Gifted | Werewolf

Chapter 17

Part 2 - Reality and a little bit of insanity

Chapter 17

I try to open my eyes, but fail miserably, even after several tries. Why can't I open my eyes? I feel like I am trapped in my own head and can't get out. I try to remember what happened resulting to my state right now, when suddenly all the memories of yesterday come back rushing to me.

The dream with Selene. Meeting Michael next to the oak tree later that night. Him running into me and vanishing right after, literally. Feeling debilitated. Liam and the pack coming to my aid. Injected with anaesthetic, resulting to me losing feeling and becoming unconscious.

Sophia? Can you hear me? If you can... Answer me please.

But I don't get any reply. I feel hopeless about waking up any time soon, since I can't see, hear or feel anything, not even my own body. That drug was certainly strong.

Then out of nowhere, I feel something electrifying rush through my mind. It left my mind amazed by the sudden feeling and the effects it left me with. I feel relaxed, safe and content. Ever so slowly, I start gaining sense over my body. Not strong enough to move, but maybe enough to twitch my fingers.

I feel a squeeze on one of the hands, not knowing which one. My brain seems like it can't register my left to my right yet. But the squeeze sent me warmth and assurance. Wave after wave of such positive emotions hit me, giving me confidence and power. I think I can finally open my eyes from this darkness surrounding me.

I wouldn't be so sure if I was you.

What? Sophia? Is that you?

A part of me knows this is not Sophia, it wasn't feminine and if it was Sophia I would've recognized her. This voice is familiar, yet I can't seem to know who's voice it is. Maybe it's the pack? But I can't really use my pack-link with them yet, only when I'm in wolf form. It can't be him... It can't... It's impossible!

Are you sure about that, Emily?

I open my eyes abruptly as I inhale a sharp breath but close them again because of the strong light hitting them directly. I grasp my head between my hands and whimper. No... How is that possible? Why am I hearing his voice in my mind? Should I tell the others about the shadow going through me?

I don't think so... Let's try to figure it out by our ourselves. We need to atleast know what happened. Sophia says faintly. I can barely hear her voice, barely a whisper.

I agree... I'm just so scared.

''Emily? Are you okay?'' I hear a familiar voice ask.

''Liam?'' I look up to the direction the voice came from and meet Liam's relief filled face, which turns into worry in a split second.

''Em... Why are you crying?'' He asks, while placing his hands under my chin and brushing away my tears with his thumb. Tears that I didn't even notice falling and still can't feel. I guess it's because that I still haven't regained full conscious over my body.

''I don't know... What happened to me?'' I ask.

I hear shuffling behind me, so I turn around and notice others in the room. Pen, Matt and two other unfamiliar people, a man and woman, standing on the other side of my bed. That's when I notice the tubes connected to my arms and that I am in one of the hospital rooms.

The walls are white and have a thick light blue line going through the middle of the walls across the whole room. Two chairs and a little coffee table are under the window on the right side of the room, to which Matt and Pen are occupying. To my left, I see a bedside table and another chair which Liam is currently sitting on. This room is identical to the one that my mother is in.