Secret Love

CHAPTER 5

nemesism

  /ˈnɛmɪsɪz(ə)m/  

noun

Frustration and aggression directed against oneself.

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Darrow

A couple of days have gone by.

Maybe a week.

Probably a week.

Maybe even two.

I don't even know anymore.

No one is telling me anything that's going on outside of these hospital doors.

I haven't seen her face in a while, not since my mother asked Leslie to come with her.

Natasha, Basia and Hope check up on me regularly, in a cycle.

I'm woken up by Hope, changed bandages by Natasha in the afternoon and Basia is the last person I see before going to sleep.

They're not very talkative towards me.

Not that I blame them.

But they don't know the full story, they just know one side.

The other side, my side, being pushed away.

I could barely feel my wolf, but when I did I felt him growing stronger and diminishing the poison in our system.

He was angry.

Angry at the people that kept him here.

Angry at the fact that we were stuck.

Angry that no one bothered to see us.

And angry at me, for not trying harder to see her.

The door creaked open and the face I saw wasn't one I had expected, but it was a welcome one.

It was Cedric, my Beta and best comrade.

He knew all about my life, even the chapter with Leslie in it.

Cedric only knew my side, as he never met her before my accident because he was away with the Betas of our neighbouring pack to learn.

He walked in with a stride and grinned.

Following him were my Gamma, Reed, and lead warrior James.

"You look terrible, my friend," Cedric joked as he pulled out a chair.

Reed and James remained standing with their heads bowed as a sign of respect.

"I should've known you'd show up sooner or later," I grunted and tried to sit up. "Please tell me that you've brought me reports and news?"

"We did," James said and handed me papers. Reed nudged him in the side, I saw them share a look and James sighed. "-Alpha," he added.

Cedric threw his legs over the arms of the chair and played with his hair. I sighed at his unprofessionalism and looked back over to Reed.

"Tell me what's going on, your faces don't look too good," asked as I opened the papers.

Reed sighed and grabbed the report from me to show me a page.

"The Mourgent pack has signed war with the others, they're no longer neutral," Reed said, rubbing the back of his neck in frustration. "That means-"