Alpha's Prophecy

Chapter 39

Jake
I'd been on edge since the meeting, my worrying fear niggling away at me until I gave in and began walking towards Icebergs. I couldn't just sit back and allow Hannah to be suffering in pain alone.
Hannah would castrate me if she knew I was lurking around, especially if I was wrong and she wasn't affected by her heat cycle. I never had wanted to be wrong so badly but my gut was telling me otherwise.
The street was illuminated by the bright, full moon, leaving little option of places to hide. I crouched behind a bush on the opposite side of the road and watched the entrance like a hawlk.
Her scent was stronger, wafting though the night air to tempt me. Inside me i could sense Rayne stirring, he wanted nothing more than to be with Honey. I hadnt just destroyed my only chance with Hannah, I'd ruined his with Honey.
Inside the club the music is pumping and theres a growing line of patrons, waiting to be allowed to enter. I scan their faces, to see if any are pack memvers that will pose a threat. No wolves in the line but i do spot the asshole that Hannah took home on Wednesday. 
Maybe she made plans to meet him here tonight? If thats the case then my presence here will be seen as interfering.. i could turn, what is already a bad sutuation, into a catestrphoic disarster.
I stand up to leave but no sooner have I taken a step when i see Hannah. Shes in agonising pain, keeled over as Serena struggles to hold on to her. .
Hannah vomits into the gutter, catching the attention of the arsehole. He bails on the line and approaches Hannah with a shit eating smirk platered across his smug, ugly face.
It takes me less than a second to read the situation and run towards Hannah but not before he gets to cop a feel of her.
Without thinking i throw back my fist and pound it against his cheek, sending him flying backwards, dropping Hannah. I swoop down and catch her, saving her from hitting the ground.
"What the fuck is your problem, dickhead?" The arsehole yells, clutching his cheek as blood begins to trickle out from under his palm. I was holding back because he's human but i take great pleasure in the fact that i hurt him.
"Keep your hands off my girl or next time i'll break more than just your ugly face." I threaten him, holding Hannah in my arms.
Being this close to her, while shes in heat, is absolute torture. My nerves are pinging and Rayne is out of control, drunk on the scent that Honey is emitting. I cant leave her though, as hard as it is for me to be around her right now.
"We have to get her home, fast!" Serena yells over the arsehole who is still carrying on about his cheek.
"The pack grounds are surrounded with warriors, some that are unmarked." I tell her, making it clear that i will not be taking Hannah anywhere near the pack while she's in this state. "I'll take her back to Emma's house."
"Jake, its not safe for you to be near her right now." Serena points out as i begin to jog towards the house. "you could lose control."
"I can fight it." I promise her, hoping it's a promise i can keep.
As soon as we get inside the house i instruct Serena to start running a cold bath as Hannah's skin is burning. I lay Hannah in the bath, still fully clothed and race to the kitchen, to salvage as many ice cubes as i can get from the freezer, filling a mixing bowl.
Racing back to the bathroom i toss the ice cubes into the bath. Serena gathers Hannah's hair anf secures it on to of her head, using a hair tie she found on the sink. Hannah feverishly mumbles something inconherant but doesnt open her eyes.
Shes in so much pain and it's unbearable to watch her suffer, knowing i hold the only cure to make it stop. My mouth salivates and i feel my eye teeth extend, ready to sink into her neck.
I back away from the bath, pushing myself up against the wall and try to gain control over my own body again. I'm failing her right now but i know if i give in to my urges then I'd be letting her down more.
"Jake, if you need to step out, I can watch her on my own." Serena offers, seeing me struggle to get myself in check.
"I can't leave her, not when she's like this because of me." I tell Serena. My breathing is erratic as i fight the battle.
Serena wets a face washer under the cold water before placing it against Hannah's forehead, desperatly trying to cool her down.
"I've never seen anyone go through heat this badly before." Serena comments, adding to my guilt. "Jake, you might have to mark her, just to make this stop."
"No!" I exclaim, forcing myself off the wall and back to Hannah's side. "Her body was already violated without her consent, i will not do that to her too."
As much as what i hate seeing this strong woman being reduced to such a fragile, pained state, i just know that marking her, while she's like this, would make everything she's going through already, so much wose.
"You're right." She agrees, handing me the washer to rewet in the sink. "She's been through absolute hell, we cant add to that."
It didnt take long for the ice to melt and the bath water to watm but i was glad to see that our efforts had reduced the heat, radiating from Hannah's skin. We now could concentrate on elevating her pain.
Serena was able to find an old nightdress of Emma's and together we peeled Hannah from her wet clothing, dried her off and dressed her. I carried her into the main bedroom, the one where I'd been sleeping and laid her down on the bed.
We watch, helplessly, as Hannah cluches her stomach and winces in pain.
"We should call Hazel, I'm sure she has some potion for heat relief." Serena suggests but i shake me head.
"Hannah detests magic, remember?" I remind her and nods.
Magic would be the easiest solution, well after marking that is but Hannah wouldn't want that.
"What about human pain relievers?" Serena asks, willing to try anything.
"I've never known a wolf who has tried human pain relief but that's not to say it won't work." I tell her, trying to remember where i found the box of medications. "There's a box, on top of the fridge, i think there's some in there, I'll go check."
"I'll go, you stay with Han." Serena offers, leaving the bedroom before i can protest.
I sit on the bed, beside where Hannah is laying and gently rub her back.
"I'm so sorry Hannah." I whisper through the dark, my shame weighing heavy on me. "If i had been a better mate to you then you wouldn't be suffering right now. I let you down so badly but i promise you that I'm going to work hard to win back your trust."
"Have you asked Hannah about what it was like for her, trapped inside her own body?" Serena asks, startling me because I wasn't aware she was back. I turn and see her, lingering in the doorway with a slim package in one hand and a big glass of water in the other.
"I want to ask her but I thought that reminding her of what she's been through might cause her more heartache." I admit, rolling Hannah on to her back and helping her sit upright. She slumps forward but I catch her and hold her in place so that Serena can get her to consume the pain relief mefication.
"Jake, she needs to talk sbout what she went through because it's eating at her." Serena tells me, adding to my guilt. "You need to talk to her so that she can heal from her past."
"I will." I promise her, lowing Hannah back down on the bed. "Whatever she needs from me, I'll give her."
I never want to see her in pain like this ever again. She needs me to become a better man, the mate she deserved.