Nalya
It hurts. I'm in pain. My body feels like it's on fire, yet I'm numb. What happened to me? My eyes couldn't open, I tried, but I was stuck in darkness. I didn't want to be in darkness, but I couldn't help it. I stopped fighting it and allowed it to envelope me.
I could hear a conversation.
" Doctor Lewis! the results are back... "
" Hmm. Infection... Sepsis?" The voices were getting distant. Faint growls are resounding as I completely fall into the dark again.
The tingles.. they make me feel alive and warm. Suddenly it's not too cold. My heart was not racing. I felt at peace, my mate was there, and only he could give me this serenity. I miss him, I want him to hold me, to kiss me.
...
" Khai, mama is getting better," That's my mate's voice. He speaks so lovingly. Khai? Where is he? I want to see my son. This time, I fought my hardest to find the strength to open my eyes. Light enters my eyes, and I blink a few times, it makes a moment for my vision is become clear. I'm in a huge room. I turned my head slowly and noticed the medical machine blinking next to me.
My eyes scan the room, and a faint smile crosses my lips when I see four eyes staring at me.
" Hi," I whispered only to realize how my throat hurt so much. Tears burn my eyes at the pain in my throat. Rhaegar and Khai's faces seemed to make the pain bearable, they were both smiling at me.
"Hi, sweetheart," Rhaegar bends down with me on my lips with Khai in his arms. The kiss felt like a thousand tingles even though it wasn't intense.
" I missed you so much... We missed you," he said. I held my son's tiny hand. He was making cute funny noises.
" W- What happened?" I asked, having no recollection of how I ended up here in a hospital room. He tensed, and I felt an overbearing ambiance take over the room. I couldn't remember the last time he released so much dark aura, he tried to tame it especially when I was around. Khai started to fuss, crying, but I couldn't hold him. I managed to grab Rhaegar's hand to calm him, and gradually, the dark atmosphere in the room was dissipating.
" Nalya!" Ella exclaimed as she entered, wearing a doctor's coat. She rushed to the other side of the bed. Rhaegar stood up and took steps back to allow Ella to examine me.
" How do you feel, Darling? Headache, drowsiness?" she asked. I felt all that. I nodded and pointed to my neck. She helped me sit by pressing a button on the bed as she continued to examine me.
" What... H- happened?" I strained to speak. She halted in her movements and glanced at Rhaegar, he was standing against the tall window frame, facing us. My son was dozing.
" Luna, w- what do you remember?" she sounded tense. I searched my cluttered brain.
" Getting ready for the gala," I answered with a struggle. She gave me a small smile.
" She can't remember the incident," Rhaegar murmured. I wanted to ask what incident, but my throat was hurting too much to speak now, and I wouldn't mind linking even if I wanted because I couldn't feel my wolf! I was agitated, and the fucking machine beeped loudly, irritating both me and Khai as he started bawling. My breathing became difficult.
" Luna, calm down," Ella soothed. Rhaegar came closer,
" Ella, take him,"
Ella took my son from his arms and tried to coo him, when he didn't stop crying, she took him out of the room. Prince Rhaegar's hand was rubbing my arm softly.
" Relax, baby. Take some breath," his voice was serene. He put his fingers in front of me as he helped me with my breathing exercises. Done with that, he carefully lays next to me, holding me tender. I try to remember what happened but it comes back blank, why won't he tell me? My head starts to hurt again, and I wince. Rhaegar jumps up.
" My love, are you alright?"
I open my mouth to speak, but he shakes his head.
" Ella says you shouldn't for a while," he said. I almost groan. Why did he ask me if I couldn't speak?
I point to the side of my head. A male doctor walks in, smiles at me, and injects something in my drip that makes me fall asleep.
" Her blood pressure - is a little high. The swelling in her head is going down," I heard the male doctor's voice.
Rhaegar's Pov.
I couldn't answer her when she asked what happened. I was relieved actually when I learned she didn't remember, but she will soon.
" She will remember when the sedative wears off," Doctor Lewis said. I stood next to my mate, gently caressing her silk hair. It was longer now, and she was skinnier in a matter of days.
" I know," I admitted. I was delaying it. I sighed. My mate didn't wake up again after that. I stayed with her and slept next to her. Early in the morning, I bought marigold flowers for her and left them on the table as I went home to grab a change of clothes along with hers.
I couldn't walk two steps without being asked how she was. People loved her so much.
I checked on Khai. He was with Kiyana in the beta suite.
I grabbed the clothes to go back but met Layth. What was he doing here again? This man was getting too comfortable within my borders.
Before I asked him what he was doing here, he answered,
" I'm here to see my mate. She has been staying here until her sister gets better, " he explained. Oh yes, Kaley has been helping out with Khai.
" Thank you for giving me that man," he said.
" Is he dead?" I asked.
" Of course," he smirked, and I smiled. Every one of those rogues deserved what happened to them.
" I passed by the hospital to see Nalya. She was sleeping," he informed me.
I drove through the town, and everything seemed calm. I saw Halsey shopping with her son, and it pleased me that she was trying to live normally.
Reaching the hospital, I stopped at the door. I could hear soft sobs from there. I opened the door and entered. Her look alone made pain pierce through my heart.