THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

Thirty minutes later… (that is, one hour, and thirty minutes later after Derek had been given the medicinal herb)

“We can’t wait here all day. It’s night already. We should take Derek home, to our pack’s doctor.” Alpha Peter said to Esther, when he observed no change in his son’s condition.

He had been in a meeting with his council, and the Alpha of a neighboring pack, which had tended some complaints to him. According to the Alpha, his brother had invited his pack members to Curtis’ birthday party to have them slaughtered. He didn’t really believe the tale, had been about to send out a messenger to his brother when he had had the distress call from his mate.

He had stilled in his actions until she had been done narrating what had been the cause of her distress. At the same time, his beta had also conveyed a message from his daughter.

Shadow warriors.

He had been shocked, wondering what business those dead creatures had with his pack.

He had been running around, giving instructions to his pack warriors, when Claire, his beta’s daughter had approached him and told him that the shadow warriors had gone.

He had asked her how she had known of the fact, and how she had also known of their presence the first time. She had told him that a friend of hers from school had aided her with the information.

He hadn’t concerned himself with that, especially since the next minute he had felt sorrow like never before.

Knowing that it had come from his mate had disorganized him the more. He had left the pack in a hurry, without his guards or trackers, following the direction his mate had imprinted on his mind, till he had gotten to the house.

And when he had seen his son’s almost dead state and his mate’s forlorn condition, he had almost wept but for the sake of his subordinates in the room.

For some time, the presence and actions of the little witch had given him hope, alleviating him of some of his worry; but seeing that nothing about his son’s condition had changed, he decided to take the matter into his own hands.

The time was around 7pm.

“Okay sir. If that is what you want.” Esther replied with a shrug, a bit nonchalant on the outside, whilst inside, she was sad, she was breaking.

She had failed again.

Her heart tethered on failing.

She wished them all gone, so that she could go inside her room and let out the tears which were on the brink of falling.

Alpha Peter nodded at her in gratitude, before standing up from the sofa and walking towards his son and mate.

He gestured at Anthony with his eyes to help carry Derek off his mother, and onto himself, for the journey back home.

But as Anthony got to Derek and tried carrying him off his mother, he observed that Derek’s body was less cold than before. His temperature was passing the death rate!

“It is working.” He muttered, a smile appearing on his lips. He felt like tearing up.

Melvina hearing his emotion ladened words, raise her hand and felt her son’s temperature by his neck.

She smiled widely, a tear slipping off the confines of her eyes as she muttered the same words as Anthony.

“It is working.” She said, looking up at her mate who was staring down at them, surprise and relief coating his facial features.

Esther received a new type of life hearing those words. She wasn’t fake after all.

She hid her smile as she stood up more majestically than all the times before, and walked towards Derek, her strides like a confident doctor going to check on her patient.

She felt his pulse with her hand, and smiled then.This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Then a thought occurred to her.

She tapped Anthony by the shoulders, making sure to act unaffected by his eyes which looked slightly green, as they met hers.

“You can speed up the healing process with…yunno…whatever it is that you do.” She said.

Anthony nodded at her, and turned away, placing his hand on Derek’s chest.

He called and tapped into his healing gift, smiling as he felt the waves of power riding over him, running from his left hand to the hand on his brother’s chest.

He knew then that the herbs had acted as a fertile ground for his healing gift to thrive on. His brother’s former state had been too cold for his healing prowess.

He felt the powers move from his hands into Derek’s body, felt it take a stroll in the organs and tissues of his brother, rejuvenating and quickening the healing process of the herbs.

“Did it work?” He heard Esther ask, when he removed his hand from Derek’s chest.

“I think so.” He replied.

“We would have to wait for some minutes to find out.” He said.

“Thar’s a relief.” Esther stated, walking back to the sofa to sit down.

She was tired, and hungry. She hasn’t eaten since the day commenced.

“Esther…” Melvina called her, of which she immediately glanced at the Luna.

“Thank you. I owe you one.” The older woman said, and she nodded.

“Thank you too. My healing gifts wouldn’t have worked if not for the herbs.” She heard Anthony say, and nodded all the same, feeling too tired to talk again, unless it was necessary.

“Thank you for saving my son.” She heard the Alpha say, and nodded too, before relaxing her head at the apex of the sofa. She felt sleepy.

“Would you be coming with us?” She heard Melvina ask, after a minute or two had passed.

“No. I will rather stay here.” She replied.

“You are tired and hungry. I’m sure that there is no food in your kitchen. You can stay with us for the night, and return tomorrow morning.” Anthony said, and she nodded, swallowing her objections.

He was right. There was no food in the kitchen, and she was too tired to cook. She would go with them, and come back tomorrow morning.

Who knows? She might even chance alone with him.

***

Fifteen minutes later…

“Mom…”

Derek croaked out as he struggled to open his eyes. He needed water.