My Second Chance Mate

Chapter 4: Pain

My head feels heavy, 'What happened ? Did I hit my head?' or is it the heart that's heavy. I try opening my eyes slowly, the light in the room momentarily blinding me. I close my eyes and try opening them again. I observe my surroundings, this is not my bedroom 'Where am I?' I question myself.

A light sniffing is heard, and I turn my head towards the source of the sound and find Kate sitting on the chair sobbing silently. "Kate" I call my voice sounding hoarse. She turns towards me, her eyes wide "Lyla, Oh my god. Oh my god" she repeats bringing her hands to her mouth dramatically as if I came back from dead. "What happened?" I try asking her. She holds my hands and sobs harder 'Whats going on' I question myself without getting any reply. Oh yeah, Alka is still missing. I try to question her again, but she cuts me off saying "Don't talk, wait I will get some water" and disappear only to be back with a glass of water. I try to move my back pressing my elbows on the bed, but a sharp pain shoots from my stomach eliciting a short scream. Kate immediately approaches my side leaving the glass on the table nearby. "Hold on, don't rush" she says helping me to slide using pillows behind my back. I slightly shove away the blanket to see my stomach part is bandaged. I look at Kate alaramed only to see unshed tears in her eyes.

I don't know what happened, I don't remember anything. How come? My thoughts are cut off as Kate gives me the glass of water and ask me to drink. Water soothes the inner muscles and my dry throat. I drink 3 glasses of water before I hand the glass back to Kate. She takes her time to place the glass and turn. I feel like time is running out. 'Why is she not telling me what happened?' I grow impatient seeing her taking her sweet time as if I am not waiting here for her explanation. Before I ask her again, Sam barges in followed by my aunt. I am happy to see my aunt, but when did she come? I look back at Kate only to see her relieved, then I understand that she was taking time to mindlink Sam.

"Are you okay?" asks Sam, as relief crosses his features seeing me. "How are you feeling dear? Does it hurt?" my aunt asks still concerned. "I am okay. But I want to know what happened?" I ask them. They glance at each other thinking whether to tell me or not. I sense their hesitation and continue " It's ok you can tell me, I can handle". Kate sighs and takes a seat near my bed and holds my hand.

"I prepared toast with Omlette both side cooked" she starts, "I know that" I say and want to scream at her but I hold back. If she was not there with me, I don't know where I would be. I should be thankful to her. But she can be a pain in the ass sometimes when she wants to be. "Yeah that. You screamed and fell back clutching you heart and in the process you banged your head badly." She hesitated glancing towards my aunt and Sam. They nod slowly for her to continue. I glance at them confused and turn back to Kate. " When I tried to move you, I saw blood on your clothes. I moved them to see that your stomach and chest area had scratches and cuts all over covered in blood. I tried to wake you up, you were unconscious. I mind linked Sam, we both moved you to bed and were trying to connect with the pack doctor, You screamed again and blood gushed out of those cuts again. " She held a hand on her mouth and started sobbing" I never saw something like that. I was so worried, I thought I lost you." She sobs harder embracing me in the hug making me cry with her. "This didn't stop, we tried tying the clothes around your stomach to stop the blood, but to no vain. Until the doctor visited half of you bed was soaked in your blood". Sensing my hesitation to ask questions, she started saying "Doctor said" but was cut off by Sam. "That bastard was f*****g another woman, so you have all those gashes on your body". "Who? Beta Jeremy?" I ask stupidly. "Who else?" snaps Kate. I shut my mouth, there was no surprise there, he was a playboy. But I was unaware that it affects me so badly.

"If the mate mates with the other person who is not a mate, then this happens to the other mate" my aunt says, I was confused with all the 'mates' but I understood her point so I didn't question her any further to hear 'mates' again. Kate nods and sniffs holding kerchief to her nose. She is emotional like that. "Kate, how many days I'm in hospital?" I ask , she replies saying 2 days. 2 days?! " Why I am not healing?" I ask. "About that, Doctor said your healing is slow, that may be due to Alka's absence". I don't believe Alka left me when I needed her the most.

I need her to know that I am too in pain not only her. But, we can't force a person to change his ways and love us. She has to understand that. I know she does, she is smart but she is hurt. We can heal each other. Together we can find a solution for this, we can get out of this situation. We are a team isn't. We can solve any problem. We can be happy again.

I need to talk to him, make him understand the importance of mates. If he accepts us, then I'm ready to forgive him for what he has done. If he doesn't, then there is only one solution left.