Chapter 11: Awakening
I can’t open my eyes yet, but I can hear people speaking around me. Whispers like they are afraid of being overheard. I recognized Mark, Kelp, and Doc. Sometimes, I hear Alpha when he is there. The doctor chases him away because the machine beeps too fast. There are other voices, but I don’t know them, like the woman who talks to me a lot. I like listening to her; her soft voice is calming. She likes to tell me stories about how pretty I am.
The other thing I notice is the smell. Besides the medicine and antiseptic smells, I notice a smell of dank, mildew, old blood, and dying flesh. I am not in a hospital. Have I been sent to the dungeons already? Have all these people been sent to the dungeons with me? Did they do something to anger Alpha Thomas?
I need to wake up, but no matter how hard I try to open my eyes, they won’t obey. I try to move my toes, but nothing. I try to move my fingers, and they won’t listen. This is so frustrating and tiring.
I must have fallen asleep again. This time, when I wake up, or what I call awake, I hear Kelp praising Aza. I do a quick mental check to make sure she is okay. She’s curled up in the back of my mind, dozing and listening to Kelp.
“Look at you, pretty girl. You came back to your girly. You were so brave and fierce protecting Katia.” I smile because he’s petting my hand and talking to Wolfie the whole time. “When Alpha starts having the wolfbane injected into your system and the silver chains put on your girly, it is going to hurt. We need you to keep resting and growing. Don’t fight against the effects. We will take care of Katia as much as we can.”
I can tell he is trying to let her know things will worsen for a while. “Aza, Fishy wants you to stay quiet and sleep so the wolfsbane doesn’t weaken you too much. He wants to make sure we don’t lose one another.”
“Don’t worry, girly, I’m not going anywhere. I know you will hurt, but I must be strong to help you.”
“How’s our little Alpha Luna, Kelp?” I hear Mark saying, and then I hear a door creaking shut. “I swear she smiled a little while ago when I was soothing her wolf.”
“Well, Alpha Looney is on his way. He wants to see how his toy is doing. His words- not mine.”
“Mark, I don’t think he understands how bad his behavior is. Something happened after the mate bond snapped when his fated mate died.”
“You two do know you have other duties besides guarding the prisoner. The guards can handle her imprisonment, especially since all she does is lay there hooked to machines.” Alpha is adjusting his pants, not bothering to hide his erection. “Where is that damn doctor? Why has Katia not awoken yet?”
“Goddess, Thomas, you disgust me.” Doc bites out, entering the room. “You just don’t get it. That girl died and was brought back several times. You shredded most of her body. She will wake up when her body can handle it.”
“It had better be soon. I am tired of waiting. I want to play. Plus, she has a sentence to serve.”
“Your father would be appalled at how you conduct yourself as an Alpha.” Doc was standing toe-to-toe with Thomas. “You will notify me the moment she is awake. I paid a lot of money for her, and she will repay me every cent of it back anyway I see fit. I will whip her and fuck her until I tire of her. Then I will kill her, and there is not one fucking thing you or anyone else can do about it. This is my pack; as Alpha, my word is law.”
Walking to the bed, he stops, grabs Katia by her jaw, and pulls her face towards him, “Here that Katia? Remaining asleep is not saving you. It is just pissing me off more.” He shoves her face away and slams out the cell.
“What the hell are we going to do? How are we going to keep him from snapping and killing her?”
Doc’s forehead is furrowed, and he slaps it, “That’s it! We let him kill her.”
“Whaaat?” Mark and Kelp asked. Their expressions were almost comical, as if they had misunderstood and couldn’t believe what they heard simultaneously.
“No, hear me out. He already has her in the dungeons; we must get her out alive. He won’t let her out unless she is dead. We know he cannot control himself when he gets his hands on Katia.”
“And his temper will cause her death. So why save her now?” My poor Xey, he sounds so defeated.
“No, we must control his actions somehow. Make him think he killed her. I will have to think about it. We must control his wolf, too. Let’s hope our Luna sleeps a while longer.”