The Hunter's Daughter

Chapter 21

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Ruby

It was silent, no sound and no motion to create any.

Then he breathed.

We watched in shock as the Alpha’s chest re-inflated powerfully once until it looked like it might burst. We watched the breath leave him and then his chest move up and down in a healthy rhythm.

He didn’t wake, but it was enough for my body to go slack with relief. I slid to the floor, the bed my prop. Letting my head fall back I closed my eyes and took a breath of my own, clenching my hand into fist to stem the flow of blood and the sting.

I looked at my palms, now both marked. It didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would, if anything I felt an overwhelming sense of vindication. Nobody can ever call me the Hunter’s Daughter again.

I was aware that a crowd had formed around the bed, but not around the sleeping Alpha, around me.

They cannot be serious? They really think after I just saved his life I’m still going to kill him? I give up. Sighing I rearranged my hands to push myself up to my feet, but it wasn’t needed, Nick had grabbed me and held me in a vice like grip to his chest.

I could feel his lips grazing the side of my face. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.” He was whispering to me I realised and I relaxed a little into his hold, reaching around him to rub my hands up and down his back, happy that I could finally comfort him like I’d wanted to all along.

“Shh, don’t thank me.”

“I love you.” He muttered, still peppering my face with tiny kisses like I was the most precious, fragile thing in the world.

“I love you too.”

Nick stepped back to look at me, but still held my shoulders, staring at me with this look in his eyes. I wasn’t really sure what it was, but it was nice, and sweet and warm.

I was interrupted from enjoying it by the feeling of multiple pairs of eyes on me, so I turned my head to them ready to tell them where they could go, because quite frankly I’ve had enough – being throttled by their Beta, getting treated like a criminal every time I walk in here despite the fact I’ve saved their ass without them even knowing it!

I opened my mouth about to let the tirade begin, but they didn’t look hostile, or even annoyed. They kept silent but inclined their heads in a bow. I could feel my eyes widen in surprise at the action, but I was still suspicious of them so I ignored them as best as I could.

Arms were around me again, but smaller, daintier ones and I looked in on in shock over Claire’s shoulder while she held me almost as tightly as her son had. When she pulled back she held my face between her hands and it almost made me tearful to see how red and sore her eyes were from crying, the sheer relief on her face.