After having breakfast, Alpha Kilian and Nelly continued waiting in the living room.
As time passed, their worry and concern grew because there remained no news from Dave.
They were losing confidence as every second passed. The only thing they could do was to hope that no news meant good news.
Unbeknownst to the details of what happened and worried about Thalia, the kids hurried upstairs.
Tony was sitting in front of his computer and trying to track Thalia's signal while Ben watched from aside.
“How is it?”
Tony shook his head. “I can't track her.” “How can it be?”
“Her phone might have been destroyed. The last signal showed that she was here, but it was ten hours ago.”
As Ben frowned, a thought suddenly popped into his mind. “The signal that Thalia sent us yesterday was from a watch! Does it mean that she lost her phone, or could it have been destroyed? Otherwise, why would she use her watch?”
Tony 's eyes lit up as soon as he heard Ben . “That makes sense.”
After that, he turned back to his computer and continued tracking Thalia's watch.
“I remember Thalia saying that we can contact and locate each other with our watches,” Ben stated as he turned on his watch and checked for location signals.
“Got it!”
“Got it!”
Tony and Ben exclaimed simultaneously.
The next moment, Tony frowned as he stared at the location displayed on his computer. “Where is this?”
Ben looked at it with a frown as well. “It looks like it's moving toward us...”
Tony continued tracking the signal and realized Ben was right. The signal was indeed approaching them.
Suddenly, the door was flung open by Donna as she ran into the room.
“Breaking news, brothers.”
Tony and Ben turned to look at her. “What news?” Tony asked.
“I was eavesdropping on Daddy and Nelly 's conversation just now. Guess where did Alpha Dave go to?” Donna stared at her brothers.
Ben frowned. “Stop beating around the bush, Donna .”
After taking a deep breath, Donna revealed, “Alpha Dave has gone to save Spencer and Thalia.” Tony and Ben both frowned.
Then, Tony turned to glance at the location signal on his computer. “What else did you hear?” Ben asked.
“Nothing much. They're worried about Alpha Dave because he should have been back by now. He left at midnight yesterday, but he still isn't back,” Donna said with a sigh.
Just as Donna finished, Tony said calmly, “They're back.”
Eyes fixated on the screen, Tony was sure that Thalia was back because he had been keeping track of the signal's movement.
Ben and Donna immediately moved forward to take a better look at the moving red dot on the screen.
The dot was approaching them and almost overlapping with their location signal. “They are almost here. Let's go and take a look downstairs,” Tony said.
With that said, the trio headed downstairs.
Meanwhile, Nelly and Alpha Kilian were still waiting anxiously in the living room.
Alpha Kilian could no longer sit and do nothing. The longer it took for them to get back, the more dangerous it was for them.
Just then, he heard the kids' footsteps, which were headed downstairs. Alpha Kilian frowned at the sight of them.
Before he could say anything, Tony began, “Daddy, Alpha Dave will be here soon.” Alpha Kilian froze.
Sensing his doubt, Tony rushed downstairs and said, “This is not the time to question how I know about it. Let's go out and see first.”
After Alpha Kilian turned around and glanced at Nelly , she got up from the couch and exchanged glances
with him.
Then, the family headed for the lawn at the backyard.
They were about to reach the backyard when a helicopter approached them. Looking elated and relieved, Nelly muttered, “They're back!”
When the helicopter touched down and landed safely, they immediately rushed over. Dave was the first to emerge from the helicopter when the door opened.
Despite having a big patch of blood on his arm, Dave was instructing someone else, “Be careful.” Alpha Kilian saw the blood on his arm. “Are you injured, Dave?”
“Luckily, it's just minor injuries,” Alpha Kilian muttered to himself when he got a closer look. At the same time, Spencer emerged from the helicopter while carrying Thalia.
Upon seeing them, the rest hurried over to help.
“Thalia?” Tony whispered, noticing the blood all over her body and her pale face. She was unconscious. Terrified, he asked Spencer, “What happened to Thalia? How did this happen?”
However, Spencer was expressionless. “I don't have time to explain to you. I have to remove the bullet in her body, or she will die of excessive bleeding!”
Tony did not dare to press on any further.
Thalia was placed on the bed in a room.
Other than gunshot wounds, she suffered multiple stab injuries as well.
It was a long night. Despite Spencer giving her medication to stop the bleeding, she still needed to be operated on to survive. At that moment, her clothes were already drenched in her blood. It was a dreadful sight.
The room was crowded.
Standing in a corner, the kids had grim looks on their faces when they saw how severe Thalia's injuries were.
