I Work Alone

Chapter 7

Arrow's P.O.V.

I pick Alaska up i my arms and look over at Daniel who was rubbing his head looking confused. He finally notices me and his eyes widen in shock.

"Is she okay?" He asks and I shrug not trusting my voice. I stand up and head back to the camp holding back tears. "I'll go ahead and make sure there's a room for her to be taken care of." Daniel says and I nod. He looks at me making sure I'm okay and then takes off. I look down at Alaska who is still breathing but getting more pale every second. I panic and pick up my pace.

When I reach the camp all the guys are looking confused and their eyes snap to me when I burst in holding a probably dying Alaska.

"What's going on." Will basically demands and I just shake my head and head back into the rooms and see Daniel making one of the beds in the spare room. I lay her down and finally notice how bad the stab wound really is.

"Where are the bandages?" I ask Daniel finally trusting my voice and he grabs them from the table and tosses them to me. He also tosses me some alcohol to clean it. I pour some on a towel and lift up her shirt. I suck in a breath when seeing it.

"Sorry but I have to." I say and start wiping the stab wound clean. She flinches involuntarily and I wince. I really don't want to hurt her more but I have to do this.

I finish cleaning it and wrap the bandage around her stomach. I pull off her shirt fully and put a clean shirt on her. I pull the covers up to her shoulders and tuck her in so she doesn't roll around. I pull up a chair next to her and grab her hand. That's when I finally noticed that Daniel had left. I sigh realizing that I have to explain what's going on. I kiss her hand and walk out to where the guys are to see them all seated at the table listening to Daniel. He notices me and gives me a sympathetic smile and I nod. The guys look over at me, but still stay quiet.

"What's going on? I know Daniel has been explaining it but he barely said anything." Jacob says trying to stay calm but he's loosing that internal struggle. I sigh and run my hand through my hair and take a seat. I then begin to tell them everything starting from when we got that letter to now. When I finished, they were all either shocked or pissed.

"Is she going to be okay?" I hear Alex say and I shrug.

"Honestly I don't know." I say and he nods.

"Well I hope she is because in all reality, she's a better fighter than almost all of us. Except you." I hear Sam say and look at me and I manage a smile.

We talk for a little while longer but then I decide to check on Alaska. I mumble a goodnight and head over to her room. I peek in and she's just as pale as ever. I sigh and sit in the chair next to her and grab her hand. I hold her cold hand in both of mine in hopes of her waking up. I feel all the cuts and the roughness of it from years of fighting but its still delicate and fits perfectly in mine. I then start talking to her.

"Alaska I'm sorry. I don't want to get sappy and I don't even know if you like me that way, but I really like you. I know that its rushed and I probably sound like a little kid, but I just wanted you to know. I also want you to know that I am conflicted. I want to like you maybe even love you like you deserve but I made a promise a long time ago when Jamie died. It was that I wouldn't fall in love again because I might loose someone again because of what I do and who I am. She died and I couldn't stop it." I say and take a breath to look down at her. She's still pale but not as cold as before but I chalk that up to me holding her hands. I decide to just get everything off my chest because I don't think that she can even hear me at this point.

I take a deep breath and start again, "I've never told anyone this but the reason why I became an assassin was because of when I was little, my mother too was brutally murdered in front of me trying to protect me from an attack in the market square in town. I remembered the face of the killer with such detail that I hunted him down when I was old and strong enough, I killed him. He was so pathetic at that point because he had lost everything for some reason but I didn't care. My dad actually trained me until he died a few years ago. He died just before Jamie did so I spiraled downward but my guys helped me through it. So from that I made a promise to never love anyone again in protection for them." I stopped, realizing that I also made the promise for myself too.