Saving Her

Luke's POV Ding dong Ding dong The sound of the clock echoed through the whole area, signaling the end of this year and the beginning of a new one. All around the world, people are celebrating right now and starting the New Year with family, friends, and loved ones. But not me. All that occupied me right now was the barely alive body in my hands. My mate’s body. “Call your pack doctor. Hurry up!” I yelled at Alpha Deklan. I know I wasn’t supposed to. He’s an Alpha, after all, but what was I supposed to do? My mate was dying right in front of me. “Why are you standing there? Please go call him.” I pleaded this time. He looked hesitant, like he didn’t care at all. Just what exactly is going on? Why wouldn’t he worry about her? Isn’t she one of his pack members? “Please,” I begged again, but he still didn’t move. Now I’m angry. “MOVE YOUR ASS AND CALL THE PACK DOCTOR RIGHT NOW!! WHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE?!” I yelled, using my Alpha tone and looking at his face. He was mad, too, since he was an Alpha as well. “Don’t you dare order me in my territory! And why the hell should I call my pack doctor? I don’t give a shit about that pathetic creature; she can die for all I care!” My mom sharply gasped, hearing Deklan’s words. That’s it. I carefully placed my mate on my mother’s lap, who was now crouched next to me, and with the little control I had against my wolf, I stood up, went towards him, and with no second thought, punched him hard and made him stagger. Not long after, I let my wolf take over. And of course, that good for nothing Alpha shifted as well. His wolf was big but not as big as mine. He was light brown with black fur covering his ears, paws, and end of the tail. He growled loudly, and in return, I growled back even louder as I launched several massive attacks at him, but he dodged my attacks and then tried reaching for my neck. I quickly spun my body, so he only bit my back. I yelped from the pain, but his attack only made me angrier. Is it possible that he was the one who put my mate in this state? Was he the one who hurt her? The idea of someone hurting my mate made my blood boil. How dare they? We stood there face to face. I growled even louder this time and attacked again. This time he wasn’t fast enough, and both our bodies collided. From the power of the collision, both our bodies flew across the room and crashed into the window. This made us fly out of it with the shattered glass surrounding us. We both fell to the ground with a thud. I hissed in pain as some glass pierced through my back, and I could hear Alpha Deklan grunting in pain too. We didn’t linger too much on the ground and rose to our feet. I was going to kill him for hurting my mate. I won’t forgive him. I could see that both pack members were now surrounding us, watching the fight. And it was more likely that a war would rise between the two packs. Alpha Deklan attacked first and again, this time, aiming for my jugular. I moved my body swiftly to the side, which opened a chance for me to grab one of his back lumps between my teeth and pull, making him fall face flat on the ground. I jumped on his back and pinned both his front paws with mine, and locked his neck with my teeth. I was going to go for the kill and get it over with when I heard my mother calling out for me. “Luke, your mate needs you. You have to come up here.” I tightened my hold on Alpha Deklan, leaned down to his ear, and whispered coldly, “This is not over!” And with that, I ran towards the packhouse and up to my mate’s ‘room’ where she was still lying there between my mother’s arms. “Put her on my back, I’ll run to our territory. That way, we would reach faster than by car.” I told my mom through our mind link. She nodded and, with the help of my father, placed her carefully on my back. “Jake. Call Dr. Mitchelle and ask him to be ready in his office.” Thankfully, our pack doctor, Dr. Mitchelle, didn’t come with us to this party. His wife had just given birth, and he wanted to celebrate the new year with his wife and son. “Yes, Alpha.” Came the reply from my beta. I wasted no time and started running out of the packhouse. I noticed my parents had shifted, and we were now running next to Jake and me behind me to make sure that my mate remained on my back and did not fall. It took us about an hour or so to reach the packhouse, and with every move I made, I could hear my mate groan in pain. It broke my heart every time, but I had to be quick in order to save her. I kicked the house door open and called Dr. Mitchelle through our mind link. “Over here.” I heard him saying from the packed clinic. When I reached there, I saw that he was standing next to the bed, preparing some tools and setting a blood bag above it. My parents and Jake came into their human forms. My dad and Jake each had a pair of shorts on, and my mother was in a long shirt that reached her mid-thighs. Together, they carefully carried my mate from my back and placed her on the bed. “What the hell happened to her?” I heard Dr. Mitchelle say as he looked at my mate’s body. Her skin was so pale, and scars covered her from head to toe. Her fingernails were turning purple, and she felt so cold. Her lips were also discolored and cracked open. It was hard to look at her without wanting to kill someone. Why would anyone hurt her? Where were her parents? Did they know about this? Dr. Mitchelle started working on her. He removed all her ‘clothes,’ if you could call them that, and I had to suppress the growl that was about to escape my throat at the idea that someone other than me was looking at