James POV:
I woke up feeling fully rested, I glanced at the clock it was four in the morning. I slid out of bed and headed to the bathroom, I turned on the shower and waited on the water to warm up. All the memories with Sam came flooding back to my memory, she thought she could get me at a weak time. Seeing the steam come from the shower I quickly undressed and slid into the shower, allowing the water to rain down on my back. Some of the water flowed down the front of my chest, I grabbed the shampoo and scrubbed it in to my scalp, then waited a few minutes before rinsing it all out, and grabbing the conditioner. After conditioning my hair really good I rinsed it out and grabbed my body wash. I scrubbed my body down quickly, then made sure all the soap was off before turning off the water.
After having a hot shower I walked over and got dressed in a baby blue t-shirt, some regular dark blue jeans, and some black tennis shoes. After making sure I have everything I need I walk out of my room, I walk through a deadly silent house towards the kitchen. Everyone is sleeping except the cooks, they wake up this early to get breakfast made for the entire pack. I walk into the kitchen and all of the cooks bowed there heads, and acknowledged me. One of the cooks named Alisha spoke to me as I sat down at the island in the kitchen. She was one of the the pups that grew up in the pack, she is seventeen years old. She loves cooking and loves to take charge.
"Good morning Alpha" She said sweetly.
"Good morning Alisha" I said in return.
"I heard about your brother, How is he doing?" she asked with concern in her voice.
"He is strong, but he will be sore, he just needs time to heal and he will be okay." I said in a reassuring voice.
"I also heard about your mom" she paused for a second unsure about how to proceed.
"How are you guys holding up?" she asked with a look of concern on her face and in her voice.
"We are going to be okay, we are stronger together, and yes it hurts that she is gone, but we will get through this together." I said confidently.
"Well if you or Ryan need anyone to talk to just know that I am here, if you need some one to listen." She said sweetly.
"Thank you Alisha, I appreciate that." I said in an appreciative tone.
We talked for about thirty minutes as she and the other cooks continued to make breakfast for the rest of the pack. Alisha slid a plate of french toast, corn-beef hash, bacon, and sunny-side up eggs to me. I immediately dug in, remembering i slept right through dinner last night after Sam came by. Five minutes later my plate was empty, and Alisha took my plate to the sink so it can be washed. After that she pulled out two to-go cups and poured coffee in both, as she finished the coffee she brought both cups to me. I gave her a look of confusion, she handed one to me and smiled then handed the second one to me and explained who it was for.
"The second one is for Cynthia, she is at the hospital with Ryan i am sure she is going to want some coffee, I figured you were headed to the hospital to check on your brother. I will send some food up for them to eat breakfast as soon as it is done, they have to be starving by now." She said clarifying herself.
"Thank you Alisha, I really appreciate it." I said to her in an appreciative tone.
She bowed her head in acknowledgement before turning back to the kitchen to help the other cooks set the table for the rest of the pack members. I glanced at the clock and saw it was five thirty in the morning, I turned and headed out of the kitchen towards the back door. I hear pack members talking, just waking up moving about the pack house. As I reach the back door passing a few pack members they bowed in acknowledgement of their Alpha. I slid out the back door quickly and headed towards the pack hospital, passing a few more members that are headed to the pack house for breakfast. I silently acknowledge them, the only thing I can think about right now is my brother, and how he is doing.
Once I reach the hospital doors I walked in quietly the receptionist bowed her head and quickly pointed to room 125 where my brother was at. I bowed my head and mouthed the words thank you to her before heading into my brother's room. I opened the door and Cynthia was awake but my brother was still asleep, she smiled at me but she looked exhausted to no end. I handed her a cup of coffee and her eyes lit up with excitement, she took a sip smiled even bigger like she was happy to have caffeine in her system.
"Thank you so much I woke up at one this morning, and have been up ever since." Cynthia said.
"Has he woke up at all, since last night?" I asked her.
