Blood-curdling screams

Allison’s POV

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“You should start taking care of yourself. You are going to be my Luna.”, Alpha Craig said, making me sit on my bed.

“Okay, Alpha Craig.”, I muttered, controlling myself to answer him back. As long as I belong to this pack, I have a few responsibilities toward it as well. I saw him, leaving my room. I sighed and that’s when I realized that I had held my breath.

I jumped a little when I heard his voice again. “By the way, you fought amazingly, Ms. Staunton.”, I turned my head toward him and found him standing near the door. I opened my mouth to thank him but this time he had really left the room for real.

‘My brother is romantic at least for Grace but I wonder whether he will ever be that romantic?’, I thought and immediately I recalled Grace’s situation. I was almost healed now, healed enough to walk without anyone’s support. I left my room and walked toward my brother's room to check Grace.

I gave a small smile to the doctor whom I found on my way to her room. “How is she doing now?”, I asked, the moment I entered the room.

“Fever.”, there came a short reply from my brother who looked worried for his mate.

“I should have known.”, I muttered, knowing how she used to feel nausea, headache, and flu from the past two weeks. I softly touched her forehead and that’s when I realized how warm she was to the touch. She was burning up. Panic overtakes me for being careless and not taking care of her properly these days. “But...I don’t think this is just fever, bro. Something is definitely wrong with her. I think we should take her to the human doctor.”, He just gave a nod but didn’t say anything. It seemed like he already had an idea what was happening to her.

“Alpha, I am sorry but your presence is required.”, Eric said, knocking on the door. Of course, his presence would be required after this attack. My brother looked reluctant to leave Grace at all, that’s when his eyes landed on me.

“Don’t worry. I will take care of her and will not leave her side.”

***

A few hours later,

Grace groaned as her green eyes opened slightly to look at me. Her eyebrows scrunched together as another groan left her lips.

“Grace, you okay?”

“I don’t feel well, Ally.”, I could tell by her voice that she was not faking. Not that I thought she was, you couldn’t fake the pale color that her skin has become. She had a head injury and then this fever. Everything was making her weak.

“You’re running a fever. I don’t know why the doctor has not suggested the medicine yet. Still, have some soup before you sleep again.”

She didn’t say anything but I saw him looking around the room. I knew whom her eyes were searching. Before I knew anything, the door was opened harshly. Without turning back, I knew who that person could be, because for three reasons. First, thanks to my smelling power, second, not everyone can walk into the Alpha room as if he or she owned it, and three, how Grace’s eyes twinkled after looking at the person. I would have laughed at them if the situation would have been a bit different, they were looking at each other as if they were the only ones in the room.

“Sweetheart!”, Zayden breathed, looking at Grace without even blinking his eyes.

Tears started welling in Grace’s eyes as usual. She was such a cry baby but then I should not interrupt their moment. Zayden walked fast and sat beside her, only to wipe her tears which were already rolled from her eyes. He hugged her in his arms and I looked away trying to count the number of birds in the sky.

“Don’t you dare to sleep like a sleepy beauty ever again.!”, Her voice was muffled by his shoulder. “I was so scared with the thought of losing you.”, She sobbed.

“Are you trying to say that you were missing me?”, My brother joked, which was quite surprising but I guess, he was totally a different person near Grace. In return, he received a slap from Grace on his chest.

“Yes, I did.”, She replied bluntly. “I missed you but why do you care about that? you were enjoying your beauty sleep, weren’t you?”

I was looking at the couple from the corner of my eyes and looking at my brother’s expression, I can say that he didn’t expect this reply from Grace. This time, I left their room, giving them some privacy. All I could do was pray for her good health.

***

“Her fever just won’t break.”, I said after wiping Grace’s forehead with a wet cloth. It has been more than twelve hours and nothing was working on her, not even medicine. Fear had taken root in my mind, playing all the worst consequences that I could think of. “Do you think we should take her to the hospital?”, I asked on which Zayden shook his head in negative.

I could see the worry lines on his forehead. He was just panicking about her as I was or say, move I was. It was just that he was better at hiding it.

“Is there something you are hiding from bro?”, I asked him as he was abnormally silent. I was not sure but his expression had something to do with Grace’s health.

“She will be fine.”, He said instead of answering my question. I sighed knowing my brother wouldn’t tell me the truth until it’s the right time. Wolves didn’t get sick like humans, that’s also one of the reasons why we werewolves, consider humans as weaklings. “Why don’t you give her a cool bath to calm down her temperature?”, he asked.

“Why will I do that? You are her husband. Of course you can give bath to your wife.”, I stated as a matter of fact. But when I saw him glaring at me, I quickly changed my words. “Sure. I will do that.”, Seems like they were not that close yet. And I didn’t want Grace to kill my brother once she gets better for doing something like that without her permission.

I returned to my room once Grace fell asleep. It was already 11 PM. I was just hoping for an improvement in her in the morning otherwise she would need to shift to the hospital.

***

I jolted awake because of the sound of blood-curdling screams like a banshee.

‘Grace? Damn it! What happened to her!’, I thought and ran toward Alpha’s room.

“Brother!”, I banged on his door. “Open the door!”, I banged again. I could see Eric, Theo rushing near me to enter his room. Before I would have knocked again, Zayden opened the door and I saw Grace in the crawling position, near the window.

“Grace?”

“Grrrhhh”, She growled.

‘Wait what? Did she just growl?’, My eyes widened at that thought. Before I could have asked something from Zayden. I saw Grace doing something which I had never dreamt of.

“Moon Goddess! She is shifting!”, Eric said.

***

Zayden’s POV

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“Mother, you are so powerful.”, A boy exclaimed in happiness and praised his mother’s strength.

“I know that young man.”, His mother winked at him. “Your mother is so powerful that she knows that you are not here just to praise your mother’s strength. Tell me, what’s in your head.”, She said and pinched his chubby cheeks.

“I was just wondering do I have any powers just like you?”, He asked innocently.

“No, young man.”

“Then...then what is the benefit of being the son of the Moon Goddess?”, He asked again, knowing his mother was the creator of his world.

“I might have created this world and everyone prays to me for that. But you will be the one who will create people who will stay in this world.”

“I didn’t get you, Mother.”

“Dominic, you are born with the blessing to convert anyone into werewolf just by biting them.”

“You mean no other werewolf can do that?”

“No. One can be a werewolf only if either or both of their parents will be werewolf OR bitten by you. Since, the number of werewolves are less, you are allowed to increase it but you are not allowed to use your powers unnecessarily.”

“And what will happen if I use my power unnecessarily?”

“There will be consequences.”

***

I opened my eyes and saw Grace sleeping peacefully but I knew this was not for long after all today was full moon night. She would shift for the first time.

‘I am sorry. She had go through so much pain because of me.’, Dominic muttered.

‘It’s fine. You didn’t do it purposely.’ I replied and that’s when I heard her groaning in pain.

‘It’s the time.’

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#TBC