I look at Joseph angrily. Wolfs bane is forbidden in our pack. Whoever gets caught with it gets banned from the pack immediately, no argument about it. Using it against someone and depriving him or her of their natural ability to heal is a crime that will not be tolerated.
I whisper to Joseph “I need you to contact Marcel and have him gather everyone in the auditorium, as their new beta in charge, I need him to assert his power over them and warn them to turn over any possession of wolfs bane voluntarily, no punishment will be applied. However, if the person is discovered hiding it later he or she will be banned from the pack effective immediately. Do not mention anything about Ella”
Joseph nods and takes out his phone. I turn over to the doctor and staff and address them strictly.
“Whatever happened in this room will be forgotten as soon as you walk out that door. All you need to remember is that you treated a servant that was attacked with a knife only. There will be no recollection of her other injuries specifically, the abuse. If I hear one word about this, whoever is responsible will be dealt with severely. This girl went through a huge trauma and I will not have anyone treating it as gossip. Do we understand each other?”
Everyone answers in union “Yes, alpha”.
“Good, can someone show me to her room?”
A nurse steps out and I follow her to a room at the end of the hall.
Joseph was still talking on the phone outside the room.
I collapse on the black couch and almost immediately pass out with one thought in my head.
I need to know who tried to kill her and why, who abused her, and whether it was the same person or not.
Ella’s POV
Death was painful. I was so disappointed. It should have been only peaceful. Hate, hurt, agony, despair, anger, hopelessness, they shouldn’t exist when someone dies. There should only be good things like pure unending happiness and laughter. I don’t remember laughing at all after I was ten and forced to drop out of school to serve in the pack house. I don’t even remember how to smile let alone laugh. I only know how to cry and scream in pain. Death was supposed to be the start of something good, like finally meeting my mother. Running into her arms and hugging her. Breathing in her scent. God, what I would do to hug her. I would never let her go, not for months.
Why isn’t she here with me?
Why even death was painful as hell, unless….
Am I in hell?
Is that why there is nothing but hurt and darkness here?
No, no way, I was a good person. I don’t deserve to end up in hell. I never hurt anyone. Never killed anyone.
What the hell is happening then?
I tried to get my eyes open but nothing was happening.
Were they already open and there was really nothing but darkness here?
“Why isn’t she waking up yet?”
A deep male voice interrupted my panic attack from surfacing.
I recognized that voice. It belonged to alpha Klaus. Why was he in here?
Am I in hell because he swore he would cause me pain everyday?
Why would he have a hand in me ending up in hell? It wasn’t his call. He doesn’t get to sentence me to hell when I die. He can cause me pain all he wants if I was alive, not dead.
That’s when it hit me. I am not dead. I am still alive. That’s why it was so painful.
My breathing accelerated. I should have been dead. With all those injuries I sustained, there was no way I would have survived. I shouldn’t have.
“Something is happening”
It was beta Joseph’s voice.
God, what do they want from me? I didn’t want to wake up. I wanted to stay asleep for eternity.
I became aware of a loud beeping sound. It was probably my heart monitor. It was beeping increasingly blowing my attempt to go back to sleep.
“Ella, can you hear me? Open your eyes. It’s ok, you’re safe” alpha Klaus said gently.
Safe? Yeah sure, with you I am perfectly safe.
I have no choice. They know I am awake. I open my eyes slowly. A harsh white light blinds my vision. I blink several times to adjust.
Now I miss the darkness. I wish I could go back to it.
My eyes focus on both of them. They were standing to my left, staring at me in concern.
“Can you hear me?” alpha Klaus asks me.
I open my mouth but my voice comes out in whimpers.
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