Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

Chapter 284 - The Beta's Efforts - III

When Adaline opened her eyes the first question she saw was Augustus. Adelene blinked repeatedly to get her vision cleared Before focusing on Augustus who was standing in front of her. 

"What?" She croaked out. Her voice sounded tired and when she spoke a sharp pain shooted up her neck as if someone had stabbed her with a pencil. 

It hurt. 

Why did it hurt? Why was she lying down in a room that she did not recognise? 

Augustus did not answer her but moved around the bed to come to her side where a small chair was and Adeline's eyes followed him. 

After he sat down on the stool his sullen expression slightly scared her. "Do you remember what happened last, Luna?" 

She felt irritation seep in before it finally clicked. She nodded.. 

Adaline could feel the same fear that she felt in the Jungle once again come back to her as she gave a cautious glance around the room. She remembered what the demon sounded like and it did not settle down the nerves she felt after hearing his question. 

He nodded after her confirmation. "I am here for a reason Luna. Do you remember running to the Cliff?" 

She did but what happened after that was quite a blur and no matter how much you try to pressure her mind into remembering it, she could not. Adeline gave him a nod. 

"You could not stop when you reached the end of the place and you fell down." He revealed. "Thankfully, Xavier I and Dylan were there yet we could not reach you in time and you fell off the Cliff. Xavier went after you where we stood back and got help."

He purposely left the information regarding the blow to his head. They did not have much evidence about it which is why he did not bother putting it in her mind. 

Adelen could feel her eyes watering. "What ha. .pen?" God, it really hurt her to talk even if it were little words. 

He sighed very loudly. "You fell into the frozen river cracking the glass on the surface at the impact. The Alpha did not get impacted at all and healed in record time to get you out of the frozen river and into a cave. Also built fire for you but that was not enough," 

He gulped and continued, " the problem was you did not. You were on the verge of getting hyperthermia. You have pneