“Dead” that word rang in my head repeatedly causing me an instant headache, did I hear her correct?
“How?” my voice wavered with grogginess.
“I’m so sorry but we are not allowed to discuss or talk about his mate,” her voice cracked with sadness.
“It’s okay I understand”
“He has been through so much, it took him a year to come out of his grieve, his wolf became out of control, he nearly died but fortunately he survived with all his pain. Talking or hearing about his mate is a sore topic in our pack. Unfortunately, he was only able to spend three years with his mate and please don’t ask him about any of these.” She asked me with full of concern. Then this meant that Xander was only twenty-three years old now.
“Don’t worry I won’t bring it up” I assured her, neither of us spoke after that topic, we both remained silent with our thoughts.
“Hey, ready to go sweetcheeks?” he asked me with a smile, I waved at Leila and nodded my head to Xander in response, he again lifted me in bridal style and made his way somewhere, I didn’t mind to open my mouth.
I closely observed him, he was still wearing a light smile on his face, my chest aches for him and I could say that he was wearing this smile to hide his pain. How hard it could be for him, we humans don’t have any soul mate but when we truly fall for someone and when they leave our lives, it causes unbearable pain but he lost his soul mate, he lost a part of his soul at a very young age. I can’t even imagine how painful that could be.
“Sweetcheeks, I know I am irresistible but you can’t admire me openly like this,” he teased me with a chuckle.
“I’m not admiring you,” I grumbled.
He shook his head with a chuckle “Here we are! you can stay in this room for the night, my room is next to you and I already talked to your granny, so don’t worry,” he told me with a smile and dropped me to the floor, I can’t hold it any more, I threw my arms around his neck and cried in the crook of his neck, he was caught off guard and went rigid, but I hugged him so tight.
“Hey what happened?” he rubbed my back with soothing circles, my heart shattered for this man in front of me. He kissed the crown of my head and rested his chin on top of my head.
“Is this about that werewolf that attacked you,” he asked carefully like I was a fragile being, I don’t want to bring his mate up, so I nodded my head. Only if he knew the reason behind my tears were the broken man, who was consoling me.
“Catherine, look at me,” he ordered, when I looked at him, he cupped my cheeks with both his hand and bend down to my height so that we were eye level.
“No one is going to hurt you, I am here for you and do you understand?” he asked me, I nodded my head and he wiped my tear-stained cheeks gently.
“Never knew that you are such a cry baby” he teased me with a smirk.
“I’m not a cry baby” I defended myself with both my hands crossed near my chest.
“Aww! Sweetcheeks, you are so cute when you are angry,” he cooed and pinched my cheeks. I swatted his hands in annoyance, he just laughed at me in response. I want him to laugh and smile like this throughout his life.
“If you want anything, I’m just resting in the next room, okay?” he asked me and I hummed in response. We both were interrupted by a knock at the door.
“Come in,” he yelled, the door creaked opened and Mary entered the room with a tray of food after she left the tray on the bedside table, she left the room with a slight bow and offered me a smile. Xander thanked her and turned to me.
“I thought it’ll be difficult for you to walk to the dinner so I asked her to bring your food to your room” he explained.
“Thank you” he nodded “Don’t forget to take the pain killer after food” he reminded me, I nodded.
After he left the room I limped to the joint bathroom in my allocated room and cleaned my face with water. I examined my face in the mirror and saw some little scratches on my neck which was caused by the branches that stuck on my way while running. After I cleaned myself I limped to the bed and made myself comfortable, once I was comfortable, I started to spray the medicine on my ankle. I was still wearing the same black laced shirt and blue jeans that I wore today morning.
After completing my dinner which consisted of pasta and a glass of milk, I took the pain killer. Mary took the empty tray a while ago, now I was lying on the bed and tried to sleep but it refused to grace me with its touch. After grumbling and tossing for a while, I checked the time and it was half-past two in the morning.
Suddenly I heard a scream, it was like the person was in so much pain and the sound was coming from the next door. I jumped out of my bed and limped to the next door where Xander was staying for the night. I swung the door open to witness him covered in sweat, he was thrashing violently on the bed and he was still asleep. My heart shattered for the umpteenth time that night.