Chapter 67 CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN | SEBASTIAN
Chapter 67 CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN | SEBASTIAN
Alexi POV
I can’t say for sure why, but I’d left Xander without an answer on the adviser position for over three weeks. I’d thought it over and gone back and forth on my decision, but I felt like it was finally time to let him know.
I found him in the nursery hanging curtains while Alaia supervised. These were the fourth set of curtains to be put up in the room; the other three “didn’t work” for her once they were in place, so they were promptly replaced. When he was done, he stepped back and looked over at Alaia, who was gliding in the rocker with her eyes closed.
“Babe, what do you think?” he asked.
She opened her eyes and looked over the entire space. When she crunched her nose and tilted her head to the side, we both held our breath; this wasn’t a good sign. But then she smiled her brightest smile and began to bounce on her toes.
“These are perfect! I knew we’d get it eventually.”
Xander let out his breath and bent down to clean up the packaging that was left behind.
The nursery was finally done, with just under three weeks to go, and Alaia had painstakingly picked out every detail. The room had a sky/heaven theme because, according to mommy, the boys were her angels.
Clouds, angel wings, and little golden halos decorated the powered blue, gold, and white space. It was something for her to be proud of, she said she wanted to put it together on her own, and she had.
“Xander,” I said, pulling his attention to me.
“I’ve decided to take the adviser position. What do we need to do to make it official?”
He looked over at me, then at Alaia.
“Little One? Would you make it official for us, please?”
She nodded, then shut her eyes.
Blue Moon pack, I’m honored to announce that Alexi Kostov has accepted the position of Head Strategic Adviser. Please join Xander and myself on congratulating him on this new endeavor. I’m sure he will do great things for us all.
She then opened her eyes and smiled.
“Done.”
“Well...that was anticlimactic,” I mumbled.
Of course, Xander heard me and had to reply.
“You shouldn’t have taken so long. You knew you wanted the job when I offered it.”
“Maybe! But it was a big decision and required some thought.”
I look over to see Alaia to see whose side she’s on and notice her eyes clouded over with purple outlining the iris.
“Angel, are you alright?” I asked while moving to kneel in front of her.
Xander was soon right next to me and had taken one of her hands in his. Alaia was in her own world; she didn’t acknowledge our presence at all.
“Should we take her down to the hospital, or call the doctor up?” I asked.
“The doctor is already on the way. I just linked her. She’s probably having another vision, but it’s better safe than sorry.”
Right when the doctor came into the room, Alaia screamed out as a large gash opened on her arm and began pouring blood.
Alaia POV
While sitting and listening to the guys bicker back and forth, I felt that tingle in the back of my mind and knew another vision was coming. I had grown used to them at this point and knew how to easily transition in and out of them.
Once again, I found myself in the dungeon with Rachel and the man in black. She was huddled in the corner with her knees pulled up to her chest. The room was moist and dank; it smelled like mold, mildew, and human waste. The sounds of her cries were bouncing off the walls as she began to beg for her life.
“Please, Sebastian, just let me see him. I did what you wanted and gave you an heir. Just let me see my son!”
So he finally had a name, Sebastian.
“He isn’t your son, you filthy mutt. He is mine, and only for purposes that are none of your business. Yes, you have done your part, and now I have no use for you.”
“No, no, no, no, no! You said you would let me go back to my mate. You said you’d set me free!”
Sebastian was edging closer and closer to Rachel, who was trying to make herself as small as possible on the floor. I felt my feet pulling me to follow him. I just had to see what would happen; I knew this mattered to my situation in some way. Sebastian then leaned down over Rachel’s body and whispered in her ear.
“The boy will be named Vincent, and he will one day hold unimaginable power. But first, this bitch has to die!”
He then swung around and slashed his hand across my arm. White-hot pain shot through me and jerked me from the vision.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Dr. Samson standing over me with Alexi and Xander directly behind her.
“What the fuck just happened? How can we be attacked like that? We were right here; no one else was in the room,” Xander roared at her.
“Alpha, you need to calm down if you expect me to treat our Luna. All this is not good for her or your babies, so just cool it!”