Right then, everything was ready.
However, Spencer clenched his fists tightly and didn't know how to start the surgery as he looked at Thalia's unconscious face.
His hands were trembling so much when the doctor beside him asked, “Shall we start?” Spencer stared blankly at Thalia and did not move.
After hearing the doctor, Nelly looked up at Spencer and immediately understood the situation when she saw his trembling hands.
Nelly said, “Spencer, if you hesitate any longer, the thing you fear the most might happen.” Spencer's expression visibly changed.
Looking at Spencer, Nelly continued, “There is still hope for her. This is not a major surgery. You just have to remove the bullet, stop the bleeding, and stitch her wounds. However, if you continue dragging, her condition will be more dangerous.”
Finally regaining his senses, Spencer replied, “I know.”
Seeing that Spencer was still at a loss for what to do, Nelly suddenly stopped him. “If you can't do this, let the doctor do it,” she said.
Spencer took a deep breath and looked at Nelly firmly. “I can do this.”
All of a sudden, the heart rate monitor showed that Thalia's heart rate had dropped.
Upon seeing that, the doctor urged, “Oh no! The patient's heart rate is starting to drop. This must be due to excessive bleeding. We must remove the bullet immediately to stop the bleeding!”
Spencer looked at Thalia with a panicked look in his eyes. He knew that if he didn't act immediately, the woman would be in serious danger.
“Everyone, get out now,” Spencer demanded abruptly.
Everyone in the room exited the room without saying anything to make space for them.
“I won't let anything happen to you, Thalia! Never!” With that said, Spencer took a pair of scissors and cut off the shirt covering her shoulder. Then, he started the surgery.
The doctor beside Spencer watched the procedure and cooperated with him.
However, Thalia was bleeding profusely throughout the surgery.
Frowning, the doctor said, “No. She's bleeding too much. She needs a blood transfusion, or else there will be further complications even if she's saved. I'll call the hospital and ask them to send blood over as fast as possible!”
With that, the doctor walked out of the room.
Spencer did not respond. Instead, he proceeded to remove Thalia's bullet calmly.
The doctor reached the door when he suddenly remembered something. “Do you know her blood type?”
“Her blood type is A,” Spencer replied. “Okay.”
The doctor was about to leave when Spencer said, “Wait.” Turning around, the doctor asked, “What's the matter?” “Please ask the woman outside to come in,” Spencer said.
Frowningly, the doctor was about to ask the reason when Spencer said, “There's not enough time for the blood to be sent over. The woman outside has blood type A.”
The doctor immediately understood what Spencer wanted to do.
“Right. It's much faster to transfuse blood directly than wait for the hospital to send blood over,” the doctor concluded.
After going out of the room for a few seconds, he returned with Nelly .
Looking at Nelly , Spencer was pondering how to ask her when she immediately cut him off, “Cut the crap and start now!” Nelly sat down near Spencer and gestured for the doctor to start.
The latter looked to Spencer for instructions, but Spencer was staring at Nelly with a surprised look. “What are you waiting for?” Nelly retorted.
Spencer blinked and looked away. After a few seconds, he looked at the doctor and nodded at him. Upon getting Spencer's signal, the doctor immediately prepared to transfuse Nelly 's blood.
Nelly sat by Thalia's bed and observed her.
As she watched her blood flow out of her body into Thalia's body, Nelly let out a slight smile. Indeed, what goes around comes around.
Spencer continued operating on Thalia. After removing the bullet, he stitched her gunshot wound and bandaged her remaining wounds.
However, his hands were trembling obviously.
“Was she hurt because of you?” Nelly suddenly asked.
Spencer froze, his hands suspended in the air. It took a moment for him to resume what he was doing. As his face was concealed behind the mask, he replied softly, “Yes.”
“Do you know what she was thinking?” Nelly asked again. Spencer merely continued the surgery in silence.
“She might be thinking that she would rather die than lose you at that very moment,” Nelly continued calmly.
When Spencer heard that, his exposed eyes became gloomy.
“Sometimes, what you think is good for her is actually not. She will only agree with it when she truly thinks so,” Nelly said.
Spencer remained silent.
However, he didn't get distracted by her words. Instead, feeling more determined to save Thalia, his hands became steadier and stopped trembling.
Alpha Kilian laid Nelly on the bed in the bedroom and carefully attended to her.
Soon after, the housekeeper brought some energy-replenishing food. Alpha Kilian sat next to the bed and patiently spoon-fed Nelly .