"Not yet, the doctor should be in soon though, the nurse has already came in and took his vitals." she said tiredly.
"Why don't you go take a shower I will be here with him, by time you come back breakfast should be here for you guys."
"Thank you so much, Alpha I will be quick I don't want him to wake up and I not be here." She said gratefully
"Take your time I will mind link you if anything happens" I told her in a serious tone.
She smiled and stood up and walked out the door, I looked over at Ryan who was sound asleep on the hospital bed. I let out a long sigh and pulled out my phone and started some emails to other neighboring packs around us about the rogue who got away. About thirty minutes later the pack doctor named Dr. Neil came in the room, he started looking over Ryan's cuts across his stomach. He looked him over for what felt like forever, upon finishing his look examination he looked over at me. The doctor bowed his head in acknowledgement and signaled for me to follow him out side of the room. When we got outside the room he greeted me formally before telling me about my brother.
"Hello Alpha, Sorry to see you under these circumstances" He started off.
"It is okay doc, tell me what you have found, when is he going to wake up?" I asked him.
"His cuts on his stomach are healing slowly but we did find some silver in his cuts and bloodstream. His wolf is healing him as fast as he can but it is going to be a long process, as far as when he will be able to wake up right now I have him in a medically induced coma. I will be giving him some more pain medicine shortly once I have done that then I will give him the medicine to wake him up." He stated very clearly.
"Thank you for everything Doc, I do appreciate everything you do, I would like to be able to talk to him to make sure I know who did this to him. I need to punish the person responsible." I said looking through the window to his room.
"Well the rogue was the only one who could of done it right? He was taking the rogue to the prison when this happened from what I have been told." He said confused.
"Yeah, you are right about that I believe it was the rogue, but I want to make sure he did this to him. That rogue already is going to prison for another reason, before I add another charge I have to prove he did it first." I said to the doctor.
"Alright well give me about an hour and he should have his medicine in him and be awake shortly after to talk to you." He said reassuringly to me before he turned and walked away.
Just as the doctor was leaving I see Alisha carrying 3 containers full of breakfast food for Ryan and Cynthia she hands them to me along with some silverware and napkins. She smiled at me she and I mouthed the words thank you to her, she mouthed the words you`re welcome and turned around and left. I bring the containers of food into the hospital room and look at the clock, it said six thirty-seven. I had been here for an hour, I sat down to wait for Cynthia to come back just then my phone dinged. I pulled it out of my pocket and looked at it, it was an email from one of the alphas i had sent an email to first. The email read-
*From: Alpha Lewis Of The Blue Mountain Pack*
"Dear Alpha James, I am so sorry to hear about your mother and your brother. I hope your brother makes a full recovery, and my condolences about your mother. I believe I have your rogue in my custody, he came across our pack lands early this morning. One of his hands had handcuffs on them, but the other hand was free. If you would like to come down and see for yourself I can detain him here in the prison, and we can schedule a date and time for you to come down here and verify if this is the rogue your are looking for. Just give me a call or email me back so we can set it up."
*Sincerely Alpha Lewis Of The Blue Mountain Pack*
I clicked off the email and slid my phone in my pocket just as Cynthia was walking in the hospital room. She bowed her head and smiled at me, then she went over to Ryan`s side and took his hand in hers. She placed a soft kiss on his hand and pulled her chair up beside his bed, so she can sit down. She looked more refreshed and awake then she did before when I first came in this morning. She looked at me and started asking questions.
"Has the doctor came in yet?" She asked with concern in her voice.
I explained everything the doctor told me, she had a look of relief on her face when she heard they would wake him up so I could talk to him. Shortly after I had update her about what the doctor said the nurse came in and put his pain medicine in his IV that is hooked into his arm. She marked on his chart that he got his pain medication and put her signature on it as well before turning to leave the room. Soon as the door closed my phone dinged again, I pulled it out and looked at it, it was a text from Sam. I ignored it and put it back in my pocket, waiting for the doctor to come back in and wake Ryan up. Twenty minutes later the doctor comes in, he bows his head to the Alpha and to Cynthia as well before walking to the side of Ryan`s bed.
