Christian
The time in the pack hospital is frustrating, made more so because I’m worried about Enya and struggling to focus. I know she felt rejected. She couldn’t be farther from the truth.
I press myself against her mind, but she doesn’t open herself to me. I could force it, but I don’t want to. I don’t want to force her to do anything, especially after this morning. This is the exact power differential that I was trying to avoid.
When she opens her mind to me mid–morning, I physically jerk, unprepared for mental connection. I quickly recover and discuss food preparation for my family’s visit. Then, when I try to talk to her, she slams her mental walls back down.
“Is everything okay, Christian?” Shane asks.
“Fine. Are you seeing anything/out of the ordinary here?”
“No, but I don’t know much about medicine. It all seems pretty standard.”
That’s my thought too. The problem is, if their Alpha was g、ng worse, shouldn’t they have done more than the standard tests?
I force myself to focus until I hear Shane’s stomach growling. I reach out to Ellen and ask her to bring two trays of food to the hospital.
When she arrives, I ask her if Enya has eaten.
“I haven’t seen her Alpha. She went upstairs this morning to inventory
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the rooms and what was needed for your family’s visit. She might have lost track of time,” she says.
“Can you have someone take her a tray of food please?” I ask.
“Sure thing, Alpha.”
When she’s gone, I pull my plate over.
“Is everything okay with you and Enya?” Shane asks. I know he’s protective of his sister. He’s either already very intuitive, or he’s hyper aware of her, possibly feeling a protectiveness because he’s the Alpha heir, even though she’s older.
“Yeah.”
“Is this about what happened with Violet earlier?” he asks.
“Yes, partly. She doesn’t understand why I was concerned about that interaction.”
“Why were you concerned? I mean beyond the obvious that Violet was challenging Enya and bad mouthing you,” he says.
I look around, making sure no one is around. Then I lean in. “Because we don’t know who might be helping Dorian. He couldn’t have done all of this alone. That’s why we’re here looking at the medical files. What if Violet is part of that group. What if she, or someone else, decides that Enya or you are too much trouble. I’m not willi. to put either of you at risk. She may have merely been mouthing off after I put her in her place during warrior training, but it could be more than that. And since your sister doesn’t know that we’re questioning your parents‘ deaths, she won’t know to be extra careful.“/
“What are you going to–do?” he asks.
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“I know you didn’t want me to say anything to her, but I think I need to. She needs to understand why I went a little ballistic on her this morning. She needs to understand that when I say I’m worried about her, it’s because I have a very good reason to concerned. And honestly, this…” I say, gesturing to the medical records we’ve been pouring over, “isn’t making me feel any better.”
“What do you mean?” he asks.
