Alphas Choice

O N E - H U N D R E D - T W O

I woke to Gabriel running his fingers through my hair. I could feel my eyes were puffy from crying so much before I passed out, and it didn't take much for them to start pouring down my face again. I was so happy he was alive, that all those girls were saved and injuries on both sides were minimal. I grabbed his face with both of my hands and crashed my lips into his, probably covering him in my tears but I didn't care. I stopped to catch my breath and I had a hard time as the tears wouldn't stop.

"Hey, shh, what's wrong, are you hurt little Mate?" He asked quietly but I could hear his concern, I just shook my head gripping him tighter.

"You were dying..." I whispered between sobs. "I felt it." I said placing my hand on my chest.

"I heard that...but I also heard that someone used their body to shield me from an explosive, getting injured in the process. Who then also ran back and forth for five hours carrying little girls to safety before accepting any help. Five hours of running with broken ribs, a broken leg, and over a hundred pieces of metal stuck in your muscles, not to mention the blood loss from setting up an iv on me and giving me your blood. You, my kind and beautiful Mate never cease to amaze me." He said kissing my forehead. "Thank you again for saving me. I'm sorry I got angry with you."

I just laid there for a minute laying my head on his chest. I could hear his heart strong and steady, I felt myself calm down, he was safe, he was alive and he was healing. I let out the breath I seemed to be holding and slowly sat up, I winced, momentarily forgetting that I had broken ribs that were still healing. I took the empty IV out of my arm and carefully swung my legs around so I could get up.

"Hey, where are you going? You should be in bed, you haven't healed yet." He said grabbing my hand, I looked down at it and wanted to crawl back in but I had something I needed to do first.

"I need to go speak with Michael." I said calmly and stood wobbly slightly, my leg was quite sore.

"You are not going near that man." He growled narrowing his eyes.

"Gabriel, I think we are past telling me what I can and can't do." I said quietly. "I need answers, he sent children to die trying to get to me, I need to know why. There has been innocent blood spilled." I looked up at him and he softened a little. "I need to find Cammy first."

I turned and hobbled to the door, I should get some more pain medication...I heard Gabriel's bed shift and turned to see him getting up, the blanket fell from his bare chest and there was a neat row of stitches from mid chest to belly button.

"Get back in bed." I gasped. "Baby, you had a bomb inside of you, I had my hand inside of you, you had internal injuries!"

"If you are up, I am up." He said then coughed, I felt his pain through the bond so I knew that must have hurt, his face faltered for a second. "I am fine." He waved his hand at me and I narrowed my eyes.

"I get we can both be a little stubborn but this is your time to heal, I laid in a bed for five weeks, you can lay in a bed for one day." I said with a small chuckle before getting serious. "I will be mean and force you to if you'd like but I really don't want to. Please get back into bed, let your body heal, I will be back in here in an hour tops." I watched him narrow his eyes a bit.

"Well that's not playing fair." He half pouted.

"I never said I was playing fair, I am sure you know the feeling of thinking you are going to lose your mate. I felt everything through the bond and then to run to you praying I would make it in time...I never want to feel that again." I whispered. "We were so close to losing you. Please get back in your bed."

I watched him walk slowly towards me and wrap his arms around my waist, I melted into him. He buried his face in my hair and rubbed his hands up and down my back, his warmth was coming from every direction he was so big.