The Royal Alpha, & Loyal Luna

27. Bring Me Back To Life .

Nova's POV

I sat there. In the darkness of the private waiting room, I sat there.. hating myself.

All I wanted to do, all I'd been keeping myself from dying to do, was be back in Grey's strong, comforting hold.

Yet I couldn't bring myself to do it.

For his sake.

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That's right, Nova. Call him to you, call him.. and kill him.

What? K-kill Grey? No! I couldn't, I won't!

You have no choice in the matter, it is inevitable. You will bend to me.

I managed to turn over on my side, wanting everything to stop. The blinding light, the pain coursing through my veins, the ache of my wound.. the voice in my head.

And then the door nearly swung off its hinges.

I could smell his usual intoxicating mixture of earth and vanilla, though not as prominent. It was masked by the scent of many others.

Kill him. It'll be as sweet as he tastes.

Leave him alone!

"Pet?"

I tensed, squeezing my eyes shut as hard as I could. I would've done anything to wake up, to see him again. But now.. now, all I wanted to do was find that same deep unconsciousness that kept me away from hurting him.

"Pet.. are you-are you awake?"

His voice was the same, yet so different. It was almost foreign, although familiar to my ears. It was tired, worried, though most of all.. hopeful.

He had waited, no- suffered as he remained at an unbearable halt for my return.

Yet, here I was.. some darkened part of me.. wanting to cause him harm.

No, Nova. You don't want to.

I tried to remind myself, but the voice only grew more prominent.

Oh, but you will.

I could so keenly hear him moving closer that the sound felt my own. Each motion he took nearing me, felt like an out of body experience. My senses were on overdrive.

It was a neurotic, overwhelming mix of everything coming to me. Not in waves, but all at once, full force.

"Nova?" He was so close, so dangerously close that his usual smell of earth and vanilla was making me lightheaded.

And even in all of my turmoil, I could wrap my head around one thing. He was here, he was real. No more crazy memories and delusions.

"It's really you.. isn't it?" The sound of my own voice alarmed me, I could only imagine how it felt to him.

You will take his life. And you will have his pack.

The voice taunted me as he sat by my side. I could see the pain in his eyes as I moved away from his touch.

I don't want to hurt you.

"What's wrong?" He moved away, voice going softer. "You have nothing to fear, it's me.."

The heartbreaking desperation in his voice is what finally forced me to look at him.

He looked stunned for a moment, but quickly attempted to regain his composure. "It's Grey, your wolf boy.." He tilted his head. "Are you.. okay?"