Countdown 15 Departing From the Alpha (Evelyn)
I Become Novel 74

Chapter 65

Her cheeks reddened even more if that was possible, but she still did not say a word.

"Cough! Cough!!" The sound of Gabriel coughing resounded in the room.

"Your high

highness, every lady would feel embarrassed if you were that close." The teacher gentlemanly and subtly informed the woman unaccustomed king. At least this was what he thought subtlety

meant.

Hearing another voice, Celia regained her composure and broke the eye contact, directing her gaze towards her teacher who was standing a bit further away. Salas did not ask anything more, realizing his mistake at the uncommon close distance. But still he was displeased having lost contact with her eyes and touch, as he retracted his hand.

So he only straightened his body, but did not move from the side of the bed.

"How are you feeling, Celia? The doctor said that your regeneration finally kicked in to the fullest, so all your wounds are closed and almost healed by now, and they should not pose any problems.” Gabriel friendly inquired.

am alright, only slightly dizzy, but I am confused. I should not be alive right now.” She said calmly. She had lost consciousness after the fourth bullet, but she was sure more shots followed. Logically speaking no werewolf, having been shot that many times, should still be breathing.

"Well if it weren't for his highness..." Gabriel started to say, but was not able to finish as Salas already interrupted him.

“We got you as fast as we could to the hospital. And luckily the doctors were able to treat you in time.” The first ranked werewolf man stated, his heart uncomfortable as he repeated her words inside his mind, I shouldn't be alive right now.

She only nodded in understanding. She realized that her stronger wolves had something to do with her fast healing, so she did not want to stir suspicions by being too surprised and asking too many questions about her health.

“And my pack temporary members how are they? And the other watcher students were they attacked as well?” She asked anxiously, clearing her head from haziness, while she tried to shift her body upwards worried.

“They are alright. Do not worry. The temporary pack members are already attending classes as usual, and your classmates also are attending theirs. The other students, who were in the same pack

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as you for the exercise, have had a week to rest and to recuperate from the psychological trauma, but otherwise have no injuries.

As for the other packs that participated in the exercise they were not attacked..... either your pack was the only target, or your pack was nearer from where they entered through the border. If the latter is true, they were just unfortunate enough to attack the leader of the watchers first... quite unlucky hunters." Gabriel stated chuckling.

Salas who was still closer to her, although the highest rank in the room, and the king for that matter, had not replied to her question himself, as he was busy arranging the pillow behind her back to a more comfortable position, earning himself another blush from her. Which was quite endearing, he thought.

“T–Thank you.” She whispered stuttering. It seemed like each time she talked to him she lost her voice. Her usual calm self, changed to 180 degrees. She really should stop doing that, she thought. Then she continued to speak, as she processed inside her mind what Gabriel said.

"A week's rest, does that mean I have been unconscious for a week?" She gasped as she realized exactly how much time passed.

Salas had already distanced himself from her by this point, with his mission already finished, not wanting to make her too uncomfortable.

Yes, a whole week. You had us quite worried, some more than others.” Gabriel said looking with squinted eyes in Salas's direction. And as the latter glared at him, he restrained his joking attitude and continued.

"Your pack members have bombarded my phone with messages and calls. We had to restrict everyone's access so they were not able to see you." Gabriel sighed defeated by pups, then pulled his phone out of his pocket and raised it in the air showing her the screen. Yet another phone call from Jake was displayed on the smartphone's screen.

“Do you mind answering the call? Even if I told them you were alright and assured them it won't be long until you wake up, they keep pestering me every day. I don't know how they have so much battery on their phones. They keep eating mine away.” He said sighing again, while he was already handing her the phone.

She nodded her head apologetic and took it from his hands to answer. Saying her greeting, the loud worried voice could be heard from the other end. She only exchanged a few words with Jake, not wanting to be rude in the presence of the king by prolonging the conversation and ignoring him, then managed to close the phone call after she promised she would call again to talk more detailed.

– She could not talk more even if she wanted to as she kept feeling a scrutinizing gaze upon her at all lines, Salas's probably. Gabriel was by the window waiting for her to finish her conversation he

was also gazing outside, so

it was not him, and there was only one more person in the room. Maybe she was just overly conscious, but it kept sending an itch to her heart. So she cut the conversation ak short as she could. It was also not polite to keep talking on the phone in the presence of the king.