Alone

Chapter 6

*Picture of Jacob (Imagine he just looks a little older)*

*Ryder's POV*

I run back into the ballroom to grab my parents. We're leaving NOW. I'm about to yell for them when Damien beats me to the punch.

"MOM! DAD! WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!" He speaks so loudly he almost slips into an Alpha-like voice. Everyone in the room is staring at us, including our parents. They look confused and a bit pissed that we've embarrassed them. That is until they see the bloody body in my arms. They immediately realized that this was our mate. Dad's eyes turned livid, while Mom's face was one of concern.

I can't wait any longer. They can come if they want but I need to get my mate to a hospital. I use all of my speed to run out to the car. I'm about to wait for my family, but I can't. I can get to the hospital so much faster on foot, as there's no speed limit for running. I mindlink my brother, telling them why I'm not waiting for them, and book it towards home. 

Our pack is in Montana, but this sorry excuse of a pack is in North Dakota. Lucky for me, I'm a werewolf. I run the 237 miles while barely breaking a sweat.

Still, that run was probably the worst run of my life. I couldn't shift because my wolf couldn't carry my beautiful mate. I was constantly worried about her, too. Is she comfortable? Is she going to make it? Can I get there in time? What if she dies in my arms?

It takes a full hour but I finally reach the packhouse. I guess Damien had mindlinked ahead of me because Doctor Taylor is waiting at the door with a stretcher. I carefully lay my mate down onto the bed, accidentally moving her hair off her face. I finally see my mates face and... fuck... turns out she is a he. I don't take the time to think about the fact that I'm mated to a male. All I care about is saving my mates life. 

I follow Doctor Taylor into the medical wing of the packhouse. She yells at me the entire way, not mad but worried.

"What the hell happened to this boy? He looks like he got ran over by a bus, and then the bus backed up over him!" She wheels him into the OR, and I try to follow when she pushes me out.

"This boy needs major surgery and I can't have your Alpha genes distracting me from saving his life. You will stay out here until I come and get you, understand?" She doesn't even give me time to respond before disappearing behind that stupid door.

My wolf rages at her disrespect and the fact that we can't reach our mate. I stop him from storming into the OR, but I can't stop him from punching a huge ass hole in the wall. He storms into the waiting room and throws a chair across the room.

Because I can't slap Grey, I choose yelling instead.

Grey! You've got to calm down! Destroying our medical facilities isn't going to do anything except get our ass kicked by dad when he sees the bill!

Grey growls back at me, but he does calm down. Back in control, I put the chairs back and sat in the waiting room. Another hour passed and my family shows up. I explain to Damien what's happening and I see his wolf, Kane, about to take over as mine did. I slap him before he even gets a chance.

I turn to my dad. "Sorry about destroying your medical wing"

Instead of murdering me as I expected, he gives me a small smile. "I have a mate, son. I get it" as he says this, he pulls mom closer. It's supposed to make me feel better, but my heart sinks further at the thought that I can't hold my mate.

Oh shit, my mate. He's a guy. I forgot about that. 

Do I care, though? I mean, I'm not gay. Neither was Damien for that matter. As much as it makes him sound like a douche, there are plenty of girls in our pack who can prove that. 

I suppose I'd never actually been attracted to anyone. I have always felt that my mate should be my first everything, so I never gave anyone the time of day. So, why not a guy? The only difference is I get a banana instead of a peach. 

I don't want my parents to listen in on our conversation, so I mindlink my brother.

"Hey, you doing ok with all of this?"

"Hell no. I'm petrified. What if he dies, Ryder? I can't lose my mate!" I can hear the desperation dripping from his voice. 

"Me too, but we gotta have faith in the Moon Goddess. She'll bring him back to us. Speaking of him, you're cool with our mate being a guy, right?"

He hesitates. "I guess. It's just weird. I've never looked twice at a guy before. I'm sure it'll be fine. After all, right now I wouldn't care if there were a kazoo between his legs. All I want is my mate."

Weird analogy but ok.

It takes a few more hours before Doctor Taylor comes back out. My parents had left a while ago. They didn't try to convince us to leave too. They knew we wouldn't walk out of this building until our mate was walking between us.

"He's in a stable condition," She says. I can tell she's exhausted. "We're currently PUMPING him with morphine to decrease the pain, but he should be ok. He was really badly hurt, guys. He had a broken leg, 7 broken bones, and a dislocated shoulder. That doesn't even mention the fact that 67% of his body is covered in scars and even some of the bones that didn't break we had to reset because they'd been broken previously without proper medical care. Add in the fact that he's severely malnourished and I'm honestly surprised he's still alive."

I'm speechless. How is he alive? My little Omega survived torture that would've killed many stronger wolves.

"Can we see him?" Damien's voice wavers, as he's probably holding back a few tears.

Doctor Taylor gives him a pitiful look. "Yes, but I don't know when he'll wake up. I know that he will, but I can't say if it'll be soon."

I thank her for her help and follow my baby's scent to his room. He looks... better? I mean, he's not covered in blood so I guess that's good. But he's now covered in casts and bandages. His golden blonde hair was splayed out on the pillow, but the knots made it look like a rat's nest.

*flumf*

I fall back into a chair. Damien does the same. I bet it'd look kind of silly if someone else walked in. Two big-boy Alpha's staring at a little Omega, their eyes filled with worry, love, and admiration.

As I look at my baby, I know that I will wait a thousand years before I leave him alone. I settle into my chair for the night.

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Boom! Another chapter in the books. Sorry about the late update but I had to finish writing a paper. After this, I also have ANOTHER paper tonight. My fingers are gonna start bleeding I stg.

Please remember to leave comments on what can be improved. I want the story to be the best it can possibly be.