Love Hurts

Chapter 22

I hear a knock on the door and stand to go answer it. It was Aiden, Liam, and Jack. "Come in but be quiet." I tell them, nodding towards my sleeping mate. They nod and walk in. I shut the door and walk over to where they are now sitting on the couch. I stand across from them, leaning on my dresser. "We're heading home tomorrow." Liam tells me. I look at Jack who nods. I look at Aiden. "I'm staying." He tells me. I smile and nod. "Glad to have you, brother." I smirk as I say this and he rolls his eyes. "Sorry I won't really be able to do anything before you guys leave, but hey we can stay in touch." I tell them. Jack nods slowly. He look over at my mate."So, how is she?" He asks. I frown. "Not so good, but that's expected isn't it." I say. He just nods. I hear Kendall start to wake up. They do too, because they soon get up and leave the room. Once they are gone I lock the door and walk over to the bed. Kendall screams and sits up. I jump but stay where I am. "Hey you're ok. I'm here Ken.." I pull her into my arms and let her cry for a while. She finally stops and pull away, looking up at me. I contemplate asking her about the baby. I sigh and decided now is better than later. "Why didn't you tell me about the baby?" She gasps and tries looking away but I grab her face gently and make her look at me. "I don't want you to leave me." She cries. I frown. "I won't leave you.." I tell her softly. She just nods and hugs me. I put my arms around her. "What are we going to do?" She asks me in a quiet ton. I think of what Kai said. "I don't know... it's your choice Ken. I won't ask you to do anything you don't want to." I tell her. She nods against my chest. "I.. I don't want to kill it... it's not the baby's fault that this happened.." She says. I can feel her trembling in my arms. She's scared of what I will say. I hear Kai growling in the back of my mind but I ignore it. "I understand Kendall. I just want to know what you want to do when you have the baby.." I tell her. I silently hope she wants to get rid of it. However, I also want her to say she wants to keep it and make it our own. "I.. I want to wait till it's born to decide..." She tells me. I nod. "Alright. Do you want me to tell your parents?" I ask her, I run my fingers through her soft hair as I speak. "Yes please... I don't think I could ever tell them..." She says sadly. I knew my mate was broken. I would have to heal her over time. Logan, both of you need to come down please. Dad is having a pack meeting. I hear my mothers voice through the pack link. I look at Kendall. "We have to go down for a pack meeting." I tell her. She nods and pulls back. I help her up and take her hand before we walk out and downstairs. We stand in the back, away from everyone else. Kendall is still terrified of every man other than me. I can't even touch her without her flinching away in fear. It's just something she got used to doing when Demetri came near her. I look up as my father begins speaking. "As everyone knows, we had three other packs staying with us the past 2 weeks. I would like to thank Alpha Steven and his mate Iris, Alpha Jared and his mate Eve, and Alpha Titus and his mate Sabrina; all for helping us get our family back. Alpha Steven has informed me that one of his pack member, Aiden, will be staying with us." I see Jasmine's shocked expression and smile before looking back up at my father. "I would like to continue what was going on before my son was taken. I would like to also invite all three packs that helped to join us. This party is not only for my son, but also his mate." He looks straight at us as he says this, a smile on his lips. I smile back and look down at Kendall who is clinging to my side. "It's alright now Ken. Nobody is going to hurt you again." I tell her. She just nods slowly. My father walks off the stage and the music starts. Everyone begins separating into groups to talk to eachother. I turn to face Kendall and she looks up at me. "You wanna go back up?" I ask. She looks around then back at me and nods. I smile and put my arm over her shoulders, leading her out. I'm taking Kendall back to our room. I tell my parents through the link. I see them turn and look at us as we walk out, Kendall clinging to my side. I pull her into my arms and run up the stairs. We get to the room and I close the door and lock it. 'She is smiling at least.' I think as I set her on her feet again. She looks up at me and I give her a cheesy smile, making her laugh. Her smile then fades and she winces in pain. "What's wrong?" I ask, worried for my mate. She moves her hair and I see the black and blue mark. I growl as I remember how badly it must hurt her. "How is it feeling?" I ask. "It's worse now. It seems to get worse every day." She tells me. I frown and step closer, looking at the mark on her neck. I lean down to look at it closer. I can see the holes where he bit her. "How can we make it stop?" She asks. I think and realize there's only one solution. I step back to look at her. "I only know one way.. but it will hurt, a lot." I warn her. I see fear in her eyes again. "What?" She asks. I take a deep breath. "If I mark you. It will make his mark be rejected quicker, but it will hurt a lot more than it already does and I don't want to hurt you." I say, worried what she would say. It was true, I didn't want to hurt her, but if I didn't mark her she would go through this pain for a lot longer than I wanted her to. I can tell she's thinking hard about the option. "How long will it take.." She asks me. "I'm not sure.. it depends on how bad that actually is. Which I can't really tell from just looking at it." I explain and I see the fear worsen. I take her hands in mine and lean down so I can look her in the eyes. "I won't do anything you don't want me too. I hadn't planned on marking you so soon anyways. I will only do so if you absolutely want me too." I give her a warm smile and she nods slowly before hugging me. I hold her close, carful not to touch her neck. I hear her heart beating very fast as she pulls away and looks up at me again. "I.. I want you to try.."