CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & ONE
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & ONE
Nolan’s POV
Solon didn’t leave the hospital until late in the evening. The guards at the doors of the hospital stayed alert, but I had already memorized their routine and snuck past them with ease. Quietly, I scaled the outer wall and pulled myself toward the second floor.
Della had kept her word. The window to Talia’s room was unlocked. I pushed it open and slipped inside.
Della stood near the bed, removing a rag from Talia’s head and back into a bowl of ice water. Her eyes narrowed as soon as she saw me. “You’re late,” she said.
“I came when I could,” I told her.
“You only have 10 minutes. If Solon comes back early, I expect you to throw yourself out the window or we’ll both face consequences,” Della explained.
“I understand,” I told her.
My attention shifted to Talia. Her skin was pale and clammy. Tubes ran from her arms into the machines that beeped steadily at her side. Fresh bandages covered her wounds.
I moved closer and sat in the chair beside her bed. “Why haven’t her injuries healed?” I asked quietly.
“Without her wolf, she can’t recover quickly,” Della replied. “The doctors have manually clear the wolfsbane out of her system thus all the tubes attached to her. Once the wolfsbane is out of her system, Talia should start healing on her own. Until then, all we can do is keep her wounds clean and keep her comfortable.”
I frowned. This was my fault. I should never have told Marco to give her that herb. Now her wolf remained lost to her. Talia would have an even harder time waking out of this coma.
“Why are you here, Alpha Nolan?” Della asked, bringing me out of my thoughts.
“I told you I owed her,” I answered.
“I think there is more to it than that. I know you want to find evidence against the Alpha King, but if you’re caught here, you risk losing that opportunity,” Della said.
The she-wolf was more observant that I gave her credit. ‘She needs to be as Talia’s Beta,’ my wolf added.
“There isn’t more to this other than I needed to see her myself to ensure that she was getting the proper care,” I stated. It wasn’t entirely a lie, but it wasn’t the full truth.
“Fine. Don’t tell me, but remember this, she doesn’t need more chaos in her life,” Della warned, “If you mean to hurt her physically or emotionally, I’ll find a way to end you.”
I couldn’t help but chuckle at Della’s warning which only made her glare at me harder. “You have nothing to worry about. I have no intentions of harming her.” (1
Talia groaned as her brow furrowed. Sweat had broken out on her forehead, She twisted underneath the sheets in an attempt to get comfortable, I placed my hand on her forehead, and she was burning up,
“Why does she have a fever?” I asked.
Della reached for the rag sitting in the ice water. She wrung it and placed it on Talia’s forehead. “It is the side effect of the wolfsbane. They break for a few hours and then return worse than before.”
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & ONE
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“Why aren’t the doctors prescribing her something to deal with the fevers?” I asked.
“They have and nothing is working. That is why Solon and I have been taking turns tending to her. We’ve been manually causing her fever to break,” Della explained.
‘Hold her hand,’ my wolf urged. ‘This is like when she was in heat. She needs you to ease her pain. Our presence
will reach her.’
‘What would that mean for us? I can’t allow her to interfere with avenging my father,’ I retorted.
“Only our mate matters now. Stop pretending for once and do something useful. It’s just her hand, not some deadly venom!” my wolf growled.
My hand hovered above Talia’s but hesitated for a while. But seeing her in pain because of me, I knew I couldn’t let this continue.
Slowly, I took her small hand into mine. Her hand was hot just like her forehead. Yet within moments, she seemed to cool. Talia’s expression relaxed and the fever in her face seemed to melt away.
Della took the rag off Talia’s forehead and checked her temperature. “The fever broke. What did you do?”
“I… just held her hand. Give her some support,” I muttered.
I didn’t look at Della, but I knew she was staring at me, trying to figure out why my touch was soothing to Talia. This was not good as Della would figure out that I was her mate. I expected her to blurt it out the next time she spoke, but instead she said, “Whatever you’re done, please continue it. She needs this. She’s been through enough.”
I nodded and held Talia’s hand tighter. My thumb brushed the back of Talia’s hand. My wolf gave a satisfied growl inside me.
“I’ll fetch more ice,” Della said quickly, setting the cloth back in the bowl before heading for the door.
The door creaked open, and Della nervously said, “Oh, my King, what are you doing here?”
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