite know myself, but it's something that’s taking up his time. Believe me he would be here if he could”
“You have to say that” I told him, my voice coming out in wheezes now “You’re his second in command, of course you have to make him some kind of righteous man, what righteous man does this and doesn't even show for an apology, if he were anything other than a cold beast then it would be him that I was waking up to”
”Maybe you should explain-”
Harry’s next words were cut short as the doctor strode in with a white coat and an annoyed look on his face.
“Beta Harry” The man said curtly, his eyes moving between both of us “You were supposed to let us know if they were any improvement to the patient and you were definite not to stress her when she woke, I believe that was the agreement?”
“I’m sorry Doctor Matthew” Perry said “I was just trying to keep her company and answer her questions”
“Please wait outside Beta Harry, I need to check on my patient”
Harry stated at me wordlessly for a minute before stepping out, if I still had any strength left I would have called for him not to leave me with this cold man but the last of my power hd been used to vent out some of the anger in me.
The doctor hovered around me prodding me with needles and checking my temperature and sensitivity. He didn't say anything to me, not that I expected him to, I had already come to terms with the fact that I wasn't really as welcome as they’d want me to believe. After an uncomfortable check up he began to inject something into my IV bag.
“W—What are you doing?” I managed to choke out with the last of my strength
“Your body is still too weak” He said “I am giving you a sedative to put you under why your body recovers on his own”
“W-where is Alpha Stone?” I asked just as I felt the effects of the drug begin to kick in “I need to-”
He grumbled something under his breath that I didn't quite catch as the darkness returned once more to claim me.
The sun was still high in the sky when I woke again and Perry was sitting at my bedside with a bowl of soup in his hands. His face lit up with a smile as I opened my eyes and stated at him.
“H-how long have I been out?” I asked in a hoarse dry voice “I have such a terrible headache”
“It’s been two days and he has been keeping you sedated until your body could accommodate you waking up again” Harry said “I was waiting for the sedative to wear off and I brought some soup but it’s cold now”
My stomach grumbled upon hearing the word soup and suddenly it became quite clear to me that I had had nothing else but the nutrients from an IV bag to eat for days. I looked at him expectantly and he lifted me gently like I weighed almost nothing and placed my back against the bed.
“Where is Alpha Stone?” I asked as he placed the first spoonful of soup in my mouth “Has he been here? I want to know what-”
“The Alpha is busy” Harry said and “Focus on getting better, I’m sure he will find the time to see you soon”
“I’m sure he will” I snorted and a sharp pain shot down my back “or most likely he won’t and it will just be something we sweep under the rug for him.”
“Eat the soup before it becomes unbearable” Harry said with a tired sigh “Then I will get the doctor to check you one more time”
There were still holes in my memories and I could not remember how I had gotten out of the stream or found help and as much as I had come to resent Alpha Stone. A part of me hated that he hadn’t coke nor even once.
Harry could pick up on that and so he never steered the conversation there but instead stayed and brought flowers almost every time he came to visit until the room was littered with dead petals na decaying roots all over.
“You know you don’t have to do this everytime” I said “It’s almost like you are trying to bury me with flowers”
He laughed. “With you shriveled up in that bed. I had to bring something to look at.”
“Ouch” I said feigning a wince, at this point I was already strong enough to move on my own “When do you think I can go out?”
“When you are strong enough” he said “And when I am positive you won’t be pulling stunts like that again. Now I brought a deck of cards with me and I want to show you why they call me Game-Master”
Harry sat beside me with a beaming smile and began to lay out the cards and talk about his day, I tried not to let the conversation slip into static in my brain and it was all I could do to not let Alpha Stone cross my mind again. I mean if he didn’t care about me, why choice I think of him.
“Get ready to be beaten” I said to Harry and flashed a beaming smile.