She gazed at him while obediently eating the food he was feeding her. When she saw the deep frown on his face, she reached out and smoothened out the wrinkles with her finger.
“Why are you frowning? I'm already eating like you want me to,” Nelly said gently.
“Spencer is way too reckless,” he replied without even looking up. She could hear the dissatisfaction in his voice.
“It's just a blood transfusion, and it was urgent. Should he have asked who has the same blood type as Thalia one by one?” Seeing that he did not respond, she continued, “Alpha Kilian , what would you do if this had happened to me?”
Without hesitation, he declared, “I won't let such a thing happen!” “But what if it does?”
“There will be no such thing,” he said firmly.
Nelly chuckled. “You're being unreasonable, Alpha Kilian .”
Alpha Kilian finally lifted his gaze and looked at her. “Nelly , nothing else is more important to me than your well-being. Listen to me. You have to put yourself first and protect yourself at all times.”
When Nelly heard his words, her delicate eyebrows knitted together. Her face was sickly pale, but it did nothing to diminish her beauty. “It's just a blood transfusion, but you're acting like I'm dying,” she teased him with a cheeky grin.
“You won't die.” Alpha Kilian 's expression turned cold, and a hint of fury flickered in the depths of his dark eyes.
Nelly gazed at him, slightly stunned. She had never seen him so serious before.
After pondering for a moment, she reassured him gently, “Of course, I'm not going to die.”
Alpha Kilian realized that he had overreacted a little. He took a deep breath and gazed at her. “Nelly , I'm just afraid...”
She nodded. “I know.”
Alpha Kilian had more to say, but Nelly interrupted him with a grin. “Feed me some more food.” He finally made himself calm down and continued to feed her spoonful by spoonful.
Nelly chewed on her food with a faint smile, but there was a slightly complicated look in her eyes. Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Alpha Kilian didn't even turn to look at the door, as if he didn't hear anything. It was Nelly who answered, “Come in.”
The door was pushed open, and the triplets walked in. “Nelly .”
“Nelly !'
They looked at her, their eyes brimming with concern. “What's wrong?” Nelly asked.
Donna climbed up the bed and leaned on Nelly as she whispered, “Are you okay, Nelly ?”
“Of course I am. It's just a simple blood transfusion. Nothing's going to happen to me. Do you guys not have common sense?”
The three kids exchanged glances with each other. “It's because of Daddy! He was so nervous, so we thought something had happened.”
Nelly glanced at Alpha Kilian . She clenched her jaw but said nothing.
Looking away, she smiled at the kids and said, “I'm sure you guys know that your daddy loves to overreact.”
Upon hearing that, they finally relax completely.
Then, Nelly looked at them and asked, “How is Thalia?”
“Spencer is still sitting by her bedside. I don't know the details, but when the doctor came out, he said that her life is no longer in danger but whether she recovers will depend on her willpower.”
Nelly listened as she nodded thoughtfully.
She lifted her gaze to them and said, “You guys don't have to stay here. Go to Thalia and see if there's anything you can help with. Check up on Spencer and get him some food. Let me know if anything happens.”
The kids nodded in response. “Go on.”
“Okay. Get some rest, Nelly ,” Tony said.
“Don't worry. With your daddy here, I'll definitely be resting even if I don't want to,” Nelly replied.
Tony glanced at Alpha Kilian . That's the one thing that he does well. Even if we were to go to Darknetz, I don't have to worry too much.
With a nod, the three kids exited the room.
Nelly proceeded to turn her attention to Alpha Kilian . “Would you look at that? You've scared the children.”
His face was devoid of expression as he replied, “Do you think they're capable of getting scared?” Um...
Nelly thought about it for a moment. “That makes sense.”
Alpha Kilian was tickled by the playful expression on her face and couldn't help but smile. “Here. Have some more.”
She immediately frowned. “I've already eaten a lot. I don't think I can stomach anymore.” “Eat a little more. If you don't, you won't be able to recover your health!”
Her frown deepened. “I'm not going to have a child, so there's no need for me to be that healthy!” Alpha Kilian sighed. “If you are going to have a child, things wouldn't be like this.”
Nelly was momentarily rendered speechless. “What would it be like, then?” Alpha Kilian stared at her. “You'll know when you have my children.”
Nelly was dumbfounded. “Did I say I'm going to have your children?” “Whose children are you going to have, then?” Alpha Kilian retorted.
“I've already had one near-death experience. I don't want to go through that again.”
Alpha Kilian did not know what she had gone through back then. However, since she had said as much, he quickly added, “That's fine. We can enjoy our alone time together.”