Marked Pain

Cleaning Up

Chapter Fourteen

Jake's P.O.V.

"All that I remember is feeling pain in my whole body and then it automatically stopped. I remember feeling something splattered on me. Then it all goes black." I tell the nurse that stands above me with a clip board and a bright smile. "Thats good, your a very lucky man. Good thing your friend was there. We have been trying to catch Nick forever it seems." She says looking up from her clip board at me and then back down at the clip board.

"You will be able to have company in a few hours, if your up to it." She gives me a wide smile and then pushes some buttons on the machine I am hooked up too. She leaves me to rest.

I open my eyes to see Caleb staring at me in the chair across from my bed.

"You were talking in your sleep." Caleb mutters and he gets up and slides his hands in his pockets. I sit up but Caleb puts up a hand, "I won't be here long." He mutters and I nod making myself comfortable. "I just wanted to make sure you were alright. Skylar wanted to come see you but she is still recovering from the..." He doesn't have the strength to say it. "Is she alright?" I ask worried she is bad as I am.

My black eyes are almost gone, they are purple now instead of red and black. My nose is broken, my leg and arm are fractured and veins lost so much blood I almost died.

"She's fine, just trauma." Caleb nods. I relax and try to wrap my mind about why he is here exactly, is it really for Skylar's benefit or is he making sure I lived so he can beat the shit out of me for bringing danger into her life.

"I hope you get better." Caleb nods to leave and I nod not sure what else to say. I listen for the door to shut before I close my eyes.

Skylar's P.O.V.

I listen to Dad as he talks to Sam and Matt about moving to a different house, but I know that won't happen. I haven't been up in my room since the invasion. Its been three days and I'm sure it is cleaned but I don't dare go in there. I've been staying in the spare bedroom with Caleb close by not trusting myself to be alone just yet.

I didn't have too much damage to me, just mentally. I don't know what made me so angry, maybe all the lies and all the secrets that I kept in. I never ripped an animal apart before like that. I try to block the images from my mind but its so hard not to think about it.

I'm mostly concerned about Jake. I haven't went to see him worried that it will be to hard for me to let go of him. I'm Caleb's mate now, I need to be stronger.

I hear the front door close shut and I know Caleb is back from the hospital from seeing Jake. "How is he?" I ask almost immediately when he comes to sit next to me. "He's stronger than he was yesterday. I don't think he remembers our talk from yesterday." Caleb nods and I smile with hope in my heart.

"Its a good thing he was knocked out during all of this. He won't have to suffer much for memory." Matt nods and Sam agrees. "He should have never brought him in the house!" Caleb growls, he's still a little touchy on the subject. I touch his arm but he only rips it from my touch.

He's been like this the past couple of days, he hasn't been able to look at me or talk to me. He's so angry.

"We should go hunt tonight, blow off some steam. I think it will be good for all of us." Dad says and I nod knowing that Caleb is hungry. You can see it in his eyes and attitude.

Changing for the first time since the incident was a little tough. I couldn't change and my body wouldn't cooperate with me. I know it sounds dumb, but every time I wanted to change I would just stay human and naked. But then I finally changed, but I think it was because I was getting annoyed.

I hope I don't have an anger problem.

We all scatter out, feeling safer about being in the woods without eachother's backs to watch. Since Nick had been mauled to death I was glad that he was dead. Even though I didn't mean to do it, I just wanted to be free. I just wanted to not have to worry about who will get hurt next, even though I did kill him someone did get hurt.

So what do you think will happen if his clan comes? I hear Matt ask Dad and I tune into their conversation. I don't think they will. Did you see the way he looked after Sky... Sam stops and I try to block them out of my head.

Was I really that bad? Hey! I look behind me and Bella has a smile on her face. Hey. I tell her wondering what she found. We have a couple deer over here if you wanted to just relax today, Bella asks with a sigh tone. I'm fine, I can get my own food. I tell her in a nasty kind of a way, I don't mean to but I'm tired of the pack making me feel like I'm a little kid. Caleb shows no emotions that I'm a little kid, he treats me like I have no feelings at the moment.

I was just asking Skylar. Don't be a bitch about it. Bella's words sting and I know I have hurt her feelings when she trots off.

What is wrong with me? I ask myself not sure what to do now. Its been a couple days since I have hunted, I don't feel out of breath and I don't feel tired. Maybe I do just need a break.

I run in the direction Bella ran off to, to go eat with them.

But when I reach them Bella growls at me showing her teeth. She is showing she doesn't want to share, she wants to fight.

Don't Bella. I hear Jade warn but Bella does anyways. She pounces on me and it takes all my strength not to fight back.