Reject

Chapter 11: Resolve

JAMIE

"Jamie, dinner is ready downstairs. Why not join the pack?" Lorraine stood beside me but my eyes remained still towards the unconscious Luke. I've been through this feeling. In a cold place where all you could hear are the beeping sounds of the vital sign machine. At that time, it was me lying on that white bed. The only difference is I have no one waiting beside me.

"Thanks, Lorraine. I'm not hungry." I softly said. Even I could hear the exhaustion from my own voice.

It was then followed by Lorraine's deep sigh, "You and Luke are alike."

I turned my head to her to get a glimpse of her face. Lorraine's arms were crossed on her chest, her solemn eyes never left her other half lying unconscious. When I pulled my head back, she opened again, "Luke stayed by your side the whole time while you were unconscious yesterday."

I searched for any evidence of deception in her face, but there was none. All I could see were eyes filled with severity.

"Lorraine, can I ask you something?"

She shrugged, "Hit it."

"How did you find out that William was your mate?"

A twitch of Lorraine's lips broke the deafening beeping of the vital sign monitor, "Are you willing to accept Luke now?"

"I don't know."

Lorraine sighed, "Until when are you going to be ignorant, Jamie? We have eyes and we know the truth even before you tell us."

"Then tell me. Because I don't know what the truth is anymore."

Lorraine heaved another deep sigh. I even lost count how many times she did that ever since she came inside the door. She then sat on Luke's white bed. The wooden bed creaked and the mattress dipped down, in sync with the disappointed look on her face.

"You grew up like a human and wolf mates doesn't work on you. But when I saw you and Luke in the arcade, the both of you looked so different than what you used to. You were happy being together as if the past that made you both so cold-hearted didn't exist at all. If it's not because of mate bond then I know it's something more unbreakable than that." A smile then crawled against her lips, "And I was able to prove it earlier when I told you to leave."

I frowned, "That was a test?"

She shrugged, both of her hands from behind supporting her body, "But you realized something, right?"

I would be lying if I said she was wrong. The moment I saw Luke fighting for his life, I felt like I suddenly lost myself. It was a kind of fear with nothing could ever compare. No one knows what would happen if Jace didn't calm me down.

"Look, Jamie, you can just take one step at a time to get to know Luke and this world. We don't really pressure you into anything."

I raised a brow, "Last time I checked, you threatened to kick my ass off this place."

She softly chuckled, "That's a fair point."

A soft grunt was then followed but Luke's set of coughs that me and Lorraine panicked. A kind of reaction where we became like idiots running around  in circles. I went to the table to look for a phone which I didn't even know why. I just thought that maybe I could contact someone. Lorraine also opened the door to the bathroom which proves that we were on the same boat.

"Shit. Just freaking link!" Lorraine cursed, more to herself, "Jace, William, where are you?! Luke's awake, fetch Audrey!"

"On it!" Jace immediately replied.