Winona hurry!
I’m on my way! Her breathless reply comes.
We are ready for the patient. Room 3C, second floor, Alpha.
My heart is fucking thundering in my ears as I run to the hospital. My feet skid on the tiled floor as I enter before running to the stairs, taking her to the room that is ready for her.
“Place her down!” Doctor Donna orders as she steps forward.
I do, slowly. She is unmoving, but the tears are now streaming down her cheeks. She needs all the strength she can get. What should I fucking do?
“I’m going to do an internal examination.”
“Check her levels.”
“She’s lost a lot of blood.”
I need to do something… Think, Leo…
“I, Leo Rossi, take back my rejection and accept Azura Rayne Westwood as my mate and Luna…” I say quietly, staring at the woman on the bed. My wolf’s approval fills my head, and a ripple of gasps fills the room.
Azura’s eyes snap to mine as the bond comes to life from the edge it had been teetering on for so long. I feel it strengthen once more as that powerful pull between us returns. If she marks me, it will reinforce her abilities… but I am dying…
She is strong enough to survive without me. After the story Dad had told me about her mom and her own birth, I know losing this child would be far worse.
I step closer and kneel down by the bed.
“Mark me, Azura. It may give you the strength you need to heal.” I hope so… I fucking need this to work for her. She looks at me as if trying to comprehend what I am saying.
“There’s damage to her placenta… she might miscarry…”
Their voices as they whisper amongst themselves are like screams in my head. Azura also seems to have heard them. Her head snaps to mine, the fiery determination of a woman who refuses to give up returns in her eyes, and she gives me a slow nod.
I stand up before lifting her head from the cushions, perching next to her on the narrow hospital bed. With my other hand, I pull my shirt back, allowing her access to my tattooed neck. Please be okay.
“What…” Her voice is hoarse.
“Do it.” I look into her eyes for a second before she moves closer.
“For our baby,” she whispers before sinking her teeth into my neck.
Pleasure erupts through me as I feel the sizzling intensity of the bond erupt inside me like an inferno, and then that powerful tug that sends an explosion of fireworks through me. Her lipsbrush my neck, and if the situation wasn’t so complicated, this would have been entirely different. Our bond is completed. My aura surges around me, and I feel my power growing. I just hope hers does, too…
I can feel her storm of emotions through the bond. The fear for her child. The self-blame that she should have been able to prevent that kick. Disappointment in herself.
She retracts her teeth, her tongue brushing the mark fleetingly before she drops back onto the pillows just as Winona runs through the door.
“Here!” She holds out the box to me, and I take it from her, flipping it open. I am met with a blast of freezing cold air.
“Give me a needle,” I order.
“What is that, Alpha?” Donna asks, passing me a wrapped needle after a moment.
“Something I’ve been working on… it should speed up the process of healing.” My aim to try to find a cure. It isn’t perfect, but what I have noticed is that it heals external wounds, just not long-term injuries. I’m not sure how well it will work on her, but from my testing, I truly hope it does the job.
“There’s no such thing…” one of them murmurs as I take the syringe and attach a needle to it. I ignore them, looking at the woman on the bed. Even in pain, she is the most beautiful thing on the planet.
“Trust me,” I tell Azura.
I’m not a healer; I wasn’t strong enough to fucking prevent this… but…
I move her gown slightly. One of the doctors has already thrown a sheet over her legs and begun carrying out her internal examination.
Please fucking be okay.
I force my walls up, knowing she doesn’t need any extra stress right now. All I can give her is my reassurance and strength, which I let flow through the bond despite the fear I am fuckingtrying to hide.
She doesn’t even fight or react, her hands on her stomach as I place the needle on the side of her stomach and inject her with the formula I have created. Scarlett Westwood was the research specimen behind this. After the battle a decade ago, I had taken some of her blood for research out of interest, trying to see the scientific build-up of her cells. Right now, I hope the product of that research works more than ever…
If I could… I’d exchange my life for this baby’s.
Come on…
I slide the needle out when the syringe is empty, feeling lost. I have done what I can, and it is obvious that the doctors can do nothing to prevent a miscarriage. I place my hand on hers on top of her stomach, seeing Winona slip out of the room silently. I have given her everything I can… but it isn’t enough. I’m not enough… fuck, I never was…
A haunting memory from long ago returns. Just like Mom… she was pregnant when Endora began doing tests on her. She wanted to make the baby into a Wendigo before birth, thinking it would be more powerful… creatures created by Endora’s sick mind and magic. I know Dad never knew of that pregnancy, and I didn’t plan on telling him, knowing it would just cause him more pain…
I tried… I always fucking tried, but it was never enough.
I look down at the woman on the bed. Her eyes are closed as the doctor checks the baby’s heartbeat. I know only a few minutes have passed, but it feels like hours.
“Alpha, the heartbeat of the foetus is getting stronger, and she’s stopped bleeding,” Donna’s shocked voice comes. Both Azura and I look up sharply as Donna gives some orders.
“I’ll do a scan, but I think the Luna is okay.”
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