Chapter 49: forty seven

"Well, how long before she wakes up? It's already been..." the voice

continues speaking, but all Jade could feel was how her head hurt, like

someone was constantly hitting her head with a hammer.

She feels her hands twitch first, and slowly she opens her eyes, the

blinding lights were the first thing to assault her eye sight, she closes

them for a moment and opens them back, letting it adjust to the

lighting. She instantly realized that she was in the pack infirmary, the

smell of disinfectant entering her senses right away. She starts to sit

upright on the bed, when a pair of hands help her, placing their hands

on her back, she didn't feel tingles of any form letting her know that it

wasn't Adryan. Her eyes meet a pair of honey colored ones

"Arther” she says, a small smile spreads on his face.

"Hey Green" he replies back, his nickname for her brings tears to her

eyes, how long has it been since she'd heard that name, she used to

hate it when he used to call her that, Arther knew how much she hated

that nickname, she thought it was stupid, it was obvious that he was

calling her green because of her eye color, which he said he loved to

gaze into. But now she was relieved to hear him call her that.

"I've missed you" she said looking up at him, her eyes glistening with

unshed tears. Arther's form moves towards her. His arms coming to

wrap around her in a hug.

"I know, I missed you too, Green." he says, his face buried in her hair.

Jade felt the familiar scent of musk and rain entering her senses, she

relished in the familiarity and warmth of him.

He pulls back from the hug, his fingers moving rogue pieces of hair

from her face.

"How long was I out for?" She asks him with her brows furrowed.

"Two days...you know what happens when you don't have enough

power to do magic, Jade" he trails off. Arther only ever used her name

when he was serious, both him and herself knew that her using her

magic when she hasn't been practicing takes a toll on her body. She

could be in coma if it went a bit too far for her body. Her body was

trying to protect itself by shutting down. Being a hybrid not only

brought some benefits but some disadvantage too...

"What were you doing near the borders?" She asks him once she

remembers about the events from two days ago. Arther looks away

from her questioning gaze, he clears his throat.

"I was searching for you.” he says, meeting her eyes, to let her know

that he was speaking the truth.

"You were searching for me?" she asks him with confusion.

He nods his head at her question, "I first saw you when you were in

Winston, it was the day before you were taken by him" his voice turning

to one of dislike when he talks about Adryan, like mentioning him left a

bad taste in his mouth. "At first I didn't have the guts to face you, I was

hesitant to approach you after everything that happened with our

pack...” pain flashes through his face as if remembering what happened

to the pack, Jade gulps trying to push down the emotions that so badly

wanted to resurface "I didn't want to scare you, the second time around

when I gained enough confidence to approach you, when I visited the

café the next day, it didn't feel right, something was off. I'd found a few

pack wolves lingering around the café, at first I thought they were there

for me, but they all had their sights set on you, but they didn't do

anything to you, I even followed you back to your house, and around

midnight I felt their presence, him along with his warriors, he took you

with him. I needed to make sure you were okay, so naturally I followed

the cars in my wolf form and came across The Blood Moon Pack. I've

been scouting around the area for a few weeks now, trying to somehow

connect to you, that was when I came across the rogue.” he trails off,

his eyes holding a faraway look in them.

Jade's hand comes to rest atop his, bringing his attention back to the

present, he sighs and sits on the chair placed beside her bed, which she

hadn't noticed at first.

"You killed that rogue?!" She asks him even though she knew the

answer to that.

"Yes, I did. I had to" he says, he pauses for a few seconds contemplating

where to tell her his next words "There was something strange with it, it

was more rabid, more animal than any rogue should be, It was powerful

even though it didn't smell like an Alpha, I just barely escaped and

came out alive myself, I had to hide out and let myself heal for a week

from all the injuries I sustained fighting it.” He lifts up his t-shirt to show

the scars, one of them appeared to have cut deeper than the other.

Jade cringes looking at his scar, it looked like it might've hurt a lot.

Whatever was happening wasn't anything normal, there was something

going on and Adryan seemed to know what it is, since he was so hell-

bent on questioning Arther when his guards had caught him.

"You need to tell Adryan about this.” She says, and then her face turns

to one of confusion.

"Adryan?” she questions. "Where is he?" She couldn't even detect his

scent in the air, it was almost like he never visited her even once since

she'd been unconscious.

Arther looks at her with something along pity in his eyes, "he didn't

visit." he says.

"He didn't?" Jade couldn't help the feeling of disappointment that hit

her, no matter what she tried to tell her she couldn't help the feeling,

she wondered he hadn't visited because of what happened between

them, of what she had said.

Before she could dwell more in her thoughts, the door to her room

opens, and she's hit with the scent of apples enter her nostrils. She

watched as violet poked her head in, her eyes brightening when her

eyes found Jade's green ones. She enters, and Jade's eyes immediately

moves to the figure that was clutching Violet's pants and hiding behind

it. When a pair of ocean blue eyes found hers, his eyes widens, and he

leaves Violet's side, dashing towards the bed Jade was in. Adonis's

small frame trying to climb the bed but failing to do so due to the

height of the bed frame, Arther gets up to help Adonis climb, once he

was on the bed, he throws himself onto her awaiting arms, his hands

circling her neck in a wise grip, a wide smile spreading on her face. Kira

watching from the back of her mind in content, nuzzling her pup.

Jade's eyes meeting Violet's hazel ones, she mouths a “thank you’ to

her, she knew Violet had taken care of him when Jade was unconscious.