The Alpha's Broken Mate

Chapter 42: How?

Penelope's P.O.V.

Adam caught and restrained me, but the wolf still struggled. Fight. Fight. Fight. I still heard the voice chanting in my head.

I wanted to gain back control, but every time I tried, I felt myself being pushed back.

"Everyone, out." Adam commanded. I saw the pack slowly went out of the room, looking back at me.

Once everyone was out, Adam was still holding me, but it never attacked him. "Penelope, you need to fight it."

Couldn't he see I was trying? The wolf growled at him, but didn't move. I closed my eyes, and concentrated, but it felt like I was being pushed back even further.

I didn't open my eyes, but kept trying. "Come on, Penny."

It felt like hours before I gained control of my body. Instantly, I shifted back into my human form. Adam took off his shirt and put it on me.

He carried me bridal style, and right to the doctor's room. To my surprise, it wasn't destroyed.

They weren't talking, so I was assuming they were talking in the mind link. He nodded his head, and Adam placed me down on the bed.

They helped put on a mask on me, I didn't know what it was for until I began to loose consciousness. 

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Adam's P.O.V.

The doctor did what doctors do. After thirty minutes of doing that, he finally spoke, "The Luna has no injuries, if she did, the wounds have already healed. But what I don't get is that she was healing slowly than an average werewolf, correct?"

I nodded my head, "She's gotten a bruise once, it took her almost three days for her to heal completely."

"I have no information on how she is healing so quickly. I need to see and check her wolf."

'Mate is something more.' Noah said. I didn't reply, but held Penelope's hand. "We'll have to check on her wolf tomorrow. She will be too exhausted to shift."

I dismissed the doctor and all I could hear was the beeping of the heart monitor.

The sun started shining, and I realized that I stayed up all night. I decided to take a quick shower, not wanting to be so far from Penelope.

When I walked out of the bathroom, I was only in a towel. I put on some sweatpants that I found in a closet and sat back in the seat I was sitting in for the past twelve hours.

'Mate waking up!' I heard my wolf howl in joy. I got out of the seat and hovered over her. 

Her eyes slowly blinked open, I wanted to see those green blue eyes I always loved about her, but what replaced them were a dark shade of red.

She blinked again, and the red slowly faded away into the corners of her eyes.

"Adam?" She croaked. I shook my head and smiled at her, "Yeah?"

"Water.." I looked behind me and there was already a glass of water. I took it gently in my hand and handed it to her.

She was already sitting up against a pillow. She gulped down the water slowly, before tipping the glass and finishing the last of it.

She handed back the glass and I put it on the little desk behind me, where I got it.

"How are you feeling?" I asked her, grabbing her hand and interlacing my fingers with hers.

"A little dizzy." She said quietly. The doctor came through the door, "Good morning Alpha and Luna. I'm sorry to interrupt, but I would like to check on the Luna's wolf."

"My wolf?" Penelope asked. "We just want to check if she's healthy." Penelope nodded her head.

"I'll help you go into the bathroom, and then you can shift." Penelope nodded and slowly got up from the hospital bed.

Once Penelope shifted, the doctor did what doctors do.

"Okay. Thank you Luna. You can shift back." She nodded her head and trotted into the bathroom.

"I'm going to analyze the data." He bowed his head before leaving the room. "Adam?" I heard my mate call me.

"Why did he want to see my wolf?" She asked. "Do you remember anything at all from yesterday?" I asked her, leading her to the bed.

"All I remember is you trying to help me shift back." She answered. "Do you remember we had a rouge attack?" Her eyebrows scrunched together, "It's still a bit hazy." 

"Some pack members say that your eyes turned red." I said. Her eyes widened, "Like rouge red?"

"I don't know. I wasn't there, but when I came, you attacked me." She looked down, like she was ashamed of herself.

I wanted to read her mind, since I already marked her, but her walls were always up. "You didn't hurt me, though. Don't blame yourself for something you didn't do."

"I could've hurt someone." She mumbled. "But you didn't." I tried to reason with her.

She scooted over to lay on the bed, I sat down and she placed her head on my lap.

We sat in silence, but it was a comfortable one. I turned on the T.V., seeing what was on. I left it on some Nickelodeon show.

I shifted my position, so I was laying on the pillow. Penelope was next to me, still watching the show.

A couple of hours past, and the doctor came back. "Oh, you're still in here." I nodded my head.

"With the research that the researchers did, it seems that the Luna is half rouge."

I sat up slowly, Penelope waking up. "I'm half what?" She asked, rubbing her eyes.

"It seems that you are half rouge, Luna." He repeated again. "Half rouge? How?" She asked, suddenly wide awake.

"We haven't found much about it, but there is another half rouge out there."

"What is a half rouge exactly?" I asked, confused and concerned. "We've found out the half rouges are only made when rouges mate with wolves that belong in a pack. Not a pack of rouges, just a pack like us."

"Sure, there are a lot of werewolves that mate with rouges, but the possibilities are little."

"One of my parents was a rouge then?" Penelope asked. The doctor shook his head, "We didn't find out yet. I'll go dig deeper and will inform you if we find something."

'Meet me in my office at ten.' I told him through the link. 'Yes, Alpha.' He bowed his head and left.

"A half rouge?" I heard her whisper. I gently lifted her off the bed and placed her on my lap, so she was facing sideways.

She tucked her head under my chin, "What does this mean? Is this why the rouges are after me?" Penelope asked, more to herself than aloud.

"This is my fault. If I wasn't born a half rouge your pack wouldn't have to go through this."

"This is your pack too. Even if the rouges attack, we will fight for you." I said gently.

"What if people die because of me? It'd be my fault they died. The children would have no parents then." Penelope said, sniffing.

"Penny, they die serving you. They will be honored to fight in battle if it means to keep the pack safe. They have been taught that ever since they were children." I explained.

"How are we going to tell everyone? What if they start hating me?" Penelope cried. "They won't hate you Penny. You just need to control your wolf, don't let it overtake you."

"What if I loose control? Will I be locked up? Or-" She hiccuped, "Or be killed?" I growled, "I won't let anyone hurt you."

"B-"

"It's going to be fine, Penelope. No one is going to die." Yet. I added in my head. I laid back down and I spooned her, "It's going to be alright."

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