The Abused Mate

Chapter 17- Dylan's POV

It was a little over a week after Lena had arrived, and it was 5 days since the last time she woke up and when she did it was only for a a few minutes before she passed out again due to the stress and injury her body had endured and was trying to heal from.

After I had picked her up and carried her to the infirmary which was after I realized that the shifter who was lying at the edge of the tree line was her. When the pack doctors looked her over there were lash marks all over her torso and limbs, some more recent than others, upon closer inspection they found faint traces of silver in the skin around the cuts. She was washed and her wounds cleaned, afterwards they had an IV drip placed in her arm to help with her healing process. I was told she would be fine within a week but a week had already passed and she didn't look any better than when she came in.

"C'mon honey you have to eat something." my mom said walking up behind me and placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm not leaving her mom, you know that." I said without looking at her.

"Alright, I'll bring you something here then." she said leaving the room and closing the door behind her.

I had been sitting next to Lena for the entire time she was here except for the occasional bathroom break and when I was forced to leave the room so the doctor could check on her and make sure she was healing normally and her arm didn't need to be reset.

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I must have fallen asleep because I woke up to the feeling of fingers lightly playing in my hair, I lifted my head and saw that Lena had woken up.

She moved her head slightly to look at me and gave a weak smile.

"Hey." I said straightening up making her hand fall back on the bed.

At that moment the doctor came in took one look and ran back out the door and down the hallway, when he came back my father and another pack doctor had accompanied him.

The doctors pulled me out of the way as they hurried about checking and moving several monitors, unwrapped Lena's arm cast to see how it was healing and basically just checking her to make sure that she was ok. After several minutes of checking and looking her over they turned to me and my father who was standing beside me.

"She's still weak but otherwise she's fine to go to the house if she wants to but her arm has a day or so more to heal but other than that she should make a full recovery." one of the doctors said.

"I'll let her make that decision for herself". I told them.

They nodded and filed out of the room. I walked back to Lena who's bed had been moved into a sitting position and sat down next to her again.

"The doctors said that if you want, you can come and move into the big house." I said taking her hand again.

"May I?" she asked turning to my father.

He nodded and picked up his phone most likely to send a message to my mom that we were coming with Lena. A few seconds went by before he got a receiving text.

"They can't wait to meet you Lena." he said smiling. He then left the room to tell the doctors of her decision and came back shortly with a pair of clothes. "Here these should fit." he said putting them beside her.

"I'll be right outside the door, let us know when you're ready." I told her giving her hand a light squeeze before leaving the room and closing the door behind me.

"She'll make a great Alpha." my dad said looking at me.

"I know she will, it's in her blood." I answered.