Sweet Tease

Chapter Fourteen

{Octavia's Point of View}

The wind blew softly around me. The grass tickled my skin as I laid on it. The sun was warm on my face. I was laying on my back in the grass, my eyes closed, and my arms supporting my head as I relaxed. I didn't feel the stress of being alpha. I didn't feel the stress of college. I felt lightweight. I felt happy. I took a deep breath and sighed. There wasn't anything in the air that was a threat to me.

I stretched on the grass, groaning softly as my bones cracked and I felt better. I felt like there was something I should have been doing, but there wasn't anything I could think of right now. I yawned and stretched again. I rolled over onto my side and started to close my eyes, using my arms as a pillow. The weather was perfect for a nap outside.

I grunted softly as I felt a throbbing deep in my chest. I'd never felt that before, so I wasn't sure what to compare it to. I shrugged lightly and snuggled back into the comfy grass. The wind picked up and I shivered. Now it was getting cold. I rolled over and noticed that the sun had gone down past the horizon and now it was nighttime.

Rolling back onto my back, I noticed all the stars and the moon. I smiled warmly, noticing that the sky and the stars reminded me of both my mates eyes. I groaned hard as another pain in my chest formed. I sat up and rubbed where the pain was. I let out a sharp hiss of discomfort. I looked around, trying to see if there was anything that I could use to figure out what it was that was hurting me. My wolf didn't seem to be on edge, so I guess it wasn't that much of a threat.

I sighed and leaned back on the ground again, noticing that the sky was starting to swirl and mix. There were whites and yellows, reds and then startling greens all mixed with the nightly colours. I scrunched my face and the pain in my chest had me gasping for breath, and before I knew it, I was sitting up, panting and covered in sweat.

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I tried to sit up and was pushed down against the hospital bed a bit harshly. I started to growl, but found that I couldn't make any noise because of how dry my throat was. I started to open my eyes and groaned deep in my chest when I noticed how bright the room was.

"Oh, thank the Moon Goddess!"

"Octavia!"

"You fucker!"

I groaned deeply again and tried to cover my face, only to find that my arms were covered in IV's and that Anastasia was sitting on my lap, reared back to punch me in the chest again. I could only keep my eyes narrowed at her.

"Did you fucking punch me in the chest?"

I managed to groan, even though it felt like I had a Sahara Desert in my throat. I groaned in pain when Ana pressed herself against me and I felt her hug me tight enough to break bones and felt her tears on my shoulder. I could hear my mates whimpering in the background, but I knew that they wouldn't be allowed to see me unless I was dead or was going to die for sure. My father stood in front of them and my mother was holding Winifred, rubbing her back as she sobbed.

The doctor came over and I groaned, trying to sit up, but he scolded me and I sat back down. Ana brought me a cup of water and she slapped my hands when I tried to reach for the cup. She helped me to drink the water, which I drank like I hadn't had water in years and I choked on the last bit, spilling it on my chest and dripping fresh blood on my chest.

The doctor nodded, checking to make sure everything was okay, otherwise. He checked the fresh blood on my chest, and my mouth. When he was satisfied, he leaned back and addressed everyone in the room.

"She needs to be on bed rest for at least another week. Her Alpha blood is what saved her. A lesser wolf would have died." he was cut off by a deep growl by Ana.

"She did die three times!"

I looked at her, my eyes fully open now that I'm used to the brightness of the world of the living. I knew I was pale, but I know I paled when she said that.

"I... I died?"

I stuttered, looking at my parents, Ana, my mates, and the doctor. No-one answered me, and I knew it was the truth. I sighed softly and dropped my head back against the pillow that was supporting me.

"How bad was the bullet wound, doc?"

The pack doctor looked at me and sighed before writing something else on the clipboard he was holding with my stats on it. When he had finished writing, he looked back at me.

"If the bullet had gone any deeper into your shoulder, it would have killed you permanently. If you had been a lesser wolf, as I stated earlier, you would have died. The quicksilver almost made it to your heart and your brain." he sighed softly. "You've been out for three weeks, Octavia."

I lifted my head to look at him way too quickly, and made myself lightheaded. I paled even more than I had earlier.

"T... Three weeks?"

Everyone nodded, not looking at me. I sighed shakily. I squirmed and winced, everything hurting. I let out a sarcastic chuckle.

"So, another week in bed, huh?" I tried to get comfy, and when I winced, my mates whimpered and whined. "Look on the bright side, at least I'm not still dead." I joked, trying to lighten the mood. I groaned in pain when I shifted on the cot, letting my head fall back as I noticed that apparently that wasn't the right joke to cut at this time. I looked over to my parents and sighed softly.

"I hope they didn't give you too much trouble, mom, dad."

I moved my fingers gently, and my parents released my mates, who immediately darted to my sides, fussing over me. Janessa messed with my hair and ran her fingers down my left arm and interlocked our fingers. Winifred ran her own fingers down my shoulders, my chest, my belly, and then down to my fingers to interlock our fingers. I could tell that they felt better. I wasn't able to move very good but I squeezed their hands as well as I could.

"I'm sorry to have worried you both. Have you been taking care of yourselves?"

I groaned when they climbed into the cot with me, Janessa on my left, and Winifred on my right, and placed their arms across my belly and their heads on my shoulders. The doctor was about to say something to them, but I shook my head. Sure, I was hurting, but they wouldn't let me leave their sight now that I was awake. My mom came over to me and gave me a soft kiss on the forehead.

"Your mates and Ana haven't left your side since Ana brought you from the forest."

I nodded, sighing softly.

"When I recover, we'll talk more about that, okay?"

My parents nodded, and I leaned my head back and was snoring softly before they left the room. Ana continued to watch over us, and my mates rubbed their fingers on my belly as they drifted off to sleep, too.