Heavy lies the crown

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The scent of copper and rain captives nose. Instantly waking me up from what ever dreamless sleep I was locked in.  My memories are fighting to flood my tattered mind, making me feel more over whelmed. 

I try not to panic when I don't recognize the stone walls of the cave I just woke up in. I can tell I must have fainted from the way the room revolves and turn's around me. Im obviously still healing from something traumatic.

The smell of copper sting's my senses again, drawing my body to it like a puppet.  The caves interior design does not register in my mind or the soft pillows that fall away from my body as I struggle to stand up.  My eye sight is useless, colors and light blur together. 

"Please sit back down."

Iven's voice makes my eye's flutter shut and complies with her weighted hand on my shoulder guiding my body back down onto the pile of pillows. My leg's wobble under me before I clasps and roll on my side.

"Why does it feel like my skull has been cracked in half? Also why does this cave stink of blood?"

I demand out loud knowing she can hear me. Even with eye's closed I can still see shifting colors spinning around in my head.  The soft pillow's under my body helps ease my aching bone's.

"Why can't I remember Anything? How did I get here? Where is here?"

My question's are met with silence and if it wasn't for the warm hand stroking my back softly I wouldn't be able to tell if she was still even here.

"How old are you? Im 23, mother had Cass a year after me. When we were kid's during fall when the leafs change colors.

   Me and cass would gather the different colored leaf's and crush them into a paste. The paste with a bit a water mixed made a dye. We loved painting with it. "

  It's like im hearing Iven through a tunnel. I can only register every other word she said, let alone get past the shock of hearing her speak so much at once to me.

"Im 27, the oldest out of thirteen children. No one knew I was a Omega tell I hit puberty. Before that my life centered around heavy training and the rest of my time was eaten up from school."

I try to continue talking but my throat tightens up and air becomes harder to inhale. Iven's hand continues rubbing firm circles on my back as I struggle to catch my breath. Eventually my breathing stagers off into a some what normal pattern.

" Its okay, I wont be offended by a short reply. Your body is still recovering even with our bond its still going to take some time before everything starts to feel normal again." 

" I don't understand." I gasp out.

  "I hope it wasn't to hard for you when you were demoted in rank. I.......I was temporarily demoted once. They didn't understand why they couldn't control me. I embarrassed my family when I made Cass look more like a Beta then a Alpha."

   "When I stood next to my brother my aura would over power his. I never apologized for anything and he could never help being polite. People say if I was born male I would be the prefect Alpha because my instincts are more natural to are beastial side."

  Iven's voice helps ease my bone's into a more relaxed state. Slowly I try to open my eyes but all I see is the cave wall while laying on my side away from Iven.  I want to comfort my mate but she is still is dodging my question's.

" Everyone wanted me to be something I could never force myself to be. The circumstances of my life never allowed it to be any other way."

A surprise cry escape's my mouth as I try and flip my body over so I can look at her face. I couldn't help it my bones feel so fragile and sore. All the year's I spent exercising feel's like a major waste. The smell of blood is over riding my sense to comfort my mate. Plus I need answer's to my questions.

Nothing feel's worse though when I finally do have my body leaned up against the cave wall facing Iven.
Shes covered in blood, So much that if she closed her eyes my spinning brain would think she was just a huge puddle of blood. My stomach launches into my throat when I realize her hair is wet and slicked back from her face because of the blood.

When my hazel eye's reflect off of her clear blue eyes it doesn't calm me or make me feel warm butterflies. It's the exact opposite.  I feel like im in Alaska and I just ate a ton of moths.

"How?" I gasp out over the pain.
I think or at least im trying to hold up my left hand to show I need more time to speak. As I catch my breath again. Moving myself up against this wall was alot of work for me.

"Don't feed me bullshit." Was all I could manage to gasp out again. Their was so much more I wanted to hiss out at her but couldn't.

"We went swimming and you drowned. I brought you here for help and Im covered in blood because I refused to submit to punishment."

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Ivens POV.

I thought if we could just have a conversation for once it would make every thing okay. Like our word's would heal each other's hurt. It didn't work like that at all for me. He's looking at me like im a monster and his body is shaking just to hold himself up against the wall.

  Reaching out and touching him doesn't seem like a good idea anymore. I just don't want him to be afraid of me. Mother took father  down the mountain near where we eat for healing from our healer.

My wound's are slowly mending them self and suddenly im grateful to be covered in blood. At least Theo won't have to see the gaping claw marks on my shoulder's. Shame eat's through me again and I hang my head.

" Im so sorry you were hurt, you are my heart. I should have been more careful."

"Who's dead?" Theo's voice whispers past my ear's.

I raise my eye's to meet his and for once I really do wish I could be some one else in this very moment.  "I didn't kill the Alpha or my Mother but I will if I have to."

My heart feel's completely broken when I sense Theo side of our bond retreating away from mine.  This won't due at all, he need his rest and our bond to survive. Quickly I stand up ignoring the painful  cuts scattered around my body. I make him lay back down on the soft pillows on his side again facing away from me.

"Rest and ill be here." I say as I rub gentle circles on his back. It was well over a hour before I heard Theo gasp out.

"I won't love a murderer."


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