The doctor slides the needle into Ryan`s IV and slowly inserts the medicine to wake him up. After he empties the needle he retracts the needle from his IV, and backs up. discarding the gloves he put on, and throwing away the needle he marks on his chart the medicine that he was given as well as his signature. He turns his attention to the vitals monitor intently watching it for any issues with Ryan`s vitals. The doctor with out breaking focus on Ryan`s vitals says out loud in the room.
"He should wake any moment now."
Ryan`s POV:
*Ryan`s Thoughts*
The last thing I remember is taking the rogue to the prison, he was the one who killed my mother. Then some one attacked me letting the rogue go, and sliced my abdomen. That face I know that face, he wanted to kill me, but Cynthia screamed and he ran off. I remember going to the hospital, and then it went dark. Now it is all darkness I can not move or talk, I can not see I don`t feel any pain but I know what happened. Wait there is a light at the end of a dark tunnel, I walk towards it hoping that this is not the end.
I feel my body start to come back to me I am able to open my eyes, and I blink them a few times to adjust to the light. I try to move my body to sit up a little bit, but I feel the pressure from my stomach and I groan a little. Her cinnamon scent hit my nose and her hand came to my shoulder, I looked over and saw the most beautiful woman ever, my mate she was here. My eyes met hers and her eyes were filled with love, she smiled at me and my heart melted all over again. I have never loved anyone more than Cynthia, I smiled back love and admiration filled my eyes to show her how much she means to me. A voice broke me out of my trance with my mate, I looked over and it was the doctor.
"Hey Ryan, How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Other than the pressure right now, I am fine." I responded a little groggy.
"Good, now I am going to tell you what has been going on and update you on your condition." He said really slowly.
"Okay" I said.
"We had to put you in a medically induced coma, because when they sliced your stomach what ever they used it had silver on it. The silver not only was in your cuts, but it also got into your bloodstream. You lost so much blood that your wolf was also weak, so we had to put you into a medically induced coma so that your wolf could heal you properly. You are not healed yet, you have a long process ahead of you, but we woke you up because we need you to tell us who attacked you so that your brother can prosecute them to the fullest extent." He said slowly and clearly so that I can understand.
I look over to see my brother sitting in the chair on the opposite side of my bed looking at me, with worry and concern on his face. I look at my mate and see concern on her face as well. All the memories came flooding back to me at once, my emotions went through the roof. First anger, then sadness, to pain to darkness. Then the face of my attacker stayed in my mind the entire time, while going through this the doctors voice rang through my head.
"Ryan do you know who did this to you?" He asked.
"Ryan?" He said again but I could not respond, then my eyes saw darkness again.
Doctor`s POV:
I Watch Ryan intently, so that I can stop anything that happens.
"Ryan do you know who did this to you?" I ask him and got no response.
"Ryan?" I say his name again.
I look and his eyes roll to the back of his head, His blood pressure spikes up to a deadly rate. His heart beat is at two hundred beats per minute, he starts seizing in the hospital bed.
James jumps up to him asking him the same question over and over again.
James POV:
Seeing Ryan start seizing in the bed I knew I did not have long to get the answer I needed.
"Ryan, who did this to you?" I ask him.
He opens his mouth but nothing comes out, so i ask again.
"Come on Ryan you are strong, who did this to you?" I say with a little more authority.
All of a sudden he stops shaking and I look up and see the doctor has given him a muscle relaxer, I look over at Cynthia she is sitting on the side of his bed holding his hand. I look down at Ryan and he grabs my hand, before the muscle relaxer takes full effect he says the last words I never thought I would hear.
"Dad attacked me." He whispers and slips back into a deep sleep once again.