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Theres blood everywhere

Chapter 9

Maximus POV

There's blood everywhere, it's on my hands, my legs, my shirt, the floor. everywhere possible and the stench of my mates blood makes me growl. this is all my fucking fault. if i hadn't had left- if i hadn't have ever met her this never would've happened. oh my god. the blood just keeps pouring and seeping out of her wounds and it's nauseating. blood and gore does nothing to me usually but there's something about seeing madeleine in this condition that makes me nearly vomit. it's like my stomach can't handle the sight. her long curly hair is matted to her head and back, the bottom soaked in blood and red at the tips. her breathing is even although her heart is pounding in her chest. She passed out as soon as i tore the arrows from her body, nothing hurt me more then her screams of pain but i had to. They were coated in silver and enough had already soaked into her system. I quickly stumble into her bathroom searching for any first aid kid and i come up with some bandages and cleaning alcohol. i drown her wounds with the alcohol to cleanse it of the silver, even in sleep her body flinches at the contact and her heart sky rockets. i use a wet rag to wipe the blood from the woods while i work on tying up her wounds. Wolfs like her heal slower then me. it could be days or weeks. i've never had to deal with this before, this is unknown territory and it's only as i struggle to put the string through the needle hole do i see my own hands shaking. they just keep shaking and shaking. i take deep breathes to calm my hands and heart. repeating a mantra inside my head 'if i don't do this, she will die' the words calm me down and i'm able to push the tears and shakes to the back of my head, blocking them along with the pulsing headache coming on from my wolf bashing his consciousness into my own. my hands steadily but quickly work on closing her wounds as best as i can, in and out, up and down until it's a straight line with black thread instead of a hole, i repeat the agonizing pace 3 times to get rid of the wounds. not before wrapping her torso in bandages to keep them intact. once i make sure madeleine is okay i make a b-line to her closet where i throw in every piece of clothing she owns into whatever bags i can find. she can't stay here, it's unsafe. They have this address now and will come back looking for their men. i have to get her out of here and although i know she's no safer with me then here, i trust myself to protect her with everything i have. i rush around running bags on bags down to my truck before sprinting up and grabbing madeleine herself. My body hesitates to move or touch my mate. i don't want to cause her discomfort but i need to get her out. with as much ease as i can manage i slip my arms under her body, the blood smudging onto my arms as she whimpers and curls into me. i can't even fathom a thought of her body heat against mine as i race to the car lot and lay her down in the backseat. i race out of the lot but reduce to an inconspicuous spear due to the fact that it would end up badly to be stopped by an officer, only to be covered in blood and have an unconscious women covered in wounds in my backseat. not good at all. my wolfs nagging won't let up as i drive and my hands tightening against the steering wheel in pain. Does he not realize that i'm in just as much pain as he is, seeing her hurt? i could strangle him if he weren't....me. checking behind me, i catch a look at my mate before starting the journey to my home, away from the city. the one i build especially for this moment, i just didn't expect i'd be taking my injured, covered in blood mate there. The longer i drive the more questions pop up in my head and the angrier i become. why didn't she protect herself? what happened? Is my mate weak? did they not train her? she should've been able to protect herself easily against a bunch of measly humans. if she would've died i would've lost everything. everything i ever did or went through would've been for nothing. i've barely even begun to know her, never kissed or held her. I would have lost it all. For the past 1000 years, i always imagined that one i met my mate all the hardships would end. i could have an easy life, pop a few pups, grow old and then die. But this night showed me that meeting my mate just brought out the monsters i've never been able to get rid of. This is only the beginning and that's the scariest truth i've had to endure yet. if there's one thing i know for sure, she's laughing.