Chapter 543

Chapter 543

Tucking Neah into bed, she frowns at me but doesn’t quite look at me. “I’m okay.”

“No you are not.”

“I just need to sleep.” She tells me, closing her eyes.

*****

Six days of sitting by her bed in the hospital and she still hadn’t opened her eyes.

Beneath the surface, the girls are active and move like crazy, but Neah remains as still and as silent as the day I brought her in.

Thad been alerted by Aero to go and check on her. I had walked in the bedroom to find Neah coughing and spluttering as she gasped for breath. Fast asleep, she was choking on her own vomit.

The nurses had tested her for every possible thing they could think of, but everything came back fine. They couldn’t find a problem with anything in her body. It made it a hundred times more frustrating because there was nothing inside her that needed healing. Apart from being unresponsive, there was nothing else wrong with her.

Ilean forward, resting my elbows on the bed and holding her hand between mine. I had tried linking her, tried searching her mind, but there is just silence. And everyday I beat myself up over it. Flickering between anger and guilt. I had done this by not telling her about Klaus. I had hurt her to the point that she was no longer functioning.

“Neah, you have to wake up.” I kiss the hand that I’m holding, desperate for a sign. Just like the other days, there is nothing. “The boys miss you. I miss you.”

A knock on the door pulls my attention away. Mallory comes in and hands me a coffee. “You need to keep your strength up.” She tells me

“The boys?”

“With Eric and Luca.” She tells me as she settles into the chair on the other side of Neah. Evrin is a little more clingy than Logan, but he is okay. Eric is really good at keeping them entertained.”

“Thanks.” I murmur

“You know you don’t need to ask us. We will always help.

“You were supposed to leave with the others.” I mutter

“You haven’t looked around your pack, have you Dane? None of us left. We all know what it could mean and yet we are ready to stand by you and Neah. All the children will be kept safe. Ryken has been working on something for the past week, in the basement of what’s going to be the new packhouse. Besides, Serkan hasn’t shown himself since that night.”

“That we know of.”

“Either way, we are not leaving. Your Wolves follow you. The Lycans follow her. Together, we make a strong team.”

She sits quietly, sipping on her coffee as I watch for any signs of Neah waking up.

“Can I tell you something?” Mallory whispers.

“Sure.”

“Don’t take this the wrong way, but maybe her body can’t cope with being pregnant.”

She freezes when I look at her.

“I’m just saying. She had problems when she was carrying the boys and now…” she sighs.” Now this.”

“Damien thinks it’s because she is carrying Wolves. She is a Lycan carrying Wolves. It’s likely harder on her body. Using up all her energy.”

“Wolves?” She raises an eyebrow at me.

“He isn’t a hundred percent sure. He says the scent is different, but yes. The boys are Lycans, the girls are likely Wolves.”

“Or both.” she mumbles

“What was that?” I heard exactly what she said but I wanted her to repeat it.

“It’s just a theory,”

“And?”

She blows out her cheeks and gestures to Neah. “She’s bigger this time round, almost like she is growing twice as fast. She’s sicker. More sensitive to everything. I’ve said this to her before and now that you have told me what Damien said, it makes me wonder even more,”

“Mallory?!”

“Hybrids.” She splutters and tries to hide behind her cup of coffee. “Something that is both a Wolf and a Lycan.”

Neah had mentioned it before and I had also overheard both her and Mallory discussing it. But again, it was not something that I thought was possible. We are two separate species.

Just look at the bump. For someone who is only about halfway through her pregnancy, she looks ready to pop. Like she could go into labour at any point.”

“It has grown in the last week.” I confirm

“Like doubled in size. When she wakes up, she is going to be so confused.”

“I don’t think that Hybrids are a possibility.” I mutter

“You didn’t think Lycans were either.”