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Chapter 17

" To hurt is as human as to breathing."

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I'd never thought I that I'd see Allison lying in a hospital bed, until now, that is until she has a little one of her own. Hopefully. Melissa, who I learned to be Scott's mom and caretaker of Issac, says that Allison slipped into a coma. So I'm just waiting to hear back from her.

Victoria and I were in one of the downstairs bathrooms. Gerard was waiting in the waiting room area. I was helping Victoria clean up her wound.

"It's not that deep, okay?" I tell her, not fully believing myself as I dabbed the moist paper towel onto her shoulder.

"It's all right. I'll clean it myself." She says.

"Are you sure ?" I ask.

"Yeah." She says and I hand her the paper towel.

I kissed her on the cheek before walking out of the bathroom, heading towards the waiting room. Gerard stood up as he saw me.

"It's not that bad. We don't know. We can't know. Not for sure." I tell him, already knowing what he was going to say.

"It's a bite from an Alpha." He says.

"She's my wife. Allison's mother. Kat's Aunt." I say.

"And I'm the cold-hearted patriarch holding his family to its commitments. We all have our roles. Just don't expect me to play poisoned king to your Hamlet of a son. Not with a full moon coming."

"What about Allison? What happens when she wakes up ? And Kat ? How am I supposed to get them through this? We just buried Kate." I say.

"Then tell me, how long is long enough? When exactly do you think Allison will be emotionally prepared enough to handle the death of her mother? You think Kat was prepared when Kate died ? Or Lynn ?" He says, and I clench my jaw at the mention of my sister, Katelynn's, name. She and I were the closest and I'm still not over her death.

"They can't lose her too." I say.

"Ah, you're getting your senses mixed up. Your wife is already dead, and that thing over there is just a cocoon waiting to hatch." He whispers, nodding his head towards the direction behind me.

I turned to see Victoria walking out with a solemn expression as she buttons up her petticoat, I sighed.

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I took a long exhale as I pulled into Matt's driveway. Gerard disappeared after we left Allison and I bumped into a confused Matt as I was trying to find everyone else, so I offered to give him a ride home.

"So, um, about that incredibly bad idea I had." He says, turning to face me.

"You mean the kiss?" I ask. Yeah, Matt kissed me. Trust me, it didn't mean anything and it wasn't really good nor bad. I don't know, I--I can't describe it.

"Yeah, that's the one." He says.

"Don't worry about it." I said, giving him a small smile.

"For real?" He asks.

"Definitely." I say.

"So what's going on with you and Issac? Are you guys... You guys still together or... Or what?" He asks.