A Silver Lining

Chapter 22: Nightmare

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"Okay" I whisper because I don't have the energy to talk properly. I turn back into Lola and wait for Ethan to get me out of here.

I start to have a panic attack. Everywhere I look I see Daniel with the knife in his hand. I see him at the door covered in blood coming towards me.

I can hear my own heartbeat, beating so hard against my chest, almost like it's trying to escape. I can also hear Ethan's voice outside the door, talking to Trish.

"No..." I whisper and back away as far as possible. Daniel gives me his stone cold look again and I lose it. "NOOOOOO!" I scream when he gets closer. "LOLA! LOLA WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Ethan shouts and bangs on the door stronger than ever. "HELP!!!!! HELP ME!!" I sob and bang my head on the wall on the other side of the bathroom.

Ethan continues his attempt on opening the door. I bang my head against the wall over and over again. "Please go away" Bang. "Make him go away." Bang. "Please God help me" I whisper while getting a headache from banging my head against the wall so much. "Please, please, please...." I mumble and I hear the door break down.

I shoot my eyes open locking them with those brown eyes I'm so in love with. "Lola" Ethan breathes out making his way towards me. "Wait-" I say in a serious tone. Ethan comes to a halt and stares at me with so much sadness. "-where is he?" I say with wide eyes. "Where is who baby?" "HE IS GOING TO KILL ME!" I shout and tears come down my face.

I look around frantically trying to find Daniel but he's gone again. "What are you talking about?" Ethan whispers slowly making his way back over to me. "MAKE IT STOP!" I sob and Ethan gathers me up in his arms sitting on the ground pulling me to his chest. "Shhhhh...." he coos in my ear rocking back and forth.

"IT HURTS!" I scream into his chest gripping onto his t-shirt tightly. "Where hurts baby?" Ethan says in a hoarse voice. "Is it your hand? Don't worry we will get it-" I cut him off "EVERYWHERE! IT HURTS-" I hiccup "everywhere" I whisper the last bit and start to shake uncontrollably, moaning in pain.

I look up from Ethan's chest and see that he is crying. I stop screaming immediately and stare at his face. Hearing my silence Ethan looks down at me with such a sad face it breaks my heart.

I bring my good hand up to his cheek. "I'm s-so sorry" I stammer in a broken whisper. Ethan shakes his head tears pooling in his eyes. He puts a strand of my hair behind my ear offering me a small sad smile. "Tell me everything" he softly says and a tear falls from my eye. I nod and wipe the tear away.

Ethan lifts me up bridal style and steps over my blood, exiting the bathroom. I squeeze my eyes shut "Take me to my room" I whisper, Ethan freezes "You don't want to stay with me?" I open my eyes and wrap my arms around his shoulders. "No baby, my room is your room. It's our room. I don't want to be anywhere right now except with you" I reassure him and instantly see the relief in his face. "Good" he says with a nod.

Ethan opens the door of the emergency room only to be met with the face of a very angry Trish. "You are not going anywhere" she grits out and Ethan tightens his hold on me. "We are going back to my room so Lola can rest" Ethan says in a stern voice. "She has to stay here. We need to take more tests and she has lost a lot of blood and she has been out for a week now." Trish says trying to control her anger.

"She wants to be taken to our room so that's where she will go" Ethan says and I close my eyes placing my head on his shoulder. "I don't think so-" Ethan cuts her off "I'm sorry did you forget your place here?-" he asks rhetorically "-I am the alpha do not mess with me right now, especially when I'm trying to take care of my mate" he growls.

"Lola listen, you have to-" Trish says in a softer tone "That is Luna to you" Ethan says and shoulders past her making his way to our room. I don't know what the hell a 'Luna' is but I don't have the energy to ask any questions right now.

As soon as we make it to our room Etham lays me down and I'm too scared to fall asleep. I sit up against the headboard and Ethan takes off his shoes coming into the bed, sitting beside me. "Go to sleep we can talk about it later. The bell for dinner is going to go off and I was thinking of having someone bring something up for you" Ethan says and I shake my head. "I don't want any food. I don't want to go to sleep. You asked me to tell you everything so that's what I'm going to do" I say looking into his eyes.

Ethan nods staying silent waiting for me to start. "I went to Candice this morning, before going to Daniel, to ask her about this cut on my stomach that had reformed. It healed last night after the fire-" I feel Ethan stiffen beside me "-but I was really confused when it came back. Candice told me it was too deep and too much to handle. That's what happened when I healed Aubrey, it was way too much for me and it put me in danger. The bite was so deep even Aubrey couldn't heal it herself and she's a wolf. When you took me to the emergency room and I went into deep sleep I kept-" tears blur my vision "-thinking these awful thoughts about how worthless and damaged I am-" Ethan intertwines our hands and rubs the pad of his thumb on the back of my hand.

-"I had this horrible nightmare where I was covered in blood from head to toe. Daniel killed me and I tried to call out for you but you wouldn't show up. It was terrifying. When I woke up, I ran to the bathroom to see if I had blood on me. There was a small bit of blood on my arm so I freaked out and smashed the glass, I wanted to die, to end my suffering, to end-" I look over at Etham with pained eyes "-your suffering. All I bring is trouble. But don't worry I don't think like that anymore. After I snapped out of that, everywhere I looked I saw Daniel in that bathroom. Then you got the door down and saved me." I finish and Etham grabs me by the waist, holding me in his arms.

"I will protect you. You are to never think like that ever again!" Ethan says seriously and grabs my face making sure I look at him in the eyes. "I won't, I promise" I say truthfully because that was the worst feeling in the world.

Ethan nods and kisses the top of my head. "Fuck, baby I was so scared.....I thought I lost you" he says with so much emotion in his eyes. I hold his chin and kiss him softly, "I'm not going anywhere. I love you" I whisper and Etham smiles as a tear falls down his face. "I love you too. So much" he breathes out and I cry happy tears. Thank you god for saving my life for not only me but also for Ethan too.

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Amy