Frail Acceptance

Chapter 22

Aldric's POV

While waiting for Noah to get done with his shower, I quickly dried off my hair and was sitting on the bed playing with my phone.

I am super excited to know about his first day out since the incident and all the therapy sessions we have been doing.

I would always talk to Ken after sessions when Noah wasn't around just to know the progress, and so far we have not made much. I mean, of course it's only been a week, but still, he had made more progress when he had sessions only with Ken.

I really wanted to help him, and that is the reason why I agreed to attend the sessions, but if it was only making him more closed off, I thought I should just stop attending the sessions.

But when I even asked Ken if I should stop attending, he said if I abruptly stopped attending the sessions, it would cause Noah to think I didn't want to attend the sessions because it was too much for me, and then he would go on to doubt our bond, and it would collapse all the progress we have made into building our bond, and that might cause Noah to completely fall into an endless loop of his memories.

He said that condition might cause Noah to never come out of his head or completely worsen his condition. So, I dropped the idea of not attending and instead tried to talk to Ken about what other ways could be used to help him.

Ken suggested a few ways, and one of them was going out and having him socialize with people he is familiar with. That is the reason why I want to know everything about his day today.

I want to talk to him so much, and I want to listen to him talk, but most importantly, I was craving for the feel of his skin on mine because the past few days we have not really been away from each other for so long.

Al? Axe called out to me.

Yeah? I replied.

I think we should check on our mate. He is getting very anxious right now, and I am feeling it through Jay. He replied.

I quickly got up from the bed, and when I was near the door of the bathroom, I could hear an unsteady heartbeat and struggled breathing.

I could also smell his anxiety and fear.

I was about to knock on the door when I heard him say, It is now or never, and I was so confused as to what that meant. That is when the thought of him doing something stupid crossed my mind, and as I was about to break the lock and door knob to get in, I heard the lock click and Noah stepped out.

I quickly skipped to bed and pretended like nothing happened, slowly calmed my heart, and looked up, and I was stunned for I don't know how long.

There he was, my beautiful mate, standing at the bathroom door wearing only a bathrobe and having his sexy legs on full display for me.

I couldn't take my eyes off him, and my heart felt like it was about to burst out. My blood rushed down directly to my—

As I was thinking of some not so pure thoughts about my mate, Axe growled and said, You dumbass, this is not the time for that. Can't you feel his nerves? His anxiety is flowing through him in such strong waves. The room is filled with our mate's feared and anxious scent. Go and calm him first. Ask what's wrong, or else give me the control.

I immediately slapped myself hard mentally, calmed myself down, and started thinking about what to say or do, but I was so confused on what to do.

Should I ask him what's wrong or wait for him to tell me by himself?

As I was in between this debate that was going on in my mind, I heard him take deep breaths.

I decided to wait for him because he looked like he needed some time to calm down, and I knew it was better to give him his space at times like this until matters completely go off hand.