Slade Donovan POV
I ran with my super-speed when I heard Gabriella had woken up. I was leaving the cells when a guard came to announce the good news and in a blink of an eye, I disappeared and rushed towards my room.
“Where is she?” I kicked the door open expecting to meet Gabriella on the bed but instead, she was on top of Teale and Frank. She pinned them to the ground with her hand wrapped around their throat.
“Thank goodness you are here,” Daphne ran towards me and stood behind me.
“What happened to her?” I asked. I had expected to meet Gabriella as a werewolf. “How?”
“When she woke up, we expected her to transition into a wolf but instead she went after Teale and frank,” Daphne explained but the explanation was not clear enough.
“If you are done talking, can you please help us by lifting her!” Teale shouted. “For no reason, she seemed incredibly strong!”
“Gabriella,” I called. “Gabby, ” I moved closer to her but she growled at me. “It’s me, Slade.”
“I don’t think she understands or knows anyone for now!” Slade shouted. “Go get my Father! He’ll explain better.”
“Daphne,” I turned towards her and she nodded in agreement understanding what I had said.
“I’ll be back,” She rushed out of my room and ran down the hallways, her foot echoing as she made her way down the hall.
“Gabriella!” I moved closer to her and touched her hand. “It’s me, Slade,” I said.
Gabriella growled at me and jumped on top of me. “Whoo are you…..?” She shouted and wrapped her hand around my throat. Her grip on my throat was too tight causing me to choke on my breath but I didn’t want to attack her. She was pregnant with my children. Attacking her would put the children at risk and I didn’t want anything to happen to her or the babies. “Listen to my voice,” I struggled to say. I placed my hand on hers and tried to say something but I couldn’t.
“Do something Slade! She seems to be powerful and I’m not sure she recognizes you!” Teale shouted and moved towards Gabriella. He tried to pull her off me but I shouted at her.
“No! Don’t… Force her. She is pregnant!” I shouted.
“What should I do then? Watch as she continues choking you.” Teale yelled.
Teale was right. Although, strangling me won’t cause death but still it’s was extremely painful and it’s might cause me to blackout.”Gaaah,” I pushed Gabriella off me and she landed on the ground beside me. “Gabby,” I gasped for breath and moved towards her.
She lay on the ground unmoved and I thought something had happened. I carried her from the ground and placed her on the bed. “Gabriella!” I yelled out her name but she remained stiff without saying a word. Her eyes were closed, her hand suddenly became cold and when I placed my hand on her chest, I couldn’t detect a heartbeat but I could hear two faint hearts beating inside of her which belongs to the babies.
“Gabriella!” I screamed and raised her head from the bed and placed it on my leg. I touched her face and continue screaming out her name.
“I thought you said the plan will work. Why is she like this?” I shouted and pointed towards Frank who stood at the entrance of the room. “If she dies, I’ll kill you.” I barely recognized my voice as it resounded across the hallway. I clenched my fists and growled at the Doctor. Placing Gabriella on the bed, I move closer to the doctor who moved backward. My claws elongated and I was ready to kill someone.
“Slade,” Gabriella’s soft voice stopped me from making a further movement towards the doctor.
“Gabriella,” I turned towards her.
Her eyes were still closed but she kept whispering my name. I smiled and sat on the bed beside her. “Gabriella,” I placed her head on my thighs and kissed her forehead. “You okay gabby!” I questioned.
“Slade!” She whispered snd suddenly scream out loud. “Let’s me go!” She yelled. “No, I don’t want you. Let’s me go!” She cried out.
“Gabriella!” I shook her vigorously.
She screamed, scratched my hand with her nails, and kicked her legs on the bed. “Let’s me go!” She continue screaming as if someone was after her.
“What’s happening to her?” I cried out to Teale. “Why is she like this?”
“I have no idea until my father arrives,” Teale answered back.
Gabriella continues to scream out in pain. Her hand went over to her hair and she grabbed a handful and tried to pull it out.” lets me go!” I grabbed her hands and held them tight.
“It’s starting,” Uncle Martin walked into the room with a silver chain in his hand. “The transition process is starting.”
“What… are you talking about?” I asked and pointed to the chain In his hand. “What is that for?”
“For her. As the first female werewolf, hundreds of the past wolves are trying to become her wolf.”
What the hell does he even mean by that? How did hell I’m I supposed to understand his words? “What are you saying?”
My uncle beckoned for Teale to come over. “Teale grabs her left hand, Slade I need you to grab her right hand.” He instructed but I had no idea why he would want to do that.
“What the hell do you mean by that? Why should I do that?”
“If you don’t listen to my instructions, Gabriella and her unborn children will die!” He shouted at me.
I argued no further as I did as he instructed. I grabbed her right hand while Teale grabbed the other hand. Gabriella screamed as she was chained to the bed. She growled at us and continue screaming. “Get me water!” Uncle Martin ordered.
I rushed into the bathroom and bought out a bowl of water. My uncle poured the water on her head. “What the hell are you doing?”
“Trying to suppress her. Get more water and fill it with blocks.” He ordered.
