WOLF'S FATE: THE SHADOWRIDGE PEAK SERIES (BOOK 2) by Eve L. Mitchell

Author:Eve L. Mitchell [MItchell, Eve L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eve L. Mitchell's Books
Published: 2024-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

Willow

Everything hurt.

Everything hurt and it was very loud. Machines were whirring, and a strange sound like an air pump kept hissing.

It was dark.

Where was I?

Panic seized me as I remembered the accident. I’d been in a truck, and I remembered the terror as the truck rolled.

Beeping sounded all around me.

The air pump was hissing louder.

Oh God, where was I?

Something was holding my eyes closed. Is that why it was dark? I couldn’t move. I couldn’t see.

Panic overtook me, and I struggled to fight against my restraints. Shaking my head from side to side, I fought to see. Voices penetrated my panic, and then warm fingers curled around my arms, a familiar touch.

“Sir, you must stand back!”

“Willow!” The sharp voice was so familiar to me, and I stopped struggling as I felt his warmth envelop me. “Willow, calm down. You’re in a hospital. Open your eyes.”

How could I tell him I couldn’t? Something was in my throat; were they trying to choke me? Panicked once more, I shook free of his hold, and my hands reached for my mouth, finding something plastic over it.

“No, no, no! Willow, no, leave the tube, you need to breathe through it,” Caleb scolded me. I felt his hands take mine, and I clutched onto his strong hands. “That’s it, I’ve got you, you’re safe.”

I was safe. Caleb had me. I tried to squeeze his hands to let him know I was okay.

“Open your eyes.”

It took so much effort to do that. It felt like they would never open. Was he sure I could open them? Slowly, so slowly, they lifted and instantly shut against the bright lights. A hand cupped the side of my face.

“Try again, I’m blocking the lights now,” he spoke gently. My eyes opened quicker this time, and the blurriness took shape, and I saw his deep chocolate brown eyes filled with concern. I started to cry, and he smiled. “I didn’t think I was that bad to look at,” he teased gently, wiping away a tear with his thumb.

I tried to speak and felt the pain of the tube in my throat. Caleb understood and stood back, taking my hand when I grabbed for him.

“Take the tube out of her,” he commanded tersely. “She can breathe on her own.”

“We’ll wait for the doctor,” came the equally curt reply.

“And when will he be here?”

“Soon.” She didn’t sound convinced.

“Fuck that.”

My eyes widened in alarm when he came back into my line of vision with that determined look on his face. He reached up and I felt the sharp tug of tape being removed from my mouth.

“Sir!” The nurse sounded exasperated and furious, and it amused me how he seemed to get most people to react to him like that. “Oh for goodness sake,” she muttered, and then I saw her too. She was older than us, pretty, with warm blue eyes that looked down at me. “When I tell you to, push out a big breath, okay?”

I didn’t understand, but then before I

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