I think we were all surprised at the way she handled Xander; this lady was tough. I liked her. Until she touched my arm with an alcohol swab, and it felt like she had set me on fire.
Again, I screamed out before looking down at the gash she was trying to treat. It had just happened, but it looked infected already. It was oozing green pus and smelled horrible. I had to fight to keep from gagging at both the sight and the smell.
“I’ve got to get her down to a sterile room. This wound is not normal, and at the rate the infection is spreading, she can be in septic shock within the hour.”
Before she could say another word, Alexi had picked me up and began racing down to the pack hospital. There was a slow burn simmering underneath my skin. I could feel it working its way past my elbow and up to my shoulder.
This was really bad.
We made it to the room, and Alexi placed me on the bed. Again, Dr. Samson tried to clean the gash, but the pain was excruciating. It felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest every time she touched it.
“P-pleae. Don’t touch it. It’s so much worse when you do,” I gasped out.
“Luna, if I don’t clean this wound, the infection will kill you. And your babies. I need you to bear down. I’ll try to give you something for the pain.”
The thin syringe barely pricked my skin, but felt as if she was peeling my flesh away with a dull and rusty spoon. Everything she did to help only hurt more. This wound wasn’t meant to be healed. It was meant to kill me, slowly and painfully.
I had done this to myself.
Dr. Samson realized that we were fighting a losing battle. She quickly hooked me up to the many different monitors in the room before pulling an oxygen mask over my face. She then turned to Xander and Alexi.
“I need you two to stay calm. I have to do this. Just know that.”
She then turned and looked me in my eye.
“Forgive me, Luna...”
Quick as a flash, she had jammed her syringe in the middle of the wound and injected the medicine. The torture that followed was so great that my eyes rolled back, and I was overcome by blackness.
Xander POV
How did this happen? One minute she was laughing and joking, enjoying the finished nursery, and now she’s passed out in the pack hospital. When Dr. Samson injected the painkiller, I heard the monitors go crazy as Alaia’s heart rate soared.
Then she went still.
“I can get this cleaned now. I’m going to give her something to keep her out for a little while that won’t hurt the babies. But the way she was reacting to my touch before, her heart would have failed if we kept it up,” the doctor told Alexi and me.
He was standing in the corner with a look of pure rage mixed with terror on his face. I probably looked the same.
“Would you two like to wait-“
“No!” we both yelled in unison, cutting off the thought before it even fully formed.
There was no way that we were leaving her like this.
“Okay, just stand back and let me work then, please.”
A nurse came into the room, and together they hooked Alaia up to two fetal monitors and started an IV on her.
“There is a very mild painkiller in the IV. I’ll also use a local anesthetic so we don’t have too many drugs in her system.”
Dr. Samson then took a scalpel and cut away the dead and infected flesh. It had only been ten minutes max, but somehow the gash looked like it was weeks old. Once done, she stitched the clean, fresh skin back together and wrapped it in sterile gauze.
“I’m also adding an antibiotic to her IV. I think I got all of the infected skin, but I want to be sure.”
When I looked at Alaia’s tear-streaked face, my heart broke, but at least she was resting now and not in pain.
“Thank you, Dr. Samson. Are they all okay now?”
“The babies are perfect. Their heart rates were a bit elevated at first, but they are back to normal now. The Luna’s heart rate and blood pressure have stabilized as well, and she’s not in any pain. We’ll just have to wait and see if any infection occurs, but I’ll keep a close eye on her. She’ll have to be with us for a few days.”
I’d keep her here forever if it would keep her alive and healthy. I sank into the chair next to the bed, and this time it was Alexi who stepped up to speak to the doctor.
“Thank you again. We’ll keep her here as long as possible. We want to make sure she’s perfectly healthy as well.”
Dr. Samson checked all the machines and connections again before she left the room, leaving Alexi and us in silence.
“Xander, what was that? It’s like the vivid dream she had with me when she marked and scratched me. But those healed. Why didn’t she heal?”
“I have no idea, Alexi. But I will find out or die trying. Whoever is responsible for this is going to feel just as much pain as they put her through, and then they will feel more. On my honor...”