The Alpha Who Saved Me

Chapter 5
I find myself standing at the foot of the stranger's bed in the wee hours of the morning. I can't sleep, and so sneaking away from
my mate will probably get me in some hot water, but I have ways of cooling it down. I always live by the saying 'It's easier to ask
for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission'. Besides, he should know me by now, and I did warn him last night that I would be
coming here myself. It's not my fault he's a sound sleeper and didn't hear me tip toeing out the door.
As for the male asleep in the bed in front of me, it's hard to see his features because Doc has a gauze bandage wrapped thickly
around his head. The only good sign that I see is that the male is breathing on his own and I hear a strong and steady heartbeat
now.
I walk slowly around to the side of the bed and stare down at him some more. There is something about him that seems to be
drawing me to him. Nothing like a mate bond, but more like a familiarity; like I should know him, but I've never seen this male a
day in my life.
"Oh, Luna! I wasn't expecting to see you so early." Dr. Sands smiles as he walks to the other side of the bed with a clipboard.
He's looking at the numbers on the monitors and writing stuff down.
"Yeah, I couldn't sleep, so I figured I would mosey on over. I see that you were able to get his heartrate back up.”
"Yes! That's exactly what I was hoping for when placing him in the coma. If all his vitals do well throughout the day, I will bring
him back. You most likely won't get any answers until tomorrow at the earliest, and that is only if he comes to on his own as well."
Well shit, I think to myself, how am I supposed to wait a whole day to get the answers that I'm looking for? Something nags at
me, though, almost like a little voice telling me to touch the stranger's hand, but I don't want to do it while Jonah is in the room.
So, I pull up a chair and sit at his bedside causing Doc to stare at me strangely.
"Uh, he isn't going to wake up on his own, Luna. There is no point in sitting here the whole time."
I give him a small smile, "Isn't it true that even comatose patients can hear their surroundings?"

"Well, that's depending on the injury itself, but everybody's situation is different; every injury is different."
"It doesn't matter. I'm going to sit here for a bit, and talk to him, and then maybe he will be more open when he wakes. One can
only hope, Doc.".

"Hey, suit yourself, Luna. It's your time, not mine." He chuckles as he walks from the room.
It takes me a few minutes to work up the nerve to try touching any part of him. I glance back at his face, "Who are you, and why
are you here?" I ask out loud even though my question will go unanswered.
With a heavy sigh, I reach out, and take his hand. A jolt goes through my entire body and it's as though I've been transported to
another place. I find myself in a room with two strangers, the young man that lays in the hospital bed, and an older version of
him, which I'm assuming is his father.
"You can't be serious! That's all the way on another continent, who cares what happens in America?" I notice the young man has
an accent of some kind.
"I don't care if they are on another planet! We must do our due diligence and get rid of the one that can possibly end us all!"
"Says who, father? The mighty Council? What if they are wrong!"
"What's gotten into you, Ledger? You are a Hastings and one day, you will be the head of the Shikari, it's in your blood! Who are
you to doubt what the Council deems important?"
"They are only wolves, Father. What's the difference between us and them? Neither of us are completely human, and if anything,
we are more dangerous because we have magic, so again, why must we have them all killed?"
I yank my hand away from his and back the fuck up. What the hell was that? I look down at my hand and I notice blue little veins
beginning to disappear. My heart is beating rampantly as I try to figure out what the fuck just happened. Is this one of my
powers? Can I see things just by touching someone?
I look back at the stranger, "So, you're Ledger Hastings. Well, I can' t say that I'm happy to meet you yet, but it seems as though
you may not be the enemy that we thought you were. I guess only time will tell." I study him for a moment, "If you are supposed
to be the next head of the Shikari, why would your own men try to kill you, and better yet, does your father know of this

turnabout?"
Being brave one more time, I touch his hand again to see if I can get more information. Once again, I'm taken somewhere away
from the hospital room and the sterile scent that comes with it. Instead, I'm in a forest and I'm running. Wait a minute, I've seen
this before; it's the dream that I could never figure out, so I let it play out once more.
I'm running in the woods in my human form, howls echoing through the trees. They sound as though they are all around me, and
they are unfamiliar. An Alpha knows when it's one of their pack members howling, and none of these belong to mine. I continue

to run, and suddenly, I hear it. Mad laughter sounds from right behind me, but when I whip around, there is nobody there. I call
out to my wolf, but I get no answer and when I try shifting, nothing happens.
'Come out, come out, little wolfie. We want to play.' I don't
recognize the voice, but it doesn't matter because it doesn't sound like a friendly wolf. Where am I? I wonder as I twirl around,
trying to make out my surroundings, but I've never seen these woods before, and they smell foreign to me. 'If you come out now,
we will make it quick. You won't have to suffer, you know.' Who is that? Deciding that their voice is way too close to my liking, I
take off running once more. I continue turning my head to see if they are following me and then suddenly, I break free of the trees
and stop dead in my tracks. Before me is a cliff and when I look over the edge, there is no bottom; it's just an endless fall. When I
go to step away, I hear the voice once more, 'Farewell to you. Finally, we can all sleep better knowing that your kind is gone
forever!' I feel a push and begin to fall over the edge of the cliff, only someone else is with me, and instead of falling to my death,
I land softly on my feet. I then turn to see who...
I'm pulled roughly away and am unable to finish what I was seeing. I scent my mate right away, "What are you doing? I need to
see!" I grab hold of Ledger's hand once more but there is nothing. I throw my hands up in the air, "That's just great, you ruined it!"
"What the fuck were you doing, Quinn?" My mate growls.
"Apparently using my magic to get information until you had to go
and ruin it!" I stand with my hands on my hips glaring at my mate.
"Have you seen yourself, Quinn?"
"What are you talking about?' I scoff, "Sorry if I didn't think it necessary to dress fancy just to come to the hospital!"
Declan rolls his eyes and then grabs my arm and pulls me over to the sink where there is a mirror hanging right above it. I gasp
as soon as I see my own reflection. Blue vein-like lines like the ones on my hands are slowly receding. I glance at my mate in the
mirror as he stands behind me, flabbergasted.
I give him a guilty little smile, "Oopsie!"