Amor Enim Bellum

12

Inside Nova's mind was a war zone. She was fighting extremely hard against the sedative, wanting- no needing to wake up.

About an hour had passed since Elias, Benjamin and Doctor Luke spoke. Outside on the same seat as before, the two men were fast asleep, with one who had his head in the others lap. It was quite a comical sight for any of the infirmary staff who happened to pass by.

"My King, My King wake up. Elias and Benjamin WAKE UP!"

Both men jolted awake, immediately butting heads together, they held their heads and groaned.

"Ow, what the fuck Luke?"

Chuckling slightly, he shook his head and replied, "The young lady has awoken, she wants to know what is happening and where she is. I told her I'd get you to answer that."

Nodding, Elias got up and stretched, turning to the door and opening it.
Before he could take a step in, he felt a hand fall onto his shoulder and it was Benjamin.

"I'm coming in with you, I need to know what happened to her too. Ellie, I cannot stand the thought that she may have been abused and I do not want to hear it from you. No offence."

"That's alright Benji, I understand considering your wife's past. We just need to be as least intimidating as possible, I don't want to spook her. She could be very defensive, you know?"

Benjamin expressed his concerns as well, they both agreed to go in and take it step by step. Playing it by ear was the plan.

Nova watched as the door opened slightly and then stopped. Followed by hushed voices, the door opened fully and she was greeted by two of the most handsome men that has ever graced her eyesight.

Her breathe hitched when she made eye contact with the giant of the two, if she could guess, he looked to be about 6ft 6inches.
He definitely dwarfed her at 5ft 2inches.

Elias stared at Nova and even with her being hooked up to several machines, his breath was taken away. She had the most alluring grey eyes with gold flecks and the most angelic face.

Benjamin cleared his throat and nudged him further into the room.
Stepping fully into the hospital room, they both immediately take a seat on the chairs that were on the side of her bed.

"Hi Nova, I'm Elias and I'm the King of The Odin's Riders MC." The man with the most piercing, emerald green eyes in the world stated.

"I'm Benjamin, I'm his Herre."

She turned towards the second man and noticed his face had an almost boyish charm to it.
When he shifted, she realised that he had a wedding band on his hand.

"N-Nice to meet you, how do you know my name?"

Smiling gently, Elias explained to her that he had a received the contract from her father, that he told him that he would accept to get her out of that house.

She instantly recoiled into herself and wrapped the blankets around her as tightly as possible.

"He is not my father. He is my sperm donor."

Nodding, they both sighed and asked her if she was ok.

"I feel pretty good, thank you for having your club show me so much kindness."

"Of course, we would never turn down people in need. Especially when we have the resources to do exactly that."

Benjamin piped up and asked, "How old are you now Nova? The photo we received you looked about 15, I think."

"Yeah, in that photo I was 15 turning 16. He wanted to use a less recent version to attract more 'eligible' suitors to take me. I'm 20 turning 21 in September."

She watched as both men slumped back in their chairs, while letting out huge sighs of relief.

Giggling slightly, she just observed both men for a bit.

Elias was a handsome man, that's for sure. You could tell he was a man of power, but also one who was kind. His whole body was adorned with intricate and extremely detailed tattoos, there was one space near his heart that was empty though.

It was almost like he left it for a special one.

Whenever their eyes met, her heart sped up, breathing hitched and her face felt hot. Nova never felt anything like this in her life before.

She didn't understand these feelings she had. It thrilled her but also scared her.

Turning to look at Benjamin, she found him staring right back at her, almost observing her as she was him.

To her, he seemed very out going, charming and of course, boyish. Though the more she looked at him, the more she picked up that he was quite guarded and hard to read.

Now that she thought about it, both of them were. She normally could read any person like an open book, but with them it was the opposite. They were people who only let you see what they wanted you to see.

"Are you done checking us out?" Benjamin mused.

"Benji, remember how you have a wife."

"Oh Ellie, I was teasing her. Breathe sweetheart, we just want to get to know your situation and see if there is anything we can do to help."

Nova nodded and replied, asking them what did they want to know.

Elias stared at her with those emerald orbs and said one word.

"Everything."