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She was trembling and keeping her eyes on her open wound. I wrapped my arms around her, hating how tense she was from my touch. I pulled her into me and lifted her into my arms. She sucked in a sharp breath as she held onto me with her good hand and carefully positioned her injured hand away so she wouldn’t get any blood on me.
“Take me to your bathroom,” I ordered Raymond.
“Yes, Alpha,” he said quickly as he rushed out of the dining hall. I followed after him, not bothering to spare the mother and daughter duo another look. As we walked down the hallway, I heard a loud gasp from nearby.
“Judy??” Michele exclaimed. “What happened? Are you okay?”
“I’m okay, Mom,” she said weakly. “Just a little cut.”
“She’s losing a lot of blood. I need to patch it before she loses anymore,” I said as I continued to follow Raymond down the hall.
We entered the bathroom and just as Raymond was about to say something more, I slammed the door in
his face.
I let out a breath of air. Judy was still tense, and her eyes were fixed on her wound. I set her down on the counter as I searched the bathroom for a first aid kit. It didn’t take long to find one under the sink
“You don’t have to do this,” Judy said, breaking the silence.
I glanced up at her briefly before I rummaged through the first aid kit, uncovering bandages and ointment.
“Do you expect me to let you bleed out?” I asked her in return.
She shrugged her shoulder, but she said nothing. I grabbed her hand and turned on the water to the sink.
The moment my hand wrapped around her wrist, she tensed and made it impossible for me to move her.
I frowned at her.
“Just let me take care of you,” I breathed, my body becoming so aware of hers that I was practically on fire. She stared into my eyes for a moment longer before relaxing herself. I brought her hand to the warm water and started to rinse out her wound. She winced from the sting and her body tensed once again, but it only lasted a moment. Soon, she was relaxing again, and she was releasing a breath of relief.
I ran circles with my thumb around her wrist, soothing her, as I cleaned her wound. With each stroke of my thumb, she relaxed even more and I notice she was now looking at me periodically. I tried to pretend I didn’t notice, but I could feel the heat of her stare on the side of my face, and I had to fight the smile tugging at the corner of my lips.
“Why are you here?” She asked, breaking the thick silence that started to consume us.
I grabbed the bandages, along with some ointment that will keep her wound from getting infected.
“I came here for you.”
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I don’t think she was expecting that reply because she sucked in a sharp breath and her eyes grew wide.
“You what?”
I paused and looked up at her, meeting her eyes.
“I was wrong,” I told her, keeping my eyes locked on hers. “About everything. I shouldn’t have accused you of hurting my son. I know you aren’t capable of something so sinister like that. I should have listened to you instead of kicking you out. I’m here to apologize to you.
She was quiet for a long while as she continued to stare into my eyes.
I broke eye contact so I could continue tending to her wound. I applied the ointment, and she winced at the sting as she too refocused her attention on her injury. I wrapped her hand tightly, making sure her wound was closed.
I sent a link to Taylor to have his mate check over Judy’s wound in the morning
When I finished, I released my hold on her, but I did so reluctantly.
“Thank you,” she finally said, breaking the silence once again. “For wrapping my hand and for apologizing…”
“I should have done so sooner,” I told her, meeting her eyes. “Apologize I mean. Sending Taylor to you was stupid and a cowardly thing to do.”
She bit back a smile, but I could see it forming on her lips as her cheeks turned red.
“Yes, it was,” she agreed. “But you did the right thing. And it’s a good thing you came when you Kelsey is crazy. Who knows what more she would have done if you hadn’t entered.”
I didn’t want to think about such a thing.
did.
“Good thing she’ll never get the chance to hurt you again,” I muttered as I caged her in with my arms, staring back into her eyes.
She furrowed her brows.
“What are you talking about?” She asked. “She has all the opportunity in the world. I kind of live with her now if you hadn’t noticed.”
I smirked and leaned in closer to her, our lips only inches apart. I could feel her warm breath cascading across my mouth and warming my features.
“Not anymore you don’t,” I murmured before brushing my lips, featherlike, against hers. Her cheeks turned a bright shade of pink as she sighed in contentment from the chaste kiss. “Because from now on you are going to live with me.”
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