Chapter 51: We Have Company!

TERESA.

My body ached everywhere. The cold had penetrated so deep into my bones that I could feel thousands of knives piercing me all at once. I was happy to be alive, though. I could hear Bash’s beautiful voice, like in a dream.

“Teresa? Honey, are you okay? Answer me, please…” I could hear him, but the cold paralyzed me and there was also the shock.

I tried to move so I could look at him, but my body seemed to be like a puppet directed by a puppeteer to his liking. I was so angry at my human condition, as I was suffering from injuries and I was trying to stay conscious.

The moment I turned my gaze to him, a demonic pain ran through my right leg; I thought I fainted in that second.

“I think it’s broken, baby…” he said worriedly, trying to hold my gaze as I was getting dizzy.

“Don’t fall asleep ... don’t you dare fall asleep; do you hear me?”

His shouting felt so far away in my ears. It was so hard for me to concentrate, and I could feel my strength fading away. And then Bash carried me into the woods, leaning me against a tree.

I finally sat up with my inert hands on my lap. I didn’t even feel my leg hurt; it was probably numb from the cold.

Finally, I opened my eyes wider to find Bash’s gaze.

“Teresa? Can you hear me?” He repeated to me twice, worriedly trying to make me feel more comfortable considering the situation and the circumstances.

“It hurts ... bad… terrible” was all I could say. After that, the state of dizziness overwhelmed me again. “I’m in pain Bash…”

“Baby, you have a broken bone. That’s why it hurts. I can fix this, but you’re going to have to trust me, okay?”

“What do you want to do?” The powers left me with every minute, and I could feel myself slipping into numbness.

“Teresa, I’m going to have to put your bone back, or you won’t be able to walk.”

Exactly what I was afraid of was going to happen. Only in movies had I seen such a maneuver and I was honestly afraid. Tears flowed incessantly, and I could hardly control my mood.

He needed my consent to get started. I realized we had crashed in the middle of nowhere and I was practically slowing us down because I couldn’t walk. So, the decision was mine.

In the distance, through the thick fog, I heard the howl of a hungry wolf. My soul froze, so I decided to do it right away.

“Do it! But do it quickly…” I whispered in a low voice, leaning on a side to find support in Sebastian.

“OK, look at me! I’ll do everything quickly. I won’t lie to you. You will feel a sharp pain and then an inevitable feeling of fainting. Then you will have to lean on me.”

I watched him tear a substantial piece of material from his shirt and reveal his chiseled muscles and offer it to me as a gag. A kind of scream dumper. I didn’t think it was wise to scream with all my might in this unknown realm. Who knows who might head us?

The moment Sebastian started counting, I knew there was no going back. When he reached three, he pulled with all of his strength. A demonic pain pierced my body, shattering my brain, contorting me, and squeezing in my mouth the piece of material I was suffocating a scream from hell.

My eyes widened, and I felt myself break in half. It was not the wound in my leg that I got concerned about; it was the fact that I could have attracted the beasts of the forest with my blood.

What was harder was over. The bone got restored, and I hoped to at least be able to crawl if not walking. There was no doubt about it. It was killing me. Bash helped me to my feet.

“Come on, we have to go look for shelter. Soon it will be dark and we don’t want to be in the middle of the woods. "

I walked like my limbs didn’t belong to me but to a rag doll learning its first steps in a little girl’s hands. Every step was a painful punishment rather than a brain stimulus.

Everything was hurting me right now, every damn thing. My breathing turned shallow, and without realizing it, I was leaning hard on Sebastian’s arm. Not that he could not carry me, but he got worried that I could not walk anymore. Well, he was not wrong.

“Teresa? Hold on to me a little longer. There, I see in front of us a small cottage. I don’t know if it’s inhabited, but it’s worth trying our luck.”

His voice turned jovial and with a few more excruciating steps. We were in front of the house.

“Hey, is anybody here?” he shouted, disturbing the peace of the forest. But there was no answer. Was it bad or was it good? “I think it is deserted. Even if it is locked, we will remain here for the night. "

In a sudden movement, he broke the padlock, opening the door wide to the wall. Again, he didn’t seem to care about the noise. All he cared about was my well-being. It was a delightful feeling and mixed with my thrill we had a shelter; my pain was much bearable.

The little house was poor. A wooden table in the middle of the room with two chairs simply thrown around it; the certainly uncomfortable bed that had only a pillow and a blanket instead of bed linen; a small fireplace with a few wood chips at its opening; the small windows without curtains through which natural light barely passed; and a small travel bottle probably used for cooking. God, I was so hungry…

I was sure that someone lived here and what this place looked like, and it seemed they left in a hurry. God knows why? After all, they were in the wilderness. Maybe whoever lived here was tired of loneliness, or maybe…

“Are you comfortable, Teresa?” Bash’s voice cracked the silence through my thoughts.

“I think I am; I don’t really know...it still hurts everywhere…” I complained resignedly to what had happened to me.

How unfortunate to have a lightning strike your engine, crash your plane and then find that you dislocated your leg? And In addition, we got caught up by night in such a scary land. My luck was that I wasn’t so panicked, and that Sebastian was with me.

“I guess somebody used to live here, don’t you think? But they also left in a hurry, leaving this mess behind…” I concluded, irritated looking at the disorder in the room. I wondered more what would have been the reason for this hasty departure? “Something is not right here, Bash!”

“Don’t worry so much. You’re hurt and I can swear you are tired, too. Why don’t you try to sleep? I promise to stay up and watch over you all night. You need to rest!”

His words did me so much good that my first thought and intention was to get up to wrap him in my arms, but the pain in my leg was stronger.

“Ouch, that really hurt, damn it!” And a few painful grimaces appeared on my face.

“Hey, don’t force yourself! This bone dislocation of yours is not exactly cured! Lie down, I’ll try to light the fire to warm you up, okay?” I complied quickly, especially since I knew he was right.

Tomorrow morning, we had to find our way back to Bellingham, and if my wound wouldn’t allow me, then I was more of a burden to him. Agh, I hated this feeling of helplessness! “I will also try to contact my Beta, Liam. He has to know where we are, and eventually come for us. We do not know what dangers lie in these dark forests!”

Now I saw him a little worried, but it was not fear that I read into his eyes, it was more despair that I was hurt and if something happened; I remained exposed because of my wound.

Finally, he lit the fire. The wood crackled almost melodiously, and the heat slowly engulfed the entire room. My bones were warming, but it was hurting. “I know it can hurt a little bit, but try to hang in there. You were so lucky the bone was not broken, but only dislocated. In an hour or so you will feel better. "

Now that's what I needed to hear. Then I watched him move away from the fire, trying to establish a specific connection like all the Alphas do. Everything seemed quick and easy to him, as if Liam was already on the frequency. I caught myself smiling shyly in the corner of my mouth.

“Liam? Liam, can you hear me? Brother, we are in big trouble. Teresa and I had a plane crash and we are somewhere in the land of Wales, in the middle of a thick forest."

“Bash, are you guys alright?”

“Teresa got hurt, but she is fine now. Take Leo, Joshua, Isaac, and Mason, the sentinels with you and Jacob and William, the commanders of Contingents Two and Three! Follow my scent,”

In the night’s silence, a few howls froze the forest. And so did my soul, as they were getting closer and closer.

“Liam, come quick. I think we have company!”