my mate’s body. My father and Jake had the courtesy to leave the room, but my mom stayed behind. “You should go shift and come stay by her side. She’ll need your support to get through this.” I heard her say. I hesitated. I looked at my mate’s body, then to Dr. Mitchelle, then to her body again. I didn’t want to leave her, not for a second. My mom noticed my discomfort as she sighed and said, “Don’t worry, Luke, I’m right here, and your father and Jake are just outside this door. Plus, your shifting and putting some clothes on won’t take minutes.” I nodded and made my way to my room. I shifted back and then opened my walk-in closet to find something to wear. “Will she be okay?” I heard Rex, my wolf, ask as I grabbed a pair of pajama pants and a gray jumper. “Yes, Rex, she will be. She has to be.” I said, reassuring myself more than reassuring him. I finished putting on my clothes and wasted no time to head back to the infirmary. “How is she, Dr. Mitchell?” I asked as I opened the door and entered. He sighed. “She’s hurt pretty badly. She is underweight, lost too much blood, and is in terrible pain. See this.” He said as he pointed to her hip on the right. It was almost fiery red and was as big as a watermelon. I felt my heart clench at the thought of what might have caused it. “This here.” He continued, is only about two days old, but look at the color and the size. Even a normal human would heal at least 10%, but her body is too weak to even heal itself at least at a normal rate. I had no other choice but to inject her with Licorne.” “What? But isn’t that too strong for her? She might die.” I asked. Licorne is a very strong drug that we use only in severe cases. It helps relieve our pain almost instantly and heals us with the help of our wolves. However, it has some side effects, as far as killing someone. “And that’s why I need your blood.” I looked at him confused, and when I didn’t say anything, he explained. “As you have already noticed, Alpha, your mate is a human and has no wolf. The drug needs werewolf blood to work properly and hence the use of yours. And since you’re an Alpha and hence mate, her body will respond better to the drug.” Now that I think about it, yeah, she smelled human and had no traces whatsoever that she has a wolf. It’s not like I care. She’s my mate, and I love her no matter what she is. I nodded quickly without hesitation and lifted my jumper’s sleeve. My mate needed my blood, and I’m more than willing to give it to her. Dr. Mitchelle inserted a needle into my arm. It was connected to a tube that reached my mate’s arm. We stayed like that, for I don’t know how much exactly since I was too busy admiring my mate, then I heard Mitchell say he would remove the tube. “That’s a good Alpha. We gave her a sufficient amount of your blood, plus the other three bags I already gave her, she will heal properly.” I sighed in relief but knew I couldn’t be happy just yet, since my mate was still unconscious. I felt my mom tap me lightly on the shoulder. “Good job, son, your mate will be fine.” She said with a smile on her face. I couldn’t help but smile back. “Can I take her to my- no, our room?” I asked Dr. Mitchelle. It would be better if she lay on a more comfortable bed, staying right next to me where I can always be with her. “Yes, let me just place the cast around her wrist, and you can take her upstairs. I’ll set the IVs up too.” I smiled at him and waited rather impatiently until he put on the cast. ‘I would be the first one to sign it.’ I thought. “Alright, all set,” Mitchell said, snapping me back into reality. I got up from my seat right next to the bed. Carefully and slowly, I placed my hands, one under her neck and the other under her waist, and picked her up in bridal style. I was sure not to press her body tightly against mine so that she didn’t feel any pain. “Mom, can you help me prepare the bed? Removing the covers and all?” “Sure.” And with that, she made her way ahead of me towards my room, with me following in tow. This time, I made sure to walk slowly so as not to hurt my mate. Eventually, I reached the room where my mom was waiting and gently placed my mate on the bed. I placed pillows all around her to ensure that she slept comfortably. The thought of her on my bed made me want to howl in happiness. I wanted to jump all around the packhouse and yell with my highest voice, I found my mate! Woohoo!! But again, that would wake my mate up, and my pack members won’t stop teasing me about it ‘till the day I die. Thank god they were still not here, or they would’ve seen the huge grin it had on my face while carrying her to my room. I couldn’t be any happier. After I made sure that my mate was comfortable, I covered her with the blanket and turned to my mom, who was smiling down at me. I returned the gesture and hurriedly said, “Thank you, mom. I’ll stay with her now. You can go to dad and Jake now, and please tell them the good news.” “Oh, I sure will.” She said as I heard the sound of a laughing tone. Of course, my mom won’t shut up about isn’t. She was happy that I found my mate just as much as me. She turned around but looked at me over her shoulder just before she left the room. “I’m proud of you, son, for caring about your mate like that.” My smile widened. She left the room, leaving me alone with my beautiful mate, much to my satisfaction. I wish she would open her eyes and look at me. I miss those mesmerizing blue eyes that captured my soul the very first time I saw them. Gently patting her head and playing with her hair, fatigue soon caught up with me, and no longer after, I was in a deep sleep.