My Hunted Mate

Corinna

A faint beeping reaches my ears as the darkness engulfing me slowly begins to fade, blinking my eyes a few times before I finally force them to open regardless of the blinding fluorescent lightening.

After seconds of soft shuffling, Kai picks himself off his seat next to my hospital bed to help me sit up. When he readjusts the pillows behind me, he walks to the portable table as the foot of the bed to pour me a cup of water from the plastic jug that has left a ring of condensation on the light wood.

" Is the baby okay? " I whisper, my voice cracks as I do.

Handing me the small cup of water, Kai places himself on the edge of the bed beside me. " Jen said the baby is fine, heart beat is strong but she also said that you can't do anymore spells that wipe you out like that. " He informs me.

Nodding my head, I gulp down half of the water in my hand. " I.. How long was I out? " I mumble.

" Coming up on three days. " He sighs, it's only now that I notice how exhausted he looks. Deep bags weigh under his slightly bloodshot blue eyes, his skin is paler than usual, his shoulder length hair is gathered into a lose and messy bun at the back of his head.

" You haven't slept at all? " I ask him, to which he just shakes his head, confirming my thoughts. " Have you fed? "

out of our blood supply yesterday, I was going to send Olive and Phoenix to collect some if you didn't wake up by

mutter, looking down at

scare me like that again. " He whispers, squeezing my

I question, making a small smile grace his face.

shrugs. " Nothing, I just like hearing you

" Well? Can we go home? Or do we still have to sit in meeting rooms for

Jack and Gia came to visit once we knew you and the baby we're all good, we came to an agreement to be allied with one another. If they need our help, we'll be there and visa versa, we're all welcome on each other's lands and everything in between, it's not just about peace, it's about friendship. "

take me home? " I start moving to get off of the bed, but he stops

check you and organise a date for her to come to our house to do your next scan. "

hands me an appointment slip with information on when she'll be travelling to the house and she also

remains in the back seat of his car with me, gripping my hand in his the entire time. Sabine is in the front seat, driving in silence, the only noise filling the air is the low melodies on the radio and soft snores of exhaustion coming

of them feeding from innocent people puts me on edge, but once Kai promises me that they don't feed to kill, only erase the memory of

Kai to take small drinks from my wrist, just to keep him going until we're home. He wasn't exactly

help us with our luggage, asking about my well being. Kai and I decided that we