“What?”
“Now!” My uncle shouted.
“Daphne, Frank. Please get a bowl of water filled with ice immediately!” I ordered.
“Right away.” They both rushed out of the room.
Gabriella had stopped screaming but she was struggling against the chain trying to break free. “What do you mean when you said hundreds of wolves are in her head?” I asked my uncle because his questions weren’t clear the first time and I didn’t understand what he meant by wolves trying to dominate her body. “Why is it taking so long to transition?”
“It has already begun. If she survives the selection, she will become a wolf but if she doesn’t, I don’t know what might happen.”
“What do you mean by that? What the hell are you saying? I thought you said she was going to survive the bite!” I yelled and rubbed my head. “What the hell is going on?” I grabbed his shoulders snd drew him closer to me.
“Slade, what are you doing?” Teale shouted. “Why are you attacking my father?”
“Don’t worry Son. His wolf is in control.” Uncle Martin said but he was wrong. My wolf wasn’t in control but I was.
I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pinned him to the nearest wall. “You told me that’s she was going to be fine. Why is she like this?”
“That’s because she will survive!” My uncle pushed my hand off his clothe and landed a punch on my face.
Right, I needed that.
“If you will just listen and stop acting like a fool. Gabriella will be fine. Put your acts together. We have other priorities now!” He landed another punch on my face. “Zepeda and Xavier are still on the loose. As long as they are alive. The war won’t be over.”
I nodded in response and wiped my lips with my hand. I pointed towards Gabriella who was still struggling against the chain.” she and my unborn children are my priority right now!”
“And so is the world son. Everyone relies on you for the war to end! We have to end this war and if we don’t find Xavier and Zepeda, this war won’t be over.” My uncle grabbed my hand and placed it into his. “It’s what Gabriella would want. It’s what everyone would want.” My uncle tapped me on the shoulder and went towards Gabriella.
Gabriella growled at him as he placed his head on her forehead. “Her temperature is decreasing.”
“We are here!” Daphne and Frank entered the room with a bucket filled with ice.
Uncle Martin poured the ice all over Gabriella and covered her up with a blanket. “She will be fine son,” he smiled at me. “We need to talk about how to capture Xavier and Zepeda. There is no way they would’ve escaped from the castle.”
“Yes…. you are right.” All our heads turned towards the entrance of the room. Anabella or should I say Lady Aneka stood at the entrance of the room with one hand on her protruded belly and the other on the door. “They….. are still here,” Lady Aneka announced and fell to the ground.
“Anabella!” Daphne shouted and rushed towards her.
“Where is she coming from? And who is she?” My uncle asked.
“She is Gabriella’s sister,” I answered.
“But she is a vampire. Was she turned?”
“Yes,” I nodded in response. “She is Xavier’s wife,” I explained. “But she is on our side.” Aneka was truly on our side even though she had betrayed us once, she was still responsible for helping Gabriella escape from death. “I think she knows something. We should help her.”
“Okay. I’ll take her to my room. She looks like she hadn’t been fed for days. Daphne, I’ll need you to get blood bags from the royal kitchen please.” Teale requested.
“Of course. ” Daphne rushed out of the room.
Teale carried Anabella and walked out of the room. “Frank! ” he shouted.
“Yes, your highness.” Frank went after him. I didn’t bother to listen to the rest of their conversation. I turned towards Gabriella that had calmed down and unlike before, I could hear her heart beating. It’s was faint but it’s was an assurance that she was alive.
“The war would soon be over before you know it son.” My uncle tapped me on the shoulder. “Come to the lobby. The humans will like to thank you. Don’t worry, I’ll position a few hunters to watch over Gabriella. She is going to be fine.”
“I hope so.”
I walked closer to Gabriella and touched her forehead. Her body had become warm and although she was still murmuring some incoherent words. I knew she will be fine. “Please wake up soon gabby,” I kissed her lips. “I love you,” I confessed.
“She will be fine.” My uncle assured me again and this time around, I had no doubt and I believed that Gabriella was truly going to be fine.
“When will she transform into her wolf?” I asked.
“That depends on her. The humans will inform us once she wakes up.”
“Okay, ” I gave Gabriella one final look before closing the door and walking down the hallway with My uncle.
We both walked towards the lobby where a few humans and vampires stood. When they saw us walking in, they all bowed their heads. “Long live the king!” They all chorused.
“What is going on here? ” I nudged my uncle in the shoulder and pointed towards the humans on the ground. “What are they doing?”
“Brother!” Kyle clapped his hands as he walked towards me. “They’ve finally recognized you as their king. Isn’t that amazing!”
“It is Kyle but the war isn’t over yet,” I said to him and walked towards the center of the lobby. “Listen up everyone! The war we’ve been fighting for thousands of years is almost over but we still have two notorious vampires on the loose. I want everyone to walk with me in this. We have to find them.”
“Yeah.” They all chorused.
“Listen to my instruction. Position yourselves around the kingdom and make sure no one escapes!”
“Yeah. Long live the king!” They all chanted.