Chapter 7
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Maddox's POV
I wait for Zelda to open her eyes. The pack doctor, Doctor Kris told me that she might open her eyes at any moment but the time is indefinite. It might take a few hours too.
I don't know when I slept, but I just did. By the time I open my eyes, I see Zelda on bed scrolling something on her phone. I exhale a little loud , almost like a sigh. She notices that I am awake and looks at me.
Just by looking at me, a smile creeps up to her face making me smile as well. I stand up and place my hand at the back of her head, pulling her a little closer to kiss her forehead. She chuckles a little and I then understand that I probably might have drooled a little and kissed her just like that. I wipe a little off and sit back on the chair.
The door opens revealing a nurse walking in with food. I don't know how many hours or even days I was asleep. I notice the nurse doesn't smile cheerfully like before. She does. She did smile at me but not at Zelda. Even though she doesn't say it, I see that she is hurt a little.
"Oooh. Apple pie. Someone likes it" I say, taking the tray from her hands and placing it before me. Zelda just smiles as she nods. But her eyes don't smile like they usually do.
I feed Zelda her food in silence and she eats it silently too.
"How long was I asleep?" I ask her and she looks at me again.
"The whole night" she says and wow, I did not expect to hear that.
"As if you don't know that the quality of sleep depends on how far you are from your mate" Ajax says and I will just pretend that I did not hear any of it.
Once Zelda is done eating, I wipe her mouth and sit back on the chair again. She is coming back to the pack house only after Kris checks her again and then gives her thumbs up as a sign to go.
"Hey, Ophelia talked to me a couple of days ago" I say and Zelda narrows her eyes at me.
"She said she wants to go to human land and rejoin the college. She also said she would like to stay in the dorm or whatever she said.." I trail and look at her.
When she doesn't say anything, I pull the chair closer to her and hold her hand in mine. I kiss the back of her hand and place her hand on my cheek. She just smiles sadly at me.
"She can do whatever she wants. The damage she has done is already done. What else can she probably ruin now?" Zelda asks with tears making their way back, but she blinks them away.
Ophelia sided with the hunters during the war because she was jealous of Zelda. She thought Zelda had it the easy way with me or with her dad. Not just siding with the hunters but she was the leader. And that war took the lives of both her parents.
I already proposed to Zelda by then, so she was saying here. And after both Steve and Candice got killed, Ophelia started to live with us as well. I am not sure how well she is adapting to all this but she made it clear that she wants to leave.
"King, Sabina is here and she needs your permission to enter" Lucia mindlinks me and I mindlink her back giving her the permission to let Sabina in.
"Sabina is here. That means you are going to see your mom's face soon" I say and Zelda freezes. I hold her hand tighter and notice tears making their way to Zelda's eyes.
"Hey hey" I whisper, pulling her head as I take her in for a hug.
"It's okay" I whisper and she starts crying right then. Sometimes, when you are hanging by a thread , and someone asks if it is okay or tells you that it is okay.. Well, that is all you need to burst out. That is what's happening with Zelda right now.
I sit there telling her that things will go her way before she even realizes it.
"But I'm afraid. Every time something happens like I want it, things go downhill from there. No good thing comes to me without grief. And now I'm worried what else I have to lose in this journey for finding my mother" she says once she is done sobbing. She is crying now, but silently. She was violently sobbing earlier.
"Of course no good thing comes to anyone easily. Do you think I got you with minimal risk?" I ask her and she chuckles, wiping her tears a little.
"That's what life is, love. You stand up again and again even if life knocks you down. You are going to kick it's ass and move on. Because that's Queen behavior and you are a Queen by birth" I say kissing her forehead again.
I spend time with her until she asks me to get the f**k out and meet Sabina because she cannot get rid of her anxiety. On my way to the pack house, I see Ophelia and Jordan walking together. I don't know if they are together or not, but I would appreciate it if Jordan isn't getting too close to her. No one can predict Ophelia.
"Hey, so.." I say and she turns around hearing my voice.
"Your sister agreed. You are free to leave but keep informing Ian or me about everything. To ensure your safety " I say and don't stay another second there. Even to hear her say thank you. I just walk to the pack house quickly and Sabina is already waiting for me there.
"Good.." I pause and take a look at the clock,"evening, Sabina "
"Good evening, King. It is my pleasure to be here on your call, at your service " she bows to me with a vibrant smile. Her light brown hair and hazel eyes are perfectly complimenting her oval face. She is in her thirties, probably. And from what I have heard, she is an amazing artist.
"The first thing in the morning, I want you to draw or paint a person's face. There is no picture but two people will tell you the details of the person's face. It's a woman" I say and Sabina sits there thinking for a while.
"Something I have never done before, but sure. I would do that, King" she smiles and bows to me before leaving along with Lucia to the guest house.
I could have asked her to do it right now, but she is here after an entire day of journey from the other side of the world. It's already evening. And Zelda is in the hospital. Nothing about today screams that this is the day.
I just sit back on my chair as Kris mindlinks to tell me that Zelda is free to go. I run like I am in a race, to the hospital and pick Zelda up in my arms.
This cutie pie is never leaving my sight again and no witchcraft practice is going to happen without me there.
"Ooooh I can agree to this" Ajax says and after a long while, we are standing on a point.
"Sabina is going to do it tomorrow" I tell Zelda, placing her on our bed and she nods.
That evening, after dinner we couldn't sleep at all. Zelda, deep in thoughts about how her mother is going to look like and how we are going to find her. While me, thoughts on how to make it work between us when we belong to two different rival supernatural races.
What if there comes a point that Zelda will have to leave me and go to the witch kingdom?!
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