Alpha Nicholas
Chapter 23 –

Bonnie

"Bonnie... Bonnie, you're awake, fuck you're awake!" He jumps out of his chair and quickly presses a button on the wall before standing right next to me. "How are you feeling? Does anything hurt? Why didn't you tell me what was going on with you? Why did you run?" He's throwing question after question at me and I don't have enough time to even think about an answer never mind do it. Jesus my head hurts.

"Alpha, maybe we could give Bonnie a few minutes to wake up before we start with the questions?" A guy in a white coat says as he walks into the room and over to my bed. He's an older man with streaks of grey in his hair and crazy bright blue eyes and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that he was a looker when he was younger.

"Yeah, sure, fine." My mate grunts unhappy but I'm not sure if he's more pissed at being told what to do or the fact that he can't wait to interrogate me. Wait, what did he mean when he asked me why I didn't tell him what was going on with me? What does he know? It's only then that it hits me that I'm in some kind of hospital but how did I get here? Lexi and I were in the woods, this doesn't make sense. I try to talk to her but she's still not answering and I'm getting worried.

"Bonnie, how are you feeling? Does anything hurt?" The doctor asks me. "Oh, so you get to ask her questions but not me?" I look towards my mate and dispute everything I want to laugh at the look on his face. I swear he pulls off the look of a toddler having a tantrum better than any I've ever seen before. "Nicky, show doc some respect for fucks sake!" My head swings towards the door when a tall guy walks in and I swear he looks just like my mate only younger. I don't remember if I have seen him before but he has to be one of his brothers. My mate stomps over to his brother leaving the doctor beside me and I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding in.

And then he growls while giving the doc a pissed look making me bite back more laughter as the doc starts checking the machine beside me. "You'll have to ignore my nephew, Bonnie his Alpha ass gets carried away sometimes." Wait, the doctor is my mate's uncle? He nods his head with a smile confirming my silent question making me smile. I like this guy. "So, how are you feeling?" I take a moment to think about his question and I'm surprised when I don't feel as much pain as I should, as much as I did the last time that I remember being awake.

"Not as bad as I should. My head hurts and my body is aching but it doesn't feel painful right now." He smiles seeming happy with my answer. "That's excellent, it shows that the pain medication that I have been giving you is working." I move so that I can sit up and I'm surprised at how easy it is. It's been a while since I've been able to move this pain-free. "Where am I? How did I get here?" He smiles at me as he checks me over but the moment he goes to lift my shirt I remember the bruises and quickly stop him causing him to pull back. "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you and to answer your questions, you are in the pack hospital. Alpha, Nicholas brought you here when he found you in the woods." Why would he do that? it just doesn't make sense.

"You didn't frighten me..." He gives me an understanding nod confusing me. "I have already examined you once, Bonnie. I examined you when the Alpha brought you in and I have already seen your stomach." I tense up feeling my flight mode setting in and I just want to run. "Don't even think about it." My mate practically growls. "You're not going anywhere!" How the hell does he know what I'm thinking? "Can I examine you again, Bonnie? I don't know how you came to have the bruises that you do, but I just want to check if they are healing, that's it." I nod agreeing despite how much it makes me want to be sick.

I have to admit the doctor is nothing but professional the whole time and does his best to make me feel as comfortable as possible. "I'm happy with how you are doing, Bonnie but I do want to keep you here for a bit longer to monitor you and possibly run some tests." As much as I want to leave right now I know that I need some more time to rest so that I can get the strength that I'm going to need. "Ok, doctor. Thank you for taking care of me." He smiles and nods before heading towards the door.

"Doctor, amm... my wolf... I can't talk to her. Do you know why that could be? He turns to face me and smiles not seeming worried which helps to settle me a little. "From what I can tell you were in a pretty bad way when Alpha Nicholas found you, and I think that you have been in pain for some time. I'm also aware that your wolf had taken control before you were brought in which leads me to believe that she knows that you are now in safe hands and she's just resting up. I am sure that she will be back with you soon, just give her some time." What he says makes sense, I just hope that he's right and that she'll be back soon because I miss her.

"Thanks, doc." He smiles once more before leaving the room along with the other guy who came in after him, leaving me alone with my mate. I'm surprised that he didn't question me about the bruises but I have a feeling that it has something to do with my Alpha mate, and I also have a feeling that he's going to be the one trying to replace out that information but I don't understand why in fact, I don't understand why he's even here.

"Why are you here?" The words leave my mouth before I realize that I've even said them but I don't take them back. He stares at me for several seconds making me feel slightly nervous before he comes to sit in the chair right next to me. "I'm the Alpha of the pack." Well, that's a crap answer. "Exactly, so surely you have more important things to do than to be here with me." It's a fact, not a question, one that he doesn't seem greatly pleased with. "You are my mate, and you're hurt. Of course, I'm going to be here."

"Don't do that." I hate how weak my voice sounds but I can't help it. "Don't do what?" He seems generally confused but I can't understand why. "Don't pretend you're here before I'm your mate. I know I am your mate but you do not want me, you plan on rejecting me you being here as if you care doesn't make sense." A growl slips past his lips but I have a feeling it's more from his wolf rather than him. "You don't know what I want!" Is he serious?

"Maybe not, but I do know what you don't want and that's me, you've made it clear, but it's ok, I understand that it can happen sometimes. I know that you have a woman in your life and if she makes you happy then I'm happy for you but please stop this. You still haven't officially rejected me so this... you being here as if you care, it's making it harder for me so please leave."

I didn't plan on telling him to leave but now that I have said it I realize that it is what I want. He's making things ten times harder by being here and that on top of not being able to talk to Lexi is too much for me. Within seconds I realize that I'm getting angry and as much as I hate feeling that way, it does make a nice chance to feel something else other than sadness.

"What do you mean you know that I have women in my life? Who said anything about that?" Out of all of the things I said that's all that stood out to him. "It doesn't matter, please just leave me alone. I'm tired and I want to sleep." I'm being bitchy but for once, I don't care. I'm not even tired I just want to be left alone. "I want to talk... we need to talk starting with how you got those bruises."

"No, no we don't. Please just leave me alone!" My voice is getting louder and finally, he seems to be taking me seriously. "Fine, I'll let you sleep but I'll be back in one hour and we're going to talk." I honestly didn't think he would leave so I'll take an hour at least it gives me some time to figure things out and maybe even get out of here. I know I said that I need more time to heal but maybe getting out of here is for the best. Maybe I can replace somewhere to rest for a while.

"Of course, I didn't get any sleep nor did he last an hour. He was back in my room within 30 minutes and once he knew that I was still awake there was no getting rid of him. I know we have to talk mainly because we need to get the rejection out of the way but all the strength that I felt earlier when I told him to leave has gone and now I just feel deflated.

"Are you ready to talk now, Bonnie?" Nope, not at all but here goes nothing I guess.