The Alpha and the Mistake

Imagine being hit by a semi-truck then having said truck back over your broken body, only to run over it again. That's me right now. My whole body ached and my mouth dry. I thought when you died all that stuff didn't happen anymore. Unless I wasn't dead, but that was impossible. I fell off a freaking cliff. I opened my eyes slowly, looking at the room around me.

No angels or heavenly trumpets and it was too cold and stank too much of disinfectant to be hell. So alive - right now, I might have preferred dying. It hurt less. The door opened, and Emily walked in, smiling as if she'd just won a million dollars. "Hello, Brook. It's good to see you awake. How are you feeling?"

"Confused," I said honestly. "I am pretty sure I should be dead right now."

Emily laughed, pulling one of those stools on wheels all doctors have. "It was touch and go there for a while."

A while? How long was I out? I started to ask her when she spoke again.

"What do you remember after the fall."

"I remember dying. There was a burning sensation, and I blacked out I guess."

"Burning?" Emily repeated, curiosity filling her voice.

Okay, now I was even more confused. "Yeah like fire ants under my skin, but it didn't last long."

"Interesting," she said but the before she could say more Ryder walked in the room. He stopped halfway, staring at me. It was kind of creepy.

"Hey," I said, self-conscious as he kept staring at me. I glanced down at my lap, noticing my arm no longer had the cast. In fact, it looked good as new.

Suddenly, Ryder was next to me, my hand in his. "You're awake! How do are you? Did you know yet? Mom, did you tell her?"

I blinked at him, confused. His mom laughed, giving me an apologetic grimace. "No, I didn't tell her, I've been busy with my checkup."

I swallowed as I looked between the two. "Tell me what?"

"It doesn't matter right now. For now, I want to examine you. Besides the confusion, how are you?"

I didn't like the vibe I was getting from her, but I answered her question. "Like I've been hit been ran over a few dozen times. My body aches everywhere, and I'm really thirsty."

Ryder leaped off the bed, running, and shouted he'll get me some water. I blinked again. He was acting kind of odd. "Was I that bad or is he just being weird as usual?"

His mom grinned at me with a laugh as she checked me over. "You were that bad. I wasn't too sure if I could keep you with us, despite all the measures we took. What kind of aches are these? Is it like general soreness or to a specific area? Also, how is the ache burning, stabbing, stinging, throbbing?"

"It's a general ache, and more throbbing than anything."

a while, helped me sit up when Ryder returned with my water. It was room temperature, but to me, it was pure heaven. "So what

you were dying and would've been dead in a matter of minutes. Brent did the only thing he could to save your life. He bit you," she

she nodded. Did that mean what I think it

starting the change in

and gave it a soft squeeze. As much as I wanted to return some gesture back. I couldn't. I was too in shock. His mom gave me a small smile and began to explain things about

this straight," I said, rubbing my forehead. "I've been in a coma for half

already shifted once,"

turned into a wolf," I said,

in a coma you did go

didn't even know

"But you need to rest, you're still healing

said

Now I'm going to make my rounds. The others will want to

him. "I'm so glad you're okay, Brook. I thought I lost you. Why did you even do that?" His voice taking on

off of Ryder. It wasn't bad, just the opposite. Everywhere he touched made my skin tingle, and it rippled through me like some electric wave. "Mike told me how his dad was going to use to me to break you then break the rest of your family and my family. I couldn't let him do it, and it was the only option open," I

you didn't stop to think we had a plan for

said, a little angry. These feelings were weird. I was warm and tingly like I was wrapped in blanket straight out the dryer. "Ryder, can I ask you

"Sure."

it weird?" I

surrender. "I'm not laughing and I won't. It's nice the

One would assume I'd somehow understood them now, but nope, still clueless. "What is one-sided?" He grinned some more, and I let out a little growl, surprising the hell out of myself. I slapped my hand over my mouth,

most adorable growl ever," Ryder said, pinching my

going to do is make fun of me now?" I said, giving him my best sad face and man did it work like

his face as he looked at

start answering my questions," I demanded, tossing away my sad face and crossing my arms over my

all those weird sensations into overdrive. "What you're feeling is the mate bond. It's how we are able to recognize

werewolf, everything about you

you're weird

it, I'm not like a human

me to look in his

had no choice but to fall into them. As our lips touched, it was as if I'd grabbed

wasn't him, me, and our kiss. Never in my life