~Avery~
I rolled on the bed, continuously trying to adjust myself to get comfortable, to me, it felt like story time.
“You ready?” Dylan asked turning to me while I stretched a bit, still not feeling comfortable enough
“Wait a minute.” I said quickly grabbing a pillow and hugging it. “Okay. Now I’m ready.” I said, giving him my attention. “Uh…” I trailed when I saw how he looked at me. I could pick out so many emotions from him. It just didn’t feel natural. “Are you okay?” I furrowed my eyes a bit, raising my head a bit from the pillow so I could get a better view.
“I almost lost you.” he said, looking away slowly. “I promised to protect you and da-” his voice cracked before he could complete what he wanted to say.
“And who?” I frowned sitting up
He bit his lower lip, looking on at the ceiling and taking a hard gulp. “And…” he closed his eyes when tears threatened to fall. “If you died. I’d have lost everything Avery. I was so careless.” he said, as a whisper
“And who Dylan! Stop keeping me in the dark!” I yelled, feeling a pain at my chest.
I released a low growl when he kept quiet, grabbing his two shoulders and shaking roughly as fear anger and annoyance overwhelmed me. “Dylan!” I yelled.
“I should’ve been there.” Dylan said with his voice filled with regret. He didn’t even bother looking at me.
My heart was pounding and each beat hurt like hell. Part of me could guess who he was referring to but I wouldn’t believe till he said it
“Dyl-”
“You just came out of the hospital. I shouldn’t have brought it up. I’m sorry.”
“It’s too late to apologize. Just tell me. Stop beating around the bush for goodness sake. It’s annoying.” I begged
I turned to me for a second, trying to decide if he should tell me. He was about to open his mouth but the doorbell interrupted him.
We both turned out attention to the door, clearly annoyed.
I was annoyed that Dylan was interrupted.
He was annoyed about something else. I could tell
“Just hurry up and say it.” I said, watching Dylan stand, heading for the bathroom.
“We’ve got to see who it is first.” he said without looking at me.
I watched him wash his face, thinking of a million curses I could put on him for leaving me so curious.
“You coming?” he said, now heading to the rooms door and opening it.
“Of course.” I muttered, still mad at him.
I jumped off the bed, glancing at myself in the mirror before finally meeting up with Dylan by the door side.
I looked like crap.
First of all we start with the face that my hair was rough cause of all the rolling I did in Dylan’s bed then we can move on to how dry my lips are then my pale skin and finally my outfit; an oversized white gown was flower designs all over. It looked more like a nightwear with one of the hands resting on top of my shoulder and the other, sagging on my other shoulder.
“We’re probably going to have a lot of visitors since you just got back so anticipate.” Dylan said as we walked down the stairs. “But I’m pretty sure I know who this one is.” Dylan said as we reached the door.
I noticed that he hesitated before opening the door. His actions confused me.
I held a small smile on my face as the person behind the door was revealed. “Hey?” I waved slowly, feeling weird cause of how he looked at me. He looked so surprised. “I’m not dead?…” I trailed guessing he was wondering if I was a walking dead.
“You…” Liam’s voice broke before he could say much. He looked away, rubbing his temples to gather himself.
I smiled, taking small steps towards him and slowly pulling him into a hug, feeling tiny sparks arose all round my body
“He’s our mate Avery! That’s him!” my wolf started running wild
“Shut up”
I knew explaining the situation to my wolf would be difficult.
Her being asleep when I found and rejected my mate is gonna cause huge complications.
A low gasp escaped my lips when he slowly rested his hands on my hips, pulling me to him and digging his head into my neck. He slowly inhaled my scent then sighed, holding back the idea of planting kisses on my neck. He was shivering
Sparks aroused from all over my body almost knocking me off my knees.
My state confused me
Was all this happening because my wolf woke up?
Was the rejection we did earlier not effective?
Dylan’s low growl forced him to let me go.
“I have a lot of questions I need to ask you, Avery.” Liam said in a low tone.
I gulped, noticing the effect his voice had on me
I took few steps back, wanting to avoid anything uncalled for happening between the both of us.
“I doubt I’d know the answers to your questions. I don’t remember anything.” I released a fake awkward laugh, rubbing the back of my neck a bit.
“You lost your memory?” he asked
I nodded slowly
He had a confused expression on for the first second and the next second, he seemed to have shrugged it off. “Does is matter? As long as you’re still breathing.” he said, grinning shortly then looking away. “The sight of you, lying almost lifeless on that bed. It’s traumatizing honestly.” he sighed, rubbing his eyes. “I’m so sorry I wasn-”
“Don’t apologize. Protecting her isn’t your responsibility.” Dylan spoke up suddenly, as if triggered by him.
I groaned, knowing an argument was about to happen.
I still couldn’t believe all that was happening.
I slept with everything being perfectly okay. Now I wake up and everyone’s emotional and apparently, I almost died. I can’t even get started with the fact my wolf is awake now.
“What’d you mean she’s not my responsibility?” Liam frowned, turning his attention to Dylan.
“I mean stop worrying about her. She shouldn’t be on your mind.”
“She’s my mate Dylan.”
“Was”
“The moon goddess chose me for her over you for a reason.”
“Why don’t you say it.” Dylan said, sounding threatening.
“Because I’m better for her than you can ever be.”
Dylan started taking sudden steps towards him but I held him back. “What’s your problem Dylan! You really shouldn’t be picking pointless fights over pointless things. He has the right to worry about me. We’re friends. He has the right to worry you idiot!”
“That’d have been okay if that’s what he meant Avery! Don’t act blind. You saw how he hugged you. Now he’s calling you his mate?!”