Chapter 97
I had polished off three plates of food and was moving on to dessert, I was shocked by how hungry I was, and how I was able to fit a veritable feast in my stomach but enjoyed it all the same. My body still ached and lifting my hand to my face still felt like I was lifting weights, but my head was less muddled, and the headache I had, had eased. I still couldn’t remember what happened, I was worried about what Charlie was thinking and feeling, and I was still anxious about seeing her. What if Hyacinth was right? And it didn’t feel the same? What if I couldn’t feel the mate bond? Would it change things between us? Would she be able to tell? I couldn’t stop the questions swirling in my mind, as I sat waiting for someone to come back into the room and tell me what was happening. Which is why I almost leapt for joy when Hyacinth returned.
“Is Charlie with you? How is she? Is she coming to see me?” I bombarded her with questions the moment she stepped inside. “What time is it? How long have we got until the other Alphas get here?” I couldn’t stop, I needed information if I was going to be prepared.
“Charlie is fine, stop worrying, she feels awful for what her powers did to protect her. I haven’t told her you’re awake yet. I wanted to give you a chance to think about whether or not to wait to see her until after the other Alphas have left.” Hyacinth said slowly, choosing her words carefully. “It’s six o’clock, the first Alpha doesn’t arrive until tomorrow evening. I’ve left word with each Alpha to settle into their hotels and we will have our first meeting here at nine Saturday morning. That gives us... thirty-nine hours to hide Charlie, get you back on your feet and come up with a plan to resist whatever the vampires are planning. Piece of cake!” She said with a chuckle and a smile.
“I need to see her, say goodbye properly, then I swear I will do whatever you say. But if my wolf is asleep, then I shouldn’t feel the urge to mark her as badly, and technically, even if I bit her now, it wouldn’t be a marking without my wolf... so you could take the protection spell off her, let us have a couple of hours, please?” I pleaded, I needed to see her, surround myself with her scent to take it with me until I could be with her again, and finally claim her.
“What if that’s enough to wake your wolf and you mark her?” Hyacinth asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Okay, you can be there to freeze me if anything happens. Just let me touch her, she needs me or she’s never going to calm down and I will be a nightmare, constantly asking how she is, begging you to bring her to me and undo the spell. It will drive you crazy, and anyone else you send in here is just going to cave eventually. Or we could take any, and all precautions you want to, I can comfort her, let her know I’m fine, and we will both willingly stay away from each other until the Alphas leave?” I did my best puppy dog eyes; in the hope, she would take pity on me.
“I will allow her to come in, I will think about undoing the spell.” Hyacinth replied dryly. “Last chance, are you sure this is what you want?” She asked as she got to the door, she turned back to me with an expression I couldn’t read, but there was something sad or worried about it.
“Why wouldn’t I want to see my mate?” I asked unsure if I wanted to know or not.
“I won’t influence your decision, I just hope you’ve considered it, carefully.” She replied, her cryptic clues annoyed me.
“I’ve considered what could happen, I might not feel the bond, I don’t care. I love her, mate bond or not, it changes nothing. I need to see her, I need to know she is alright, or I will be useless with the other Alphas.” I said with all the determination I could muster.
“Yes, I believe you have thought about it.” She said softly and left, as the door closed behind her silence to surrounded me. There was an odd feel to the air, an anticipation that made me uneasy, I had noticed it more since I woke up. I strained my ears, struggling to pick up on a sound, anything to give me more than a feeling, but I was still recovering. I spent several minutes, attempting to pick up on anything with my senses, but nothing had returned fully, my eyes weren’t as fuzzy as when I had woken up, but I still wasn’t as sharp as usual. And my nose couldn’t pick up much of anything in the bare room, I was getting antsy, and as the unnerving feeling grew, it became suffocating in the small space, until the door flew open.
“Daniel? Are you okay? I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to, I promise. I’m so sorry, are you alright?” Charlie blurted as she ran into the room, she skidded to a stop just before my bed, when she remembered she couldn’t touch me. Her eyes shot to the floor, she bit that beautiful plump lip, and she was somehow even more beautiful than ever. She was radiant, like when I saw her for the first time, my breath hitched in my throat as I was overcome but how much I wanted to hold her.
