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Stefen’s POV
If she wouldn’t have been Lina’s mother. I would have ripped her head off right then and there. Lina lost her consciousness too quickly compared to any werewolf. That was when I smelled the scent of wolfbane. I looked at the dagger that Mom had held. It was laced with wolfsbane. It meant that the moment it would have entered Lina’s blood, her wolf would have gotten into a deep slumber.
And this was not good news.
Not when she was injured because, without her wolf, there was no chance that this wound could heal soon. I examined her wound. It was on the lower abdomen because if the dagger had hit her Liver or any upper part of the abdomen, then the situation would have been worst and might have caused instant death.
And in that case, I could have felt that Thunder would have felt.
Thankfully the doctor arrived, wearing all black. Of course, he would also be here after all the pack members gather around the packhouse for the funeral.
“Beta, Stephen!! We will have to take her to the pack hospital immediately.”, he said. Since I was new to this pack, I didn’t recognize him, nor could I trust him with my mate, but at that moment, I didn’t have many options with me.
‘We will shift our mate to our pack hospital once her situation is better.’, Thunder said, on which I couldn’t agree more.
I nodded and picked her in my arms.
“Umm… the pack hospital is a little far. In human form, you will take a lot more time which we don’t have currently.”, he said reluctantly.
“Doctor Smith, reach the hospital as soon as possible. We will be there in a minute.”, Eva said, and he nodded before shifting into a wolf and running toward the pack hospital. Eva then turned at me before speaking, “Stephen!! Let me take her to the hospital.”, Eva said. At first, I didn’t want to, but I didn’t have any other choice because she was half vampire too. So, it wouldn’t be a big deal for her to carry in human form. And the other part was that this was the pack where she had been born and brought up, so she would know a lot of things that I wouldn’t be.
I transferred my mate to her arms, and soon she ran into her superhuman speed. To follow her, I too shifted, but when Thunder got control of the body, he looked at Lina’s mom angrily. I knew what was going on in his mind. If he was in pain, seeing our mate in this state, then he was pissed too.
Her mother had lost her consciousness and was held by mom and Aunt Emma while Nora and Paige were sitting near her. He stepped forward, but Daniel stepped in between her and me.
‘Thunder, I know you are pissed, but she is your mate’s mother.’, It was Roman, Daniel’s wolf, who was trying to talk with my wolf to calm him down.
‘You would have said the same if your mate would be at my mate’s place?’ Thunder growled at him.
‘Yes. At least for a while, by giving priority to the situation. Because your mate needs you more than anything, other things can be ignored for a while.’
His words made my wolf realize that our mate was our first priority, not this. Then he started running in the direction in which Eva had left. It wasn’t that too hard to find a packed hospital on that route while my brother stayed there because right now, he had to handle one more pack because the Alpha of that pack was killed, and Luna had lost her mind by stabbing her own daughter and blamed her as his mate’s killer.
Could Aleena do this?
Nope! There was no chance she could think of doing so. Hell, she would kill everyone who would have even thought of killing her father.
‘I agree.’, Thunder agreed. I shifted back to human reaching near pack house. I looked around in search of a boxer because generally, near all the buildings, werewolves keep boxers to wear after shifting into human form, and I finally found a lot of boxers on the nearby tree.
Wearing it, I ran inside and sniffed for her scent. I reached near Eva, who was sitting outside the ICU.
“Will she be fine?” I asked Eva, who looked tense.
“Hopefully.”, She muttered in tension.
“I want to know the truth, Eva.”, I said, calling her name, which I rarely do. “Respectfully.”, She still didn’t say a word. “I know about your powers from Daniel. I know that I’m asking you anything that you don’t know.”
She still pressed her lips tightly to one another, not saying a word.
“Why didn’t you change anything? Why did you let this happen?” I couldn’t help but accuse her. When did she know all this was going to happen, then why didn’t a thing to stop it?
“Do you think my powers are some kind of gift? It is a curse for me. And what did you say? I didn’t try to change a thing? I tried, Stephen. I tried.”, She started crying all of a sudden. “I told him what was coming next for him and also told him his death impact on Aleena. But do you know what he asked me to do? To not change a thing. It was not that he wanted anyone of us to see in pain, most importantly his little princess, because he knew his death would affect her the most. But it was the last part of his job as a father.”, She added.
“And for god sake, I couldn’t stop anyone’s death, but if not today, then that person will die tomorrow or the day after tomorrow because that’s his fate. In fact, even with all these powers, I couldn’t save my mate in another timeline (readers can read Alpha’s Last Minute bride to understand it in a better way). And if I would go back in time change the past and deeds which will create another timeline and the story of that timeline will change, not in this timeline because you will have to endure every punishment of the sin in this life.”, She outbursted and held her head.
“Are you okay?” I asked in concern.
“Yeah! I think I’m. It’s just a slight headache.”, She responded meekly. And then, something vibrated. She pulled her phone out of his phone and swiped the screen to receive the call.
“Is everything all right, Eva?” I heard a male’s voice from the other side of the call. I didn’t bother to hear their conversation even though she was talking to some male because of two reasons, one, she wasn’t someone who cheated on my brother, and second, she was a marked woman, so whatever she would, Daniel would come to know about it through the mate bond.
“No. Vincent. I need your friend, Ezequiel’s help.”, She said in a worried tone.
“What happened? Are you hurt or Daniel’s hurt?”, That Vincent guy asked.
“We both are fine. My sister, Aleena, is seriously injured. Ezequiel has the power to heal, so if you ask him to help me, then that will be a great help.”, She responded. At the same time, my ear rose like a rabbit when I heard that she was calling a vampire to heal Lina.
That …. That would be a great help indeed.
Knowing that Leia wasn’t there healed her quickly. Someone with healing power would definitely be a boon in this situation.
“You are asking me to send a vampire to a werewolf’s pack? Do you want him to get killed?”
“Nothing will happen to him. I take guarantee of that part.” I couldn’t help myself from speaking.
“Who’s that?” Vincent asked.
“My brother-in-law, who happens to be Aleena’s mate as well.”, Eva replied. “And just like he said, Daniel and I will also guarantee that nothing will happen to him. His safety will be our top priority.”, She assured.
“Okay, then! He is ready to help.”
“Did you talk with him first?”
“He is sitting beside me and already has heard our conversation. Also, note that he needs the fresh blood of animals after healing anyone because it exhausts him badly. Also, he will need a place to rest when he is completely exhausted to regain his energy.”
“All terms and conditions are fine with me.”, Eva agreed immediately without wasting any time.
“Fine then! He will be there in a few hours or so.”
“Perfect. Share his number with me so that I can coordinate with him accordingly.”, Eva said.
“Sure. I will be sharing his number after disconnecting the call.”
“Great. Bye! Tell Mom and dad that I miss them.”
“And what about me?”, My ear rose again. Who was this Vincent? Why was he so eager to sign a death warrant?
“I don’t miss you at all, brother.”
‘Brother!’ I sighed, knowing that I was getting worried for his life unnecessarily.
“I don’t miss you too.”
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#TBC