Masked Mate---(Completed)

Chapter 16

Layla’s POV

I could feel as my skin rippled, as bones cracked and repositioned themselves, as my insides moved around trying to find a place where the pain wouldn’t get to me. But there was no position to take away the pain, the blackness that took up my mind was overpowering and I couldn’t leave this limbo between death and life, just stayed waiting, wanting, begging for someone to help.

Then as I was losing all hope a small light started making its way toward me, the light swaying brown hair started to materialise, her warm golden eyes and tanned skin coming to life before my eyes. The sympathetic smile that played on her lips blessed me and she held her arms open as I ran to her. Mother.

Her hug felt warm and tender just like they used to when I was a child, “Layla, my dear Layla” she whispered into my hair, I snuggled closer trying to keep her here with me, but in the back of my mind I knew this was just a dream, a figment of my imagination.

“Darling, what’s happened?” her calm voice asked as she stroked my head lightly, the comfort in her embrace immediately let me tell her everything that had happened, she listened calmly and didn’t say anything until I had finished.

“Layla, it is your choice to make, not mine, your fathers, your packs or anyone else’s it is your choice whether to accept him or not, my dear I love you beyond what you know, when you wake try and remember that and try to remember that no matter what your father will love you as much as I do, goodbye my love, have a safe journey and give everyone my love” she said as she started to fade.

I held tightly to her hand until she was nothing my smoke in the air I collapsed to the floor sobbing wishing she would return, my side came in contact with the cold floor and I let myself huddle into the fetal position lying down as the tears racked through me.

I couldn’t decide, I couldn’t imagine what life would be like with either of the two men not in my life, I just lay there trying to decide what I should do. Closing my eyes lightly the darkness around me changed and I could hear voices, I could feel the light sheets that stuck to my sweat drenched body.

I slowly opened my eyes to be blinded by the high noon white light through the window, I groaned loudly which brought people rushing over to me, their bodies unconsciously shielding the sunlight and I slowly opened my eyes to reality.

The people who crowded the room looked at me with awe, I struggled to a sitting position and observed them all, waiting patiently for an explanation. The majority of the members looked like pack doctors, I saw some familiar Alphas and Elders and then recognised my father standing at my bedside waiting for me to say or do something.

I opened my mouth to say something but no words came out as my dry throat croaked, immediately a glass of water was being thrust into my face and I drank it greedily. “Wh..what happened?” I croaked out, the doctors looked puzzled and glanced at each other and then back to me.

A small figure made its way forward the grey streaks in her hair shining in the light. Grams. “Layla my girl how are you feeling?” she asked as she pushed another Elder out of the way and sat herself on the bed beside me.

“I'm fine just wondering what happened” I said tiredly, I relaxed a bit into my pillow and she turned to look to me, “Don’t you remember what Hunter did sweetie?” reality crashed down onto me like a wave. The breath was knocked out of me and I looked around the room seeing if Hunter was anywhere in sight.

Mistaking my frantic searching my father put his hand gently on my shoulder, “it’s okay honey I won’t let him hurt you again” I growled a little and settled down as the doctors began checking me over. As they did I realised I was covered in bruises, cuts and scars. I looked over to Grams worriedly and she smiled sadly letting me know she’d tell me a bit later.

Once everyone had left Grams came and sat on the end of my bed lightly, “Sweetie, let’s get you cleaned up and I’ll explain everything to you” I let her help me up and as I swung my legs over the edge of the bed I saw they to where scattered with dark greenish and purple bruises.

My heart beat faster and my breathing increased as I looked down at myself. “Sweetie, your wolf took what Hunter said as a sort of rejection, believe me he didn’t mean it like that, but since you are both Alpha’s the bond is stronger and it started to take the pain out on you” I nodded along with her as she led me to the bathroom she took most of my weight as I struggled to even stand.

She helped me sit on the edge of the bath and continued “as soon as I heard I was down here trying to help but nothing would work, even when we sedated you your skin was literally crawling it looked like it was moving and your bones, your bones where breaking over and over, the bruises started to form and then as they continued to break so did your skin. It was horrifying, I'm so sorry you had to go through that my dear”

I closed my eyes tightly trying not to imagine what she was saying, I pushed myself to a standing position which Grams tried to help me maintain but I pushed her away slightly needing to see for myself what had happened.

“Grams, I'm just going to have a shower and get myself cleaned up a little bit, okay?” she nodded and left, I made my way slowly over to the mirror my body felt as if it where creaking with every step, when I made it to the mirror, I stripped off the sweaty clothes that stuck to my body like a second skin and looked at the floor, finally I let my eyes wander to the mirror and in front of me stood a battered being.

My body was covered in bruises and dried blood along with small cuts and silver scars, I wobbled precariously and reached out and grabbed a hold of the sink. This was too much to deal with, I hobbled back over to the shower and stepped inside slowly, and turned on the water letting the warmth run over me.

I washed my hair and body before sliding down the side of the shower and just letting the scalding hot water run over my now burning red skin. Eventually I pulled myself back up and turned off the taps making my way out onto the soft bathmat and dried myself.

A weak knock came from the door and Grams head popped through her face holding a sad smile, “Here’s some clothes for you, Do you need any help sweetie?” I shook my head and started pulling on the clothes.

My body starting to feel normal again as I regained feeling in my skin, I pulled on the oversized sweatshirt and breathed in deeply as Hunters scent surrounded me. I walked out and saw Grams sitting with a happy smile on her face.

“He said he wanted you to keep that, so that even if he wasn’t there to keep you warm that could” I smiled lightly as I made my way over to her and hugged her close to me.

“Grams I think I need to see him”

A/N

Hope you enjoy I think this will be one of the last chapters probably second last because I have a new idea for a story that I want to start writing soon. Vote comment and fan me lovelies

Xx SophieBoffie