Forget Me Not (Book 3 of Acceptance Series)

Chapter 41

Aenes cleared his throat and shifted on his feet while he looked between the two of us with something in his eyes that I could describe. "Now, how are you feeling, TJ?" he asked and looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

I shrugged and grimaced. "Like crap," I replied, hoarsely. I closed my eyes and grimaced again while I turned my head to the side before I looked at them again, opening my eyes. "What happened? Is it safe to talk about everything now?" I looked at Aenes when I asked that.

My mother cleared her throat and shifted on the bed. "Why don't you rest some more, and we can talk about everything in a couple of days when you are feeling better. Ok?" Mom asked and moved a hand through my hair some more. She smiled and tucked her head closer to her chest while she smiled softly. "You shouldn't have to worry about it so soon after you have woken up."

I bit back an annoyed sigh and rolled my eyes, pressing my lips into a thin line. "Mom, please," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "I want to know." I paused and licked my lips. "Please."

"And you will," Aenes promised while he bowed his head closer to his chest, clearing his throat. "You have my word, Young Alpha." He cleared his throat and stood taller, pressing his lips into a thin line. "However, I do agree with your mother that you need to heal some more before we are able to tell you what happened."

I bit back an annoyed sigh and gritted my teeth, silently debating on whether or not I should fight and get them to tell me what happened now instead of later.

Mom gently squeezed my arm as if she knew my thoughts, and I looked at her with eyes filled with annoyance and pain. She smiled sadly and tucked her head closer to her chest. 'I believe that it is in our best interest that we talk in the safe room,' she said through our mindlink. 'That way no one is able to hear anything that we have to talk about or something else.'

I couldn't help it; I really tried to stop myself from what I wanted to do, but I couldn't and let out the annoyed sigh that I tried to stop and rolled my eyes while I pressed my lips into a thin line.

'Please, T,' she said, tucking her head closer to her chest while she stared at me with pain filled eyes. 'Don't fight us on this, please. I know that you want to, but it is not safe for us to talk about this yet.'

I sighed again and slowly nodded, deciding that it would be for the best that I didn't argue or push while we were in the hospital room even if a part of me wanted to. "Ok," I said before I cleared my throat and shifted in my bed. "I will not push you all to tell me, but I hope that you both will answer all of my questions when I ask them in a couple of days."

Aenes and my mother looked at each other, and my mother set her jaw while she looked at me. They both had pained looks on their faces, and I had a feeling that it meant that they were not going to answer all of my questions, no matter how much I wanted them to.

I bit back an annoyed sigh and slowly nodded, closing my eyes ever so slightly. "What if there is something that is not dangerous, can I know then?" I asked, raising an eyebrow in question while I opened my eyes and looked at them again.

"We will answer what we can, Young Alpha," Aenes said, tucking his head closer to his chest, his eyes holding a silent promise that had me biting back a small sigh of relief while I slowly nodded. "If we tell you that it is dangerous, then please do not keep pressing us about it. Is that understood?"

I nodded, setting my jaw. "I understand," I said before I looked toward the other side, closing my eyes again when a wave of exhaustion washed over me, and my mother moved a hand through my hair, silently knowing that I was wanting to fall asleep. "Can you do me a favor, Aenes?" I asked and turned to look at them again while I opened my eyes, and Aenes raised an eyebrow in question while he looked at me.