Chapter 111
Claire's POV
I feel my face smushed up against something soft, a thumping pounds against my scull and I groan quietly and try to lift my heavy head. My body begins to register pain and I hold my movements-my back burning. With the burning there's a cooling and wet sensations covering my back. I open my eyes and look around, careful not to move too much. My shirt and bra is gone, a gown with a open back now covers me.
I prop up on my elbows and groan, I'm in Sonia back room, on a doctor office plastic bed. For a minute I think I'm alone but I turn my head and see Martin slumped down in a chair. His hand holds his tilted head while his elbow is propped on the arm rest. His usual intense and hard face is calm and soft with sleep. Even in my painful state I can't help but stare and feel calm looking at him. His mouth is hung open slightly and his head is slowly slipping from his hand.
I smile and look away, I turn my head to see gauze covering my back, a clear cream coating the burns. I wince at the sight and thank god for my fast healing and the cream to prevent scars.
I hear ruckus on the other side of the door and a moment later Sonia comes in
"good you're awake" she says with a kind smile
Martin stirs awake and looks between us, he suddenly stands and within a stride he's standing over me
"are you ok? Any pain? Do you need anything?" Has asks looking over me
I smile a little weakly and shake my head
"my back hurts....can I sit up?" I ask and Martin looks to Sonia, she nods
I push off on my arms and Martin holds me while I twist and sit up
"so how are you feeling?" She asks going behind me and lightly touching my back
"alright, it still burns....how long do you thing it will take me to heal?" I ask her, her still looking over my back, peeling off some of the gauze
"Well it looks like it's healing well but I would say at least two days two...they were pretty bad" she says honestly coming back into view
"How long have I been out?" I ask them and Martin instantly frown
"Ten hours" he says and my eyes widen. There's a moment of silence but then Martin's looks up at me
"what happened?" His voice is broken and his golden eyes melt away, his soul showing through, begging me.
A flashback of everything that happened replays in my head and I look away as my heart beats out of control...how could Tara have done this? Does she really hate me this much? I still feel the heat of the fire. The look in her eyes. The drop of the lighter. The erupting of the flames. The explosion.
A flashback of everything that happened replays in my head and I look away as my heart beats out of control...how could Tara have done this? Does she really hate me this much? I still feel the heat of the fire. The look in her eyes. The drop of the lighter. The erupting of the flames. The explosion.
After I don't talk for a moment Martin speaks up
"they put out the fire... your room was covered in a flammable liquid. They tried to find anything that we could salvage but everything was pretty much burned. Only your room was damaged...the rest of the house is fine" He tells me, never moving his eyes away from me
"Oh alright" I frown, it's not like I really cared about anything in my room but the thought of now having nothing settles a pain in my chest
Another silence
"Claire-" he says my name calmly and it makes me shiver, he's the only person who can say my full name in a way I love
"please, I need to know what happened-" he looks away like he's in pain himself
"who did this" his voice cracks
My eyes widen and Sonia looks in between us like we both have five heads, obviously confused with whatever our relationship is. I look down into my hands and Tara's angry blue eyes crosses behind my closed eyelids. They both wait for me to answer, both completely silent...holding there breaths "it....it was Tara"
They both gasp and I continue, telling them everything that happened hours ago.
By the time I finish, Sonia is sitting in the chair Martin was asleep in and Martin is still next to me, holding my hand.
"That fucking explains it" he growls and walks away, his hand dropping mine
He walks over to the wall and punches it, me and Sonia both gasp. I try to hop off the bed but my small movement hurts to bad. Sonia stands instead and walks over to him
"Alpha please calm down" she places her hands on his shoulders and he slowly turns around
"She's gone" he says and I tilt my head
"What do you mean she's gone?" I ask moving a loose strand of silver hair from my face
"She got past the border, when I called some of the Warriors off border controls to look for her with Brayt and Lawrence she got away right after the fire, most of the other warriors still protecting the border came to help. She slipped past them. I didn't really think anything of it, not with you in here" he shakes his head angrily
My eyes widen and I look away, her words repeating in my head.
"Does Lawrence know?" I ask and his eyebrows furrow
"That's what you're worried about?" He asks and I nod, he rolls his eyes
"yes he knows she gone, he hasn't left yet though he wanted to make sure you were ok" he doesn't seem pleased at Lawrence's staying
I nod and try to stand, Martin instant takes a step to me and helps me down
"and my family...?" I ask and both Sonia and Martin look away
I nod and try to stand, Martin instant takes a step to me and helps me down.
"They were here earlier....but they went back to the house, to sort everything out" Sonia tells me and I nod, not surprised
"Right" my voice is hardly above a whisper
I hear Martin growl quietly and I look up at him, his eyes are glazed.
Without another word he leaves the room and soon is out the front door. Me and Sonia stare at each other.
"Alright well let's change your gauze and then we can send you home" she says
What home?
I just fake a smile and nod.
By the time I'm leaving her office it feels better. Changing out of the gown was a little hard though, but I threw on a large T-shirt that hardly touched my burns.
"Hey" I hear someone say weakly as I step out of the back room, I jump in surprise and look up.
"Lawrence you scared me" I tell him and try to smile a little but when I look up at him I sigh. He looks me over and winces, his brown eyes wide and confused.
Neither of us say anything, I stare down at my shoes, trying not to think about the times all three of us were together...friends.
"I'm so sorry" he finally breaths out and falls into a chair behind him, head in hands and quiet sobs coming from him
I stare at him a moment
"It's not your fault Lawrence, you didn't know" I tell him honestly
"I thought she was gone but she wasn't and then she did this to you" he gestures to my body and I shrink away
"I know" I say quietly
"I don't know who she is anymore! I've done everything to make up for what I did but now she's fixated on you" he sobs and I actually feel bad for him...only if he hadn't kissed me
"and now she really is gone"
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