ENDURING {Sequel to Everlasting} ❗️EDITING ❗️

Chapter 34

The commotion outside my silent room wakes me from my painless slumber. The voice being one that I wasn't exactly expecting, but it's not completely unwelcome.

"When Kali is awake, she can decide if she wishes to see you." I heard Becks voice ringing with clarity, ignoring Kade's plea to see me.

Part of me wanted to open my eyes and call out, but the drowsiness is strong.

I slip in and out of sleep for what feels like only minutes, but judging by the many times I'm woken by the pack doctor, I know it's days. Unlike when I had my wolf.

I'm not a wolf anymore, and if I don't start admitting that to myself then I'll eventually end up dead.

I wake up to a nurse cleaning my wounds, which stings a little due to whatever she's cleaning out the gashes with. My eyelids feel a little heavy, bruised almost, and I know without touching or looking at my face that it's black and blue.

"Good, you're awake. How are you feeling?" The nurse asks me in a quiet voice, the kind of caring tone that a mother should have.

If I wasn't in so much pain I would responded with something sarcastic, because her question is stupid. How am I feeling? Like I just took a goddamn beat down from the hulk, that's how I'm feeling.

"Like I could sleep forever." I mutter, my throat a little croaky and sore.

The nurse smiles warmly, patching the wounds carefully. "On a scale from one to ten, how's the pain?"

Squinting my eyes a little, I shift my arms and legs just slightly, testing out the raw burn of fire that rockets over me.

"Eight." I answer in a low mumble.

"Would you like some morphine?" She offers, already moving to get it.

"No." I immediately refuse. For days I have been on morphine, in and out of sleep, vomiting out my insides.

The nurse looks at me with a frown. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah." I whisper, nodding my head slightly.

"There's a lot of Alphas waiting to see you-"

"Hardin?" I cut her off, hope filling me at the thought of seeing his face.

"Yes, Alpha Hardin and....and your father, who refuses to leave until he sees you." The nurse admits to me like she's worried I'll lash out at the mention of Kade.

I'll admit that I'm a little surprised my father is here, he's never really been the worrying, supporting type of parent which everyone knows.

Am I happy that he's here and refusing to leave? I'm not sure.

"Kade, I want to see Kade." I declare, resting my head back against the pillows. Holding the weight of my own head right now is extremely tiring, and a little painful.

Pretty sure Markus damaged my neck once or twice. At the time my wolf seemed to be healing me, but once the adrenaline wore off and the wolfsbane faded from my body, she seemed to vanish again. The pain that hit me was unlike anything I've ever felt.

The nurse immediately leaves to get my father, and I soak up the silence of the room. The pain is something I welcome, it reminds me of what I've done.

The question is, do I regret it? The answer is no. Markus was wrong when he said pride would be my downfall, because pride is something I lack. Hardin is the reason I did it, and he's the reason I tapped out, still maintaining my honour...unlike Markus.

He'll be wanting blood now more than ever, but the beating Hardin gave him was a warning. Markus has a strong pack, and Hardin is the kind of Alpha that would risk his life defending his wolves, than watch them die in war. That distraction is Hardin's main flaw, he'd take a bullet for the people he loves.