His Light

Lean on him

Lilac's Pov

When I opened my eyes, everything felt so hazy and the room was so dark, I couldn't make out anything.

I tried to stand up and felt an arm around my waist.

I began to panic, trying to get out of bed, but the arm pulled me closer, and I felt someone's face in the crook of my neck, warm breath hitting against my skin, and making me shiver.

I tried to get out of the person's grip, trying to wiggle out, trying to push that person away, with no avail. I began to cry struggling to get out with that man's tight grip. I don't know where I am everything is so fuzzy.

Suddenly the lights turned on, the grip on my waist vanished and the person next to me disappeared.

And as my eyes adjusted to the bright lights in the room, I saw Alex standing there, looking at me worried.

Then everything came crashing back, I was abducted, Alex got shot, and I killed Aiden. "My baby? How long was I out? Are you okay?" I suddenly blurted out, question after question, panicking more and more, my breathing getting heavier and heavier. It got so hard to breathe and my hiccups didn't do any help.

Alex rushed to me taking me in his arms, while stroking my hair, gently brushing through them with his fingers.

Is this real? Is Alex really okay?

"Shhh, angel, our child is still alive. You both are safe" Alex said.

"But you got shot and then-" I tried say in between crying.

"Lilac, everything is over. Aiden is finally gone, and look nothing happened to me, it was just a scratch." he said reassuringly, which was a lie he had a whole bandage under his black tank top, I could see how he was wrapped up under that skintight top. "We need to take care of you and our baby now, because the doctor said you will need bedrest till the end of the pregnancy" Alex stated, as if what happened to him was not important.

"Bedrest for the whole pregnancy?" I asked, completely shocked, while Alex's shirt soaked up all my tears.

"It will be fine, angel. You concentrate on your own well-being and not others" Alex said, and I gently pushed him way.

"How's your chest, does it hurt" I asked ignoring what he said, gently caressing the place he got shot. I still felt the sensation of Alex's blood seeping through, while I had tried to push down while trying to stop the bleeding with all my might. That moment I thought I would lose him, and on top of that it would have been my fault. Just like Zac told me, everything is just because of me and he is right.

Alex gently grabbed my hands kissing them softly, "Lilac I'm fine" I began to break down again, the confidence and strength I gained after all that happened is gone completely, not even a glimpse is left of it.

"Everything is my fault I'm sorry" I apologized looking into the palms of my hands, feeling guilty and ashamed. 

"Hey, hey, hey...nothing is your fault, Lilac." Alex said, his hand finding his way under my chin and lifting it up, so that I meet his beautiful blue eyes.

"But what about you, what about Rowan, is he even okay? And everyone probably hates me, because I brought it that far and-"

"Lilac, calm down, everyone is fine, Rowan is sleeping in his hospital room, he wasn't hurt badly, and I am in front of you, alive, in blood and flesh." Alex explained. 

After a few minutes of Alex tightly hugging me and trying to comfort me on the hospital bed, the door knocked, as the doctor entered.

"Miss Rose, good to see you awake, I'm here for your check up and to explain you condition and things you need to be careful of. Mr. Dalton is already informed. And then we can prepare you for the discharge" he said.  "Could you please take off your shirt and lay down, so that we can start?"