Hunter cracked open his eyes then and looked up at me. He could barely open them with the bruises all over his face. There was b***d everywhere and it was almost difficult to recognize him. To my surprise his mouth curved into a soft smile.
“Am I dead sweetheart?” He asked. “This is better than living in a world without you.”
I cried and shook my head at him.
He wasn’t dead. He wasn’t.
“I love you.” He whispered as his eyes shut closed once more and his body stopped moving below mine.
“Hunter!” I cried as I cupped his cheeks and tried to make him open his eyes again. “Please open your eyes. Please.”
“I love you.” I screamed. “I love you so much.”
“Get a doctor.” Austin shouted above the screaming. “He’s beaten up pretty badly and is most likely in shock. I don’t think he realizes that Isabella is still alive.”
My brothers helped us to get him up into the room while I tended to his wounds. They would eventually heal on their own but I still needed to help in some way or another. I couldn’t stop crying as we waited for a doctor to show up.
“Isabella.” Thane said as he took a seat next to me. I couldn’t look my brother in the eye. He almost killed Hunter and I didn’t know what to think about that. I knew why he did it but Hunter was my mate and my body was in shock thinking that he would have killed him if I didn’t stop him in time.
“Please look at me.”
I still couldn’t do it.
“I’m so sorry. I know that I never fully accepted Hunter for you and that you may think that I wanted to kill him but I was so fueled by the thought of him killing you that I let it get in the way of me thinking clearly. I should have known that something was wrong. I should have known that he wouldn’t have killed you.”
I sighed and wiped at a tear. “I don’t hate you. I could never hate you Thane. I’m just in shock with everything. I blame myself, not you. All of this could have been avoided if I had been a little stronger.” I paused as I looked down at Hunter’s unconscious body. “I’m scared of what’s going to happen when I tell Hunter the whole truth.”
Thane quirked a brow. “What whole truth? Who were the people that had taken you and why did Hunter think that he’d killed you? There was b***d everywhere and it was easy for anyone to think that he’d done that to you.”
I didn’t want to tell anyone until I’d told Hunter first. I needed him to wake up so that I could tell everyone as well along with him.
Esma walked in then and I didn’t have time to prepare myself as she bolted into my arms.
“Thank you for saving my brother.” She cried as she wrapped her hands tightly around me.
I shook my head. “I’m the reason he’s in this mess Esma, don’t thank me for it.”
She narrowed her eyes. “You will never hurt Hunter. I know that. Just like I knew that he will never hurt you.”
She couldn’t know that … I did hurt him. I stabbed him with that knife … I closed my eyes and tried not to think about it.
“Who’s behind all of this Isabella?” Eden asked as she entered the room followed by the rest of my family.
“I will answer everyone’s questions as soon as Hunter wakes up.” I promised.
He needed to be awake when I confessed the truth to everyone.
***ISABELLA***
I lifted the covers off Hunter’s body and snuggled against him. I missed being this close to him and after everything we’ve been through in the last couple of hours I wanted to stick to him as much as possible. The doctor had just left and he informed us that Hunter would be completely healed in a few minutes. He’d injected him with something that was supposed to speed up the healing process and I was desperate for it to start working.
I froze when I felt his arms move from under me and I gasped when they squeeze me tightly against him.
“Isabella?” He whispered as he stroked my hair.
I lifted my head to stare at his handsome face. “You’re awake?” I asked with hopeful eyes.
He g*****d. “What happened? I have this splitting headache and I can’t remember s**t …” He paused and I paused along with him.
Totally surprising me he pulled away from me and fell straight off the bed with how quickly he’d moved. He quickly picked himself off the ground and moved backwards a bit.
He stared at me like he couldn’t believe I was there. “Something isn’t right.” He swallowed. “How are you … Alive?”
“Or did I die?” He asked again.
I shook my head. “You’re alive Hunter.”
His eyes widened and he looked as though he was scared that his mind was playing tricks on hime.
“Then what are you doing here with me? You didn’t have a heartbeat and …”
My heart broke at the pain mixed with sorrow that soon spread across his face. He looked as though he was remembering everything that had happened. He must still believe that he’d killed me.
That disgusting Maggie was the reason for all of this. She had wanted to drive him to the point of no return and he’d definitely gotten close to it.
“You didn’t kill me Hunter.” I promised him.
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