Chapter 19: The Alpha’s Goddess

~CALLIE’S P.O.V~

As soon as the door closes, when he leaves the room, I release a breath I hadn’t realized I had been holding. That was intense... I shook my head and started to walk towards the bathroom door in the hospital room. Once I enter the bathroom, I stare at my reflection in the mirror. I feel like a brand-new person, my skin looks flawless, my eyes seem brighter, and my skin looks as if it were glowing. Not literally, of course, just like the saying “You’re glowing” people tend to tell pregnant women. I am definitely not pregnant; my virginity is still intact. That’s for sure! I started to undress the hospital gown and look over my skin to see any scars I may have acquired from what had just happened to me. To my surprise, there were none, as if the battle never occurred. Wolves heal themselves, yes, but they can’t make your body not scar if the wound is bad enough. When we had the rogue attack a few years back, I received a scar from falling. I turned to the side to look at it and to my surprise there was nothing.

‘I know you’re confused, but don’t be. It is alright, we are healed.’ Emery spoke up.

‘But wolves don’t just magically heal their past scars.’ I said back to her.

‘You’re correct, they don’t. But you are no regular wolf, Callie. You need to understand the power that radiates inside of us. You have abilities no other has. You can heal not only yourself but others too. You can use the elements of the universe for your benefit, you can see premonitions, you can see into others' minds, feel what they feel, and see what they see, there is so much we can do. So much to learn.’

I sat there in awe, staring at myself and pondering what Emery was saying. I cannot believe that I am gifted. I shake my thoughts and walk to the shower to turn it on. I step into the shower and lean my head back, as the water hits my face running down my aching body. My muscles relax under the warm touch the water offers. I sighed in relief, my body was sore all over, yet I felt like a brand-new person.

I begin to think about what has happened, my mind wanders off to Gunner and the way my body reacted to his touch. The desire that swirled inside of his eyes and the butterflies I felt in the pit of my stomach.

I close my eyes and picture his handsome face. I smile when he pops up in my mind. That’s when I feel aroused and I think harder because it is not my feeling, it was someone else’s. I began to see him in my head, his handsome face and his bare chest. It looks as if I am in the room with him, watching him. My eyes traveled down his body until I realized he was naked. I have seen naked bodies before, but not this way. I have seen men change into human forms, which left them stark naked, but it was different. I could see the veins as they popped around his shaft. The way his hand slides up and down and the sounds of his groans make me feel wet between my thighs aside from the water running down my body. He groans and yells my name, making my eyes shoot open and he disappears.

‘What was that?’ I asked my wolf.

‘That was you tapping into one of our many gifts.’ She replies back while her tail wags in my head.

I turn the water off for the shower and step out. I grab the towel hanging on the rack and begin to dry myself off. My mind wanders back to what I saw. It felt like I was in the room with him. I began to feel like a creep. I sat there and watched him, and he had no idea, that was weird!

‘You are more connected to him spiritually, so he was who you tapped into, you were thinking about him and that is what brought forth what you saw. Don’t feel ashamed, you only watched for a moment.’ Emery says while laughing. I closed the conversation with her. I don’t need her making fun of me, I already feel ashamed of seeing what I shouldn’t have seen.

I still have no clothes, so I decided to wrap myself in a new gown. Maybe I can sneak out and go get some of my clothes and get back before they realize I have even left.

I walked into the room and began to search for any sign of the personal items that I was wearing when I came into the hospital. Shoes, that’s all I want. I looked under the bed and in the closet. Nothing. UGH, why didn’t Jade even think of bringing clothes for me when I woke up? I sighed and grabbed a pair of hospital socks that were lying on the counter. I guess these will have to do. When I put them on, I feel uneasy and disgusted. These feelings were also not mine. I got up from bed and walked out of my room, down the hall where the feelings were becoming stronger. Once I round the corner, I can smell fresh rain and pine, which instantly calms my nerves a little, but then I see this beautiful nurse touching the arm of... Gunner?

‘HELL NO, KILL THE BITCH!’ Emery screams in my head, causing a loud growl to escape my mouth, alerting them of my presence. My eyes bulged in shock at my actions. My rage was boiling like it never has done before. I couldn’t calm my wolf, she wanted to harm an innocent nurse, I mean who wouldn’t think Gunner was attractive? She and I were both acting beyond possessive with someone that wasn’t even ours, to begin with.

‘HE IS OURS, HE IS MATE, OURS ONLY!’ Emery screamed in my head. The rage toned down when he removed his arm from the she-wolf's grasp and smiled at me. Was he happy? My actions were not something to be proud of. Why did I act like he was mine?

“Callie, hey... I um brought you some clothes.” Gunner spoke, pulling me away from my thoughts. I looked down at the bag in his hand. Did he bring me my clothes? That was thoughtful and very kind. Although my wolf hasn’t calmed down, I smile at him.

“Thank you, this gown is not exactly my thing, a little too open and drifty,” I replied while I let out a laugh.

His face lights up with amusement as he walks towards me. My heart begins to pound in my chest as he inches closer. I gulp as he stops in front of me, with his blue eyes penetrating my soul. He reaches out, handing me the bag. As I grab it, our skin connects, and I feel the tingling sensation of our skin-to-skin touching and I let out a gasp.

“I... I don’t understand...” I said to him,

“What don’t you understand?” He asked me.

“This pull, this bond. It feels like a mate pulling, but my mate rejected me...” I said as I looked at the floor.

He lifts my chin up and I can see so many emotions swirling in his eyes.

“I know... but this is not fake, and I will not let this go. I won’t lose a chance of happiness, of having a mate. Not again.” He replies.

I sat there stunned. Again? Did his mate also reject him? How is this possible? Nobody has ever known to have a second chance mate in centuries. What makes us different?