The Female Alpha

Chapter VI. Mates

One moment, we had been driving. The next, we swerved of the road and into the woods. The car must have toppled over nearly a dozen times, or so it felt like at least.

Before there were leaves covered with blood, before I awoke next to the car, I was in it still.

I woke up, in the car, hanging upside down thanks to my safety belt. My head pounding, my legs screaming. The memory is foggy, bits of pieces come to me as time in between skips in between. I must have fumbled with my safety belt for what felt like an hour before I had gotten loose. I fell down in the car headfirst, my body curled up as I attempted to catch my breath.

At some point, I must have regained my posture as the next thing I remember is crawling out of the car. I lay on my back and watched up to the sky turning dark. My legs were bleeding in the places there now were freshly healed scars.

I must have blacked out again, assumingly due to blood loss and the blows to my head as the car had toppled over.

"You've made it, good." My eyes flew open and before I saw my cabin appear before my eyes, I silhouette burned on my retina's.

What was that?

My eyes adjust to the room, I am in my bed at the cabin. My head mills over the scenes that just played in my head. They did not feel like a dream. They were foggy and chaotic, yet they felt so real. Could they possibly be so?

My rapidly beating heart starts to calm down, my muscles relax. It must have been a dream. There was no way it could be real. After all, no one else but me survived the accident. Did they?

I shake off the thought, the accident and all the new discoveries are messing with my head.

Once dressed and having eaten, I head outside. Lillian's cabin is empty of sounds telling me she has already gone on ahead.

I had been working on the farm for a few days now. The work wasn't too bad and the days were not too long. In the evening I either spent my time at Lillian's place or in my cabin. Lillian had slipped out my fondness for books. The next day a pile of books had magically appeared next to my door.

I had asked her from whom they were. However, she did not know this either. Whoever had donated them, I was grateful as it provided me with an activity for the evenings in which I did not need to be social if I did not feel like it.

On my way to the farm, I spotted Viktor and his boons in the distance. He had noticed me before I had spotted him. His head was tilted backwards, his eyes squinted slightly, a small smile playing on his lips. I wonder what that was about.

I shook off that thought as well, not in the mood for any complicated thoughts today after the way I had awoken from my slumber this morning.

As I had guessed, Lillian had beaten me to arriving at the farm. The humming sound coming from her, the smile that played on her lips and the sparkle in her eyes indicated she was in an extraordinarily good mood. Even by Lillian's standards, she looked positively cheerful today.

"Ah, Mer!" She greeted me with my new nickname. She had suddenly come up with it the other day, which was fine by me actually. "Good morning!" She continued as she hopped over to where I stood, a basket in her hands which was filled with a fresh harvest.

"Hey, you are up early." Was the mundane response she received from an only half-awake me. I make my way to the cottage where we keep the food and tools as Lillian joins me.

"I couldn't sleep, I was too excited." Her statement deserved a raised eyebrow from me. She sure seemed the part. Though I didn't know why. I was about to ask her what had cheered her up so when I was cut short. "Oh, there's Luke, I have to ask him something!" She hopped away once more and I continued to make my way towards the cottage.