11.

Train.

"So you think he planned all of this, it would make sense but we can't really be sure if that's the truth, it's just speculation for now Train." Emric reminded but I knew he believed every word that I had said, everything that I had speculated on about Davey was right.

He truly had no other motive, intention, or anything that would lead to a different conclusion therefore it was safe to say that he indeed planned for Turner to follow him and reject him, then Tai would follow and claim him, but why didn't Tai just track him down and go, he could've easily taken him and went on his fucking way.

"Its the only plausible theory and I'm all for it, let's wait for him to wake up and we'll see what to do from then on, I'm sure if I can reason with this Tai, I won't have to kill him." Emric concluded and I chuckled, it was easy for Emric to kill Tai, all he needed was a clear headshot and the wolf would drop dead.

"Fine if you think so, but as soon as he wakes up we're kicking him out." Emric nodded as I stood up to leave his office at the packhouse. In that instant, I felt pain radiate over my arm, but it wasn't mine therefore it was Andie, I opened the link immediately and his words had me running out of the office.

I needed to get to him I needed to help him, I knew he was home by now therefore when I got outside I didn't remove my clothes I just shifted and shredded them in the process, I ran at a full sprint headed for his house, my leg felt as if it was snapped, my head throbbed, all this pain wasn't mine so I pushed harder.

Wolves joined me as I ran toward my mates house, I didn't tell them the reason, they didn't need that reason, that's what the pack was about they would be there for you, no questions asked, no need for explanations.          "Train faster I smell blood!" Emric zoomed right past me as he was bigger than me, his wolf was terrifying only one other alpha was as large as he was, Alpha Heathen.

His words weren't lost on me as I pushed harder, we made it there and we all shifted, the ten wolves that had followed me secured the perimeter, Emric and I wore shorts and ran into the house. "Train." I heard him mumble as his heart slowed down. "Andrew!" I yelled running toward the stairs, I held my mate as his blood trailed down his head.

"I'm here starfish, it's going to be okay." I mumbled taking him into my arms. "You, you're that man he was seen kissing, so you're his faggot boyfr—." He was cut off by Emric's huge fist, the man hit the wall and crumbled to the ground. "How dare you call my brother a faggot!" He growled shocking Andie's mother.

A car screeched outside. "Emric, Train!" I knew that voice all too well. "Mom!" I yelled in an almost agonizing howl, she ran in and gasp but immediately moved to check on Andie. "We need to get him to the pack doctor." Emric announced and my mother led us out as she tried to stop his bleeding.

"Go, I will keep guard here." Emric ordered and I couldn't dispute it, he was alpha and I needed to be with my starfish. Mom revved the car and made one hell of a one eighty with the car that shocked me, she pressed the gas and sped off toward the packhouse.

"I was driving toward the packhouse from West side, I saw you running here with your brother, so I followed, I didn't expect this, do you know what happened?" She questioned but I had no idea what happened, I was only early enough to make sure his parent didn't let him die.

"I don't know mom, I just found him by the stairs broken and bleeding." I tried to hold back the tears, to be strong but I couldn't, why did it have to happen to me, why Andrew, why was it always me that lost the people who love me, why did his parents have to hate him.

I sobbed pitifully until my mother parked haphazardly by the packhouse, the nurses were already outside the infirmary waiting for us. "Lay him here, we'll take care of him, and Train we need you closely, the bond you two share is what's keeping him from slipping into a coma." The doctor assessed as I stayed close to the gurney wheeling him into the surgery room.

"Wear these, stay close by the bed but leave room for us to move." I moved to a corner, stripped, and wore the blue sanitized clothing and scrubs, hairnet along with gloves and masks. The doctor came back as he was wearing his uniform for surgery. "Lets  numb him first, inject the morphine, make sure his heart rate is stable." He instructed and I froze in place watching him work.

"He seemed to have taken a blow to his leg and head along with his arm." He spoke to himself as he operated on him, standard procedure would have me outside but with our bond, my healing was the only thing keeping him from slipping away.

"Head trauma, but damage has slowly started healing." He mumbled and I was relieved but still he  removed splinters of wood from his body, they popped back his arm into place and his leg put back in its right position. The heart rate monitor spiked and I was terrified.

Please don't take him from me, please don't, please I beg you, I can't live without him, I can't do this without him, he's the love of my life please I beg of you. I fell to my knees begging silently with tears streaming down my cheeks, I couldn't bear watching my starfish leave me.

"Hurry!" The doctor yelled and I didn't look at was he was doing until the heart rate monitor was beeping normally again. "His pulse is back, stronger and stable, he's going to make it." The doctor had crouched down to face me and I nodded pitifully. He helped me stand as they wrapped my starfish in bandages.

"Morphine is circulating  in his system plus the drug we injected for his sleep and his body to adjust to the fast rate of healing from your wolf, he should be fine." The doctor explained as we got out of the surgery room. "Train follow him to where they're taking him down the hall, it's crucial that you stay close to him for the next two to three hours." The doctor ordered as I wore my shorts over my boxers and nothing else.

I followed closely as the doctor explained to my mother about Andie's condition, she seemed relieved as I was but my wolf was not, he was counting the hours, he wanted revenge.

I stayed with Andrew in his bed for a few hours, it was night time when I groaned waking up, I felt exhausted as I lay next to my starfish, a blanket had been set on my body to keep me warm, it had the scent of my mother and it calmed me.

"I can walk on my own Emric, I want to see them!" I knew who that was, he was my best friend, my brother and the person I ran to when things got tough for me to handle, he smelt like home, the peace of it, rose infused with lilac on a summer evening, his scent was always calming and my wolf was eager to hug him.

Linden burst through the door, behind him my brother and our parents, they all seemed tired and distressed. "Oh honey, come here." I didn't need to hear that twice, I moved from the bed and wrapped my arms around Linden.

All my tears rushed back, the agony I felt when I almost lost him, I burrowed my head in his neck reveling in his scent. "I was so scared." I mumbled through my tears. "I'm so sorry sweetheart, but I'm here, I won't leave you to feel all this on your own." He always kept his promises, and as he held me I felt better, sure that I would be okay, we would be okay.

"Go get some air." He oreded, he was the luna and he could tell I wasn't okay neither was my wolf, I nodded not needing a verbal explanation of what he wanted me to do, I was going to make them pay for hurting him, so I ran out of the infirmary and shifted.

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LMJ