“But don’t come home late, Liam. I don’t want to have to send people to fetch you again.”
“Yeah, yeah...”
The teenager exits the room, and Tonia shrugs and focuses on me once more.
“Don’t mind this brat. Okay, can you show me the parts where it hurts?”
Now that I glance down, I’ve got bruises all over, and I can tell my right eye is probably not good either, judging from the pain. I still feel weak, too.
Trying to think about where I feel the worst, I point out my throat, my right flank that is still aching badly, and my arm. Tonia explains to me that I had surgery for internal bleeding, but I am recovering well.
But why? All this medical care can’t be free, and I don’t think they are just nice to me out of charity. While Tonia comments on my wounds some more, the man behind her is staring at me non-stop. He has a gentle look, with blue eyes and thin facial features. Now that I observe him some more, he looks a lot like the teenager from earlier. Are they brothers? He seems taller, though, and his hair is blonde.
“If you feel dizzy, just lay down, okay? That’s perfectly normal, considering you had surgery and lost a lot of blood.And you are way too skinny. By the way, how old are you exactly?”
I raise my fingers to show her. She looks surprised.
“Really? Seventeen? You look younger! I would have said fourteen or fifteen. Well, that’s not too bad then.”
What is not to bad? I frown, but she doesn’t notice my perplexed expression as she suddenly turns towards her brother. The huge wolf sits up and puts his head on her lap. They stare at each other for a while.
“Oh, right. Bobo asks, what’s your name. I should have asked earlier, too.”
I realize the siblings must have been using telepathy since they are most likely from the same pack. How nice... I never succeeded mind-linking with my pack, since I’ve never shape-shifted.
I can’t talk, so they hand me a notepad and a pen. I write down my name.
“Nora Bluemoon,” The man reads out loud. “A pretty name.”
He looks like our fated mate...
Wait, what now? What was that? My inner wolf? How would my inner wolf or I know he does? It makes no sense... How would we know that man looks like our mate?
While I’m trying to understand, some vague memory of a pair of silver eyes flashes, and I realize this guy as almost the same eyes. Only his are not exactly silver, but more of a blue-ish grey. Was that just a dream? Or did someone else really come to visit us while I was unconscious?
I grab the pen once again to write my questions and show them to Tonia.
“Why are you here? Well, you were in horrible shape when we found you.”
“I don’t think that’s what she means, Tonia.”
The man addresses me, standing still next to my bed. “The hospital belongs to my family, so that’s why Tonia brought you here. And we believe you are someone special for my older brother, so we got you this VIP room.”
How am I unique? And how rich must his family be to own the General Hospital? I didn’t even know hospitals could be bought!
His gentle voice really has a way to make people feel calm and weary at the same time. Why does it look so familiar?
Oh, Moon Goddess.
I know where I’ve met him before. He was at the meeting with the Blood Moon Clan! He’s one of the Black brothers! And saying I’m special to his older brother means...
Suddenly, I can feel it. A loud pounding, like a warning. I tense up. My whole body knows.
He’s coming near. He’s coming here. I shiver.
We hear a step outside the door, and I can barely breathe. Is that what it feels like? Feeling my mate being close to me? That is indescribable. I feel apprehension, and at the same time, I want to see him so badly... My heart’s going crazy.
The doors open quickly, and everyone in the room immediately focuses on Him.
