29. Resisting

Oren pov

I shout to my sister, afraid that something happened to her. I couldn't lose her too. It was enough that I lost my Alter.

"Blaze! Oren! Come here quickly! Help me out!"

I heard her yell from the forest.

"Evy? What are you doing there?! You scared the shit out of me! I thought that something has…." My words caught up in my throat when I saw the fur-covered body that was lying on the ground.

"Amaya?" I ask without moving, not believing my eyes.

"Yes, Oren! It's Amaya! Now help me! She is badly injured, so if you don't take her to the infirmary, she might not make it!" My sister said with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Blaze pats my back in compassion, and I cringe a bit, still being in that trance.

I kneel next to her unconscious body and lift her to my chest.

"Oh, Amaya! What happened to you, my love?" I said, taking in her state.

A tear fell on her face, and I knew it was mine, so I wiped it quickly and got up.

"I will take care of her, do not worry! You should go check on Eden and have some rest." I said to Blaze and Evolet.

They only nodded and stepped aside for me to pass.

I ran to the infirmary and started shouting as soon as I got in there. Before I could open the door, I stopped when I noticed that she was now completely naked.

A few healers came to me, and before they took her from my arms, I asked them to bring me something to cover her body.

"Prince Oren, you know the rules. It would be best if you waited outside. We will let you know as soon as we are finished." One of them says to me, taking her from my arms. He stepped into the room and closed the door.

I sit down on the cold floor and let my headrest on the wall.

'Why did she come back? Why now? And who the hell has hurt her?' I thought, burying my face in my palms.

'If it was that man that she was telling how much she loves him, Leon, or whatever, I will kill him.

But why did she come back here?

What is going to happen now? Is she still loving him?'

"Prince Oren, we have finished here. I'm not sure what happened to her. It seems that she was injected with an unknown substance. I have successfully extracted some from her system, and I will try to figure out this. Apart from that, she was beaten badly; one of her ribs perforated her right lung. It is a miracle that she is still alive, she has a broken ankle, and there is a hole in her chest, just a few centimetres away from her heart."

"Is she going to be ok?" I ask, looking down. I wanted to scream and break everything in my path. But I knew this would not change a thing.

"Umm… there is something else." He said and scratched the back of his neck.

"Well, will you tell me today?!" I shout, annoyed by the waiting.

"I'm not sure what or how, but there seems to be a force that helps her heal faster. Her minor wounds healed before we finished our checks."

"A force, you say?" I ask, thinking about the wolf she transformed into five years ago. Was it still there?

The healer nodded his head and left, leaving me alone in the hallway.

I stood there for a couple of minutes before I finally decided to see her.

Opening the room's door was in; I froze in my spot at the view. Her body was all bruised, but she was still so beautiful. The most beautiful woman I ever saw.

I closed the door behind me and took a seat on her bed.

"What happened to you, my love?" I said, brushing her hair.

'Weird! I remember her hair to be light blonde but now looks more like light brown.'

I kiss her forehead and take in her smell.

Then I got as far as I could, remembering that she has someone else now.

"Fuck!" I said when I started going back to her bed. I could not stay away from her.

'Maybe I can be close till she wakes up. Then I will find a way to resist this attraction.' I thought.

"How is she?"

Evolet's voice came from behind me. I quickly jump off the bed pretending as if I have never been there.

"Oh, Oren, stop trying to hide your feelings. I know that you still love her. She is your Alter; after all, it is normal to feel like this." She said, coming closer.

I wanted to tell her that I don't love her, that she is my Alter, but she loves someone else. And this is the reason I feel so lost, so alone. But I didn't. She doesn't need to know that right now.

"She will be fine. The healer said that there is a force that is helping her heal faster than she should. Otherwise, she would be dead by now."

"A force, you say? Do you think that it is the wolf?"

"I don't know, Evolet! It might be."

We both look at her in silence for a couple of minutes as we wait for her to wake up and tell us what is happening.

"Why do you think she came back? Why now? Did she say something?"

I asked, still looking at Amaya's bruised form.

"All she said before fainting was to help her. I think she is in trouble. And what do you mean by why now, Oren?"

She needs help. Was this why she came back? Only because she needs help

I shrug my shoulders and shake my head.

"It doesn't matter. When she wakes up, I will go back to the Earth Kingdom."

Evolet looks at me, confused.

"Well, it was obvious this was going to happen. You have your Queen back!" She said with a small smile.