Last To Know (The Wanted)

Chapter Twenty-Three

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"Here. Drink this up." Jacie told me, handing me a cup. I could smell the blood as soon as she entered the room. I shook my head.

"I'm not hungry." I muttered, eyeing the cup. She didn't seem happy with my decision.

"You haven't had anything to drink in two days. Come on, Maisie." Jacie urged, leaning the cup closer. The liquid was not blood.

"No." I said sternly.

"Listen, I know Talia told you that stuff about Tom. But you have to at least let him explain himself. Do not be mad before he has a chance to speak with you. Word going around says they will be back within two days time, and the war will be over very soon." Jacie told me sympathetically.

"You're right." I sighed. "I will let him explain himself. But I make no promises that I will not be upset with him."

"I may assure you that once he explains his past, you will no longer be upset. Trust me, Nathan and I have had our indifferences, but Tom is really good at heart." Jacie told me. I nodded, although something inside me told me to stand my ground.

I decided to let it go and I took the cup of blood from her. She offered me a small smile before leaving.

As soon as the door closed, I crept over to the window and dumped the cup of blood, holding my breath so the smell would not lure me to drink it.

I could smell the sedative they had put in to it. I was not crazy and not thinking irrationally. Of course they would think so; I was going against their future king. They were trying to put me to sleep, or sedate me so I would not do anything rash.

I could not let any of them over power me. If I was their future queen, how could I allow those girls to drug and trick me?

I was caught of guard when I heard what sounded like Tom's scream. My body ran cold and I froze in place. It sounded so close, so clearly in my ears.

I felt my senses become alert and I could hear my own heartbeat in the silence. My mind spun. Something was most definitely wrong.

Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in my chest. I scream and fell to the floor, clutching my chest. I rolled over on the wooden floor. It felt as though stakes were being driven through my heart.

I heart the door swing open and guards came rushing to me while the girls stood behind, asking if I was okay.

Did it look like I was okay? No.

"There is no wound, and she did not drink the blood. Something happened." One of the guards said.

"The only thing that could inflict a pain like this would be if Tom was badly injured." Danielle said worriedly, helping pick me up and set me on the bed. The pain was burning my chest from the inside out. I squeezed my eyes shut and screamed.

Subconsciously, I could hear Tom's screams as well. Flashes of his vision went across my mind, like he was reaching out to me. I saw a battlefield, burned down buildings and dead soldiers lay around. He was on the ground, two stakes through his chest, nearly at his heart.

Maisie, I am so sorry. I will help us. Please stay strong.

I took deep breaths, trying to calm myself. This was the bonding, the mating which linked us internally. He was trying to communicate.

It hurts.

I felt my eyes water. The burning sensation was causing my body to go numb. I kept my eyes closed as I felt a cold rag being pressed to my forehead.

Another image flashed across my mind. It was of Siva and Jay running to help him. I opened my eyes and saw the girls. I realized they had always meant well, even if they tried to drug me.

"I linked Siva. He is going to help Thomas." Danielle told me.

"I told Jay as well." Hailey added. Jacie, Talia, and Danielle covered my body in ice cold rags.

"This will help to keep your body temperature down." Talia informed me.

I saw another image and barely interpreted it before I felt an excruciating pain emit from the side of my chest. I screamed as I saw in my mind Jay pulling the stake from Tom's chest. Tom groaned in pain, and his dark blood pooled from the wound. I reached up to my chest but found no blood, no injury whatsoever.

I wasn't ready when I felt the pain again, on the other side. However, once the stakes were out, I felt much better. Tom sent me words of love and how he missed me, and that he had been trying to establish our mind link for weeks. It only worked, however, if provoked by strong emotion or strong physical connection, such as being staked.

I began to feel dizzy as Tom's blood loss also affected me.

I sank into the satin sheets on the bed, exhausted and worn out from the events that had just occurred.

I'm coming home for you.

He whispered.

And that was the last thing I heard before sinking deep into unconsciousness.

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{{just in case you are confused, the connection reminded Maisie how strong their bond is and that she couldn't be angry at Tom since they were mated.}}

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