The Wolf On The Other Side

Chapter 18

As soon as his eyelids flutter open, a weak smile forms on his lips when he gazes at me. I smile back with tears in my eyes and I lean over to hug him, not caring much about his sweat or his hard abdomen muscles.

"Good to have you back." Alvera says uneasily.

"Good to be here." He croaks out and I bring over the glass of water to his lips, remembering how Holland did that to me.

His dazed blues assess me as if he can't believe that I am here and I meet his eyes halfway in longing. Alvera coughs awkwardly and we snap out of the trance.

"I'm going to call your family to see you. They were worried sick about you."

There's a glint that passes through her eyes before she walks out of the room.

Underneath the dim lights, we don't say a word but our minds speak the same language and our eyes hug each other. He lifts his hand to touch the side of my face, causing a blush on my cheek and I hold his hand in mine for a promise of faith.

Alaska almost growls when we are about to talk but Allen barges in.

"Welcome back from the dead, dear brother." The beta snarks out, his inked arms on top of each other when he crosses them irritatedly, he doesn't miss out on giving me a glare before he forces a hard smile on his angular face towards his brother.

"Thanks, I feel better already." Alaska replies as he cheekily averts his gaze to me with a cheesy smile. We hear a scoff from Allen and I purse my lips from saying anything to the rude half.

"She almost killed you, yet you still look at her like a lovestruck puppy." He seethes, our hands reconnect together in front of his brother to prove a point, and I can't hide my smile any longer.

"Why does it matter to you?" Alaska taunts his brother further, his hand squeezes mine, his thumb rubbing my skin and my heart turns into mush.

"Because you are endangering us all! This plan isn't going to work. You aren't focusing on keeping our pack intact with the alliances, you are just fooling around with her and it won't be long before we get killed because of your feelings for her." He nears us and I jump in reflex, but his hold stabalizes me when he looks at his brother, "you know what the hierarchy is like, they won't accept any human in the pack. Especially her." He gestures to me when his violet eyes turn a darker shade, almost flashing at me.

I find myself insulted from how much he hates my guts, but I don't take it fully to the heart because he seems like a sore loser who never loved in his entire life, so technically, he just never feels what it's like and I can tell that he didn't imprint on anyone.

Wolf's imprint is like when you see your other half, a wolf's soul mate and the piece that completes the whole chain. He sees her as his one and only, she sees him as her first and last love. Every time I read about it, it makes me fall in love with the idea of it. To be faithful and loving to a one person, it's like she's his gravity.

Did Alaska imprint on me? The thought swirls around me and makes me giddy on the inside.

I focus back into their conversation and the heat that zaps between them, Beta Allen deep down has concerns about his brother, but he expresses it in a meaner way.

"We talked about this, Allen." Alaska winces when he speaks, his other hand touches his abdomen painfully, his wolf is still healing and as Alvera mentioned before, he needs three days maximum to recover.

I impulsively grasp the numbing pills and give him a glass of water when he carefully sits up and takes them, his brother dashes out, leaving the door cracked in half.

"Is he always like this?" I question, gaping at the fallen door.

"Yes," he sighs out, "but you make me stronger, Aspen. I tried to keep you away because I don't want to hurt you, but by keeping you away, I am only putting you more in danger."

"We're in this together, there's no backing out. Before you, my life had no meaning and I always felt like I never knew my calling," I admit, wholeheartedly. Then continue when his eyes softened at me, "I knew there was something missing always, and now that I am being a part of this and helping, it feels like I found it."

With that, he tugs me into bed with him and I squeak in surprise, my head on his arm and he makes me look up at him.

"I just love being around you, Asp, I don't think you understand how much I loved being around you back when I first saw you. You make me feel things I've never felt before."

"Did you imprint on me?" I spill out, my eyes widen at my sudden words, the daring side of me comes to play as he flashes me a smile on his chiseled face.

"Yes, Aspen, I did."

The comfortable silence fall upon us and my heart goes haywire when we gaze into each other. His blues comfort me and I reach for a cloth to wipe the sweat on his cheeks with a promise to look out for him. He pecks my nose and my under eyelids.

"Oh shit, my brother is probably going crazy right now." I finally remember my frantic brother and Alaska chortles at me when I steady myself, careful not to trip through his quilt.

There is a sudden intrusion and the sounds of the howls outside clearly states that there is another human in the middle of the forest.

I instantly know who it is when I run outside and see my brother with four wolves that encircles around him.