“I’m fine, I promise, a little tired, but other than that not a scratch, I’m fine. I’m sorry I attacked you. I still can’t remember it, or even wrap my head around my wolf putting you in danger. I must have been crazed, or spelled, or bewitched or something, I would never hurt you, I hope you know that.” I whispered; I was aware of Hyacinth hovering by the door.
“You weren’t attacking me, you wanted Dermot, he came to get us after Hyacinth left for you to get dressed. Even though we couldn’t touch, the idea of leaving was torture, we had decided I would leave the cottage today, stay away from each other until the Alphas leave, and we can go see my mother.” Even without my wolf the image of us finally being together, biting her as her pussy clenched me, pushing me closer as she bit into me, flashed through my mind. I was hard and visibly tenting, Charlie got a hungry look in her eyes as she stared at it, a little whine of need barely audible escaped her lips. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before continuing. “You,” she breathed, before clearing her throat, “you, lost control of your wolf. You were upset I was leaving, and I was going with Dermot, so when your wolf said ‘mine’, I panicked. I grabbed Dermot’s hand and ran; I was just trying to get him away from you.” She begged me to understand, not realising I already did. “The reason Dermot is alive is because your wolf wouldn’t attack me, but I didn’t know that at the time. Dermot was behind me, and I guess he thought you would calm down if he tried moving away from me, but once I was clear you pounced. I didn’t know he wasn’t right behind me, or that you would clear my head, I was so scared, I thought you were attacking me too. And I think... I think my powers tapped into my subconscious or something, because in that second all I wanted was you, this you, I think that’s how this happened...” She said quietly, ashamed.
“Can I talk now?” I asked with a smile, I prayed she would look up because I couldn’t lift her chin like I would usually when she got bashful around me. She nodded, and I heard her choke back a sob, it broke my heart. “I am so glad your powers protected you, I’m so sorry my wolf went crazy like that, I don’t blame you for being scared of me.” That got her to lift her head, so fast I was worried she had hurt herself.
“I’m not scared of you, or your wolf, neither of you was in control, you were being controlled by a primal need. It would be like asking you to stop breathing, you can’t fight something like that, I understand that, intellectually. I dunno that I’m gonna want to be alone with you fully shifted anytime soon either, but give me time?” She said like I could do anything that wasn’t in her best interest.
“You’re really not afraid of me?” I asked, it felt too good to be true.
“No, never, you’re mine, my Daniel, you would never hurt me, not intentionally anyway. You panic when you give me a little love bite, I can’t even imagine you ever doing anything that wasn’t consensual.” She blurted before she realised what she had said out loud and blushed adorably.
“I love you so much.” I didn’t mean to say it, but every time I looked at her, it felt like my heart was swelling in my chest, and the only release was admitting how much I cared about her. Her smile was dazzling, I longed to kiss her lips.
“I love you too, more than I can put into words.” She whispered, still smiling, but she had tears in her eyes, that she was refusing to let fall.
“Hyacinth, please just let me touch her, before my wolf returns, let me hold her, please?” I begged, I couldn’t stand seeing her upset, I needed to comfort her. I tried getting out of bed, I had to grit my teeth so I didn’t scream as every muscle protested my movements. Hyacinth raced to the bedside and pushed me back into the bed.
“NO, you’re not ready yet, you could end up in a coma or worse if you don’t rest now!” Hyacinth cried as she held me down. I could hear Charlie suppressing her tears, she had lost the battle to keep them at bay, even with her back to me I could tell they were freely falling.
“You want me to rest, and avert the apocalypse or whatever, then let me comfort my mate, or I will try to get up again!” I snapped at Hyacinth.
“You know why I can’t do that.” She replied forcefully.
“It’s different without my wolf, I want her, and I want to mark her, but more than anything, I just want to hold her, take care of her. That’s the most powerful need in my body right now, and it will override my self-preservation, in favour of her.” I pleaded with Hyacinth to understand.
“Five minutes, and I stay here the entire time!” Hyacinth finally said after a ridiculously long pause, which allowed me to exhale a breath I hadn’t realised I was holding.
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