Chapter 15: Promise

Two days pass by slowly. Hagon's family comes now and then to see the happy couple, glad that Hagon and Carol are mates. Hagon's mother is thrilled that her baby boy has found his long-lost mate, and Carol always laughs when she calls him "baby boy." Hagon awkwardly says that he is all grown up and not Sofia's baby boy anymore, but to all moms, their children will always be their babies.

It's really suffocating for Carol to stay inside the hospital room for two straight days. Hagon also doesn't leave her side. Carol has to force him to go to the restroom to refresh himself. He doesn't want to lose her again. Carol understands that he is totally frightened, but he can't stay near her 24/7. He has his own duties. So Carol asks him to go to the canteen and buy something for the two of them. He is too stubborn to leave her side, but Carol knows that this bubble is not reality. Hagon has to face real life. He is a King. As his Queen, she also has the responsibility to guide him in the right direction.

After a lot of persuasion, Hagon finally agrees to go to the canteen to take a small break from the small room. Right before he leaves, he promises Carol that he will be back as soon as possible, like he is going on a long journey.

Carol can't believe that Hagon is acting like such a child—worse, he is more stubborn than a child. If somebody had told her that this is the real Hagon one week ago, she would have laughed. But now, she doesn't know what to think because she is more or less the reason that he is like that, and she feels guilty.

She hears the door opening and thinks that Hagon is back, which is strange because he only left a couple of minutes ago. However, it is not him but Maya, the nurse who yelled at her. Carol doesn't know yet that she was dismissed from the hospital; she thinks that Maya has only been suspended for one or two days for causing trouble.

Maya comes in casually, pretending like nothing happened. She keeps a hard face, doing all the check-ups normally and then injecting something into Carol's IV.

Suddenly, the door is opened again, and Hagon enters the room. He sees Maya standing over Carol's bed with the injection in hand. "What are you doing inside my girlfriend's room?" he demands angrily. Maya doesn't have anything to say because she came back for revenge—and for money. After she was fired, someone offered her money to drug Carol. Because she was so angry, she decided to use the situation to earn money. But now, she's been caught.

Hagon mind links his bodyguards to take care of Maya. They come in and take her to the private prison of the Werewolf Kingdom, which is for criminals who commit illegal acts against supernatural people.

He then calls the doctor in to care for Carol. The sleeping medicine that Maya injected into the IV has already entered Carol's system, so she has fallen asleep again. The doctor gives her some more medicine to decrease the effect of the sleeping medicine.

Hagon also calls his parents in to look after Carol while he deals with Maya since Carol will only wake after 24 hours of sleep. Sofia eagerly comes to the hospital because Hagon never gave her a chance to take care of Carol, and she wants to spend time with her soon-to-be daughter-in-law.

Hagon angrily heads over to the prison. He is going to punish the person who tried to hurt his mate. He'd rather die than let something happen to her. Over the past few days in the hospital, he bonded to her fully. Carol is like his soul. If something were to happen to his soul, then he wouldn't be able to survive. The pain would be more this time because he finally met her.

He can hear Maya begging to be released. An iron chain ties her to an electric chair. He is going to make her suffer. She will not dare to ever mess with Carol again—even though he will put her through so much that she won't even remember anything.

"Take me to the police station…bring me to the court…what are you doing to me? What is this place? Why am I here and not at the police station?" Maya screams, but Hagon doesn't show her any sympathy. His beast is raging with anger. He will lose control at any time. He goes directly to Maya, his eyes changing colors.

Maya is shocked to see Hagon's eyes. " What…are you?" she asks him. His nails elongate, he grows out fur…he is in between human and beast. Nobody has ever seen such a beast before; even the guards are afraid of him.

Maya can't say anything; she is frozen. No sound is coming out. She can't even move a muscle. She thinks that she is seeing things. How can there be such thing as a beast-man? But the reality is right in front of her…the man standing there is a beast.

"Why did you do that?" he yells at her angrily.

Maya stops her breathing for ten seconds and then sputters, "I got fired, and I couldn't find another job. I need money. Then, I got a phone call. Please leave me alone. It's really not me; somebody asked me to do it. They promised to give me a good sum of money. I was angry at your girlfriend since I lost my job and also because I was jealous that she got the attention of a man I liked. I used that opportunity to hurt her."

"What! Do you know who this person is?" the beast asks.

"No! I don't know! I only spoke with them on the phone."

"Them?" Hagon repeats.

"Yes, I spoke with them four times. Each time, I spoke to someone with a different voice. There were three female voices and one male voice," she confesses truthfully. After confirming that she is telling the truth, Hagon calms down and turns back into his human form. He gives his guards instructions to handle Maya and her punishment.

He goes back to the hospital after spending six hours at the prison. He is dead tired because of his beast transformation. The only other time this happened was five years ago, when he thought he had lost Carol.

He sends his parents back to their house and lies down in the place left empty in Carol's bed. He hugs her, trying to catch up on some sleep. He will not allow anyone to come near her. He promises himself to keep her safe with his life.

He doesn't want to wait anymore. He wants to mark and mate her as soon as possible so that he can feel her whenever she is in danger. For that, he wants to devise a plan to propose and marry her. Then, he will mark and mate her.

He needs help with that since he has lived like a monk for most of his life. He mind links his friends, brother, and sister for help. He will do everything on his birthday, which is ten days from now.