Chapter 11

“You’ll be alright, no one can hurt you now, come morning light, you and I’ll be safe and sound.”

- Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars

"Get out Lindsay. Now." Caleb said, holding me tighter to him. Lindsay stood her ground and glared at me. "No. She's trying to take my mate away from me. I will not allow it. Get off him you slut." I slowly let go of Caleb's waist and tried to back away, but he growled and held me tighter to him.

"She's mine. You're not my mate. You were never my mate." He snarled at her. Her eyes widened and then went back to glare at me again.

"No. I am your mate. I am the Luna of the Broken Shadows Pack. Don't listen to her. She's a liar. Did she tell you that she's your mate? She's an attention-seeking whore. Slut." She snarled back at him. I was just sitting on the bed in Caleb's embrace and watching his and Lindsay's spitting match. Lindsay stomped right in front of us in her 5-inch heels and ripped Caleb's arms off me.

"Don't touch him." She growled at me. Caleb was furious, he pushed her shoulder so she stumbled a few steps back and wrapped his arms around me again. He looked at me with concern in his eyes and whispered, "Are you okay?" I nodded and looked back to Lindsay, who was furious now. She walked over to my bed and took the nearest thing next to it, which was a jug of water, and poured it on me, getting Caleb and I soaked.

"That's it," Caleb said and tried to unwrap his hands from around my waist but I hung on to him.

'Calm him down Scar. Only you can do it.' My wolf said. I wrapped my arms around Caleb's shoulder and pushed him down to the bed, ignoring my IV and the throbbing in my wrist.

"No. She's my sister Caleb. You will not hurt her." I said to him and looked straight into his eyes. His jaw went slack and he looked at me.

"But she—"

"I don't care Caleb. She is my sister and you will not hurt her. I will not let you hurt her." I said, cutting him off. Caleb nodded and laid his head on my pillow and pulled me down with him and laid my head on his chest.

"Lindsay. Get out now." Caleb said and I heard the click of her heels as she walked towards the door.

"We're not done yet." She said and she slammed the door shut. Caleb smoothed my hair down and wrapped his arms tighter around me. We lied down there in the same comfortable silence that we shared previously.

"Why did you stop me?" Caleb said, breaking the comfortable silence. I groaned and buried my face in his chest.

"Tell me, Scarlett." I sighed and looked up at him through my lashes.

"She may have done bad things before to me, but she's still my sister. She's still my family. I still love her. I know she's sorry but she just hasn't said it yet." Caleb nodded and sat up, bringing me up with him.

"Go change. I don't want you to get sick." He bent down and grabbed a bag of clothes from under the bed. He helped me stand and then kissed my forehead. I smiled at him and walked into the bathroom near my bedroom, and changed into a tank top and sweatpants, then looked into the mirror. My hair was wet and sticking to my cheek. My eyes looked tired and dead. My lips were quite pink, almost pale.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice Caleb come into the bathroom. He wrapped his arms around my waist from the back and rested his chin on my shoulder and kissed my neck. "I love you and I won't let anything come in between us. I'll be announcing you as Luna as soon as you get better. I won't care what anyone says anymore. I love you and I want to be with you forever." He said as I leaned back into his embrace.

"I'm not sure if I can trust you, Caleb. I don't want to get my heart broken again." I said with a sigh.

"No. I promise I'll never break your heart again. I can't lose the thing that I cherish so much." He said and nuzzled his face into my neck. I took his hands that were wrapped around my waist and guided him back towards the hospital room.

"I'm tired," I said as I climbed into bed.

"Get some rest then babe." He said as he kissed my forehead. He sat down next to my bed and rested his head on the mattress. I nudged his head with my elbow and patted the bed, silently telling him that he can sleep with me. He nodded then climbed into bed with me and wrapped his arms around my waist and leaned his head near mine.

"I love you," was the last thing I heard him say, then I fell into the land of dreams with Caleb's arms wrapped around my waist and my heart soaring high.