Universal Auction

Chapter 24- Okay

That was probable sooner than you all thought, huh? 😅 I wanted to keep writing but I felt like I needed to split it up a bit. I'm hoping I'll have time this weekend to write a few chapters to have built up for the future, but I felt like I owed you guys a decent amount of reading, so I hope you enjoy!-A.B.

Theo's POV

I decided I better tell them now that I could be their mate. It would be better to let them know sooner. I know it would upset them, but I'm sure as soon as they realize that me being their mate was a mistake, they would be relieved.

Are they gunna kick me out? I couldn't see them ever being mean to me, but surely they wouldn't want to be around me anymore once I completely reject them. Who knows, maybe they would ship me
Back to earth.

I shiver. I hope not.

I had told hold back the tears, a part of me, a very large part, didn't want to do this, but it was better for them. Hopefully they would let me live in Castilla or something, I don't want to go back to earth anymore. I've seen and know to many things to go back to living normally. Plus, I don't really know people on earth at all, let alone anyone I could talk to about all of this. And I sure as hell wasn't going to be the neighborhood wacko that went around tell everyone about his alien abduction story.

I did not want to end up in a mental hospital.

I psyched myself up to go do it, but the  second I stood up, I felt a ripple of pain in my stomach.

I thought maybe it was just that old anxious feeling again, but another wave came and past.

I know anxiety, this wasn't it.

I clutched my stomach, bracing for the much larger wave of pain that was making its way through. Once it stopped I gasped for my breathe. It hurt, like, really really hurt. And I could feel another wave coming.

"Help!" I screamed.

Mal's POV

"Help!"

All four of my brothers and I heard it, and it awakened us in ways we have never been before.

I launched down the hallway as quickly as I could, know my brothers wouldn't be far behind. I didn't care to look back, the only thing I cared about was getting to him.

What happened? Did another Dumarian attack? Did he hurt Theo?

Thoughts raced through my mind as I reached my mates door and slammed it open, not caring about the cracking I ears from the wall behind it.

I quick glance around the room showed nothing out of the ordinary. No signs of forced entry through the windows. I couldn't see what was wrong.

I then heard the groan from the other side of the bed, and made my way around it.

I saw Theo, my poor mate, curled into a ball on the floor, clutching his stomach and crying.

"Theo!" I shout as I drop to my knees by his side. "What happened?" I ask as I look him over. I didn't want to move him due to the fear of making whatever was happening worst.

"Hurts." Was Theo's breathy response. It looked like he was struggling to breathe properly due to the pain.

I lifted up his shirt to try to see what was happening. I didn't see any punctures or irritations, so I laid my hand across his stomach to see if I could feel anything. I couldn't feel anything beneath the surface besides the muscles of his stomach clenching and unclenching. His body was struggling with something internally.

"Theo, did you eat anything? Anything besides what we or Namari have given you?" I urgently asked.

Theo looked at me with dazed eyes, clearly having a hard time focusing on my words. Eventually he shook his head. I was a little relieved with the confirmation that he likely wasn't poisoned. But I was still concerned with what was happening to my mate.

I heard shuffling behind me and soon saw Vel leading in a confused Kal'ayy. But as soon as Kal'ayy saw the state of poor Theo, he immediately got to work.

I got off my knees and went to stand by my brothers, who all anxiously watched the doctor work on our mate.

Was this our fault? Did telling him we were mates cause him to go into shock or something? Thoughts ran through my head a million miles a minute, but more than any other one thought was repeated:

Please let Theo be okay. 

Sorry to end on drama, but I think at this point it's my signature  😂  what do you guys thinks happening to Theo? I'd be curious to see what you guys think! Comment below and I hope you enjoyed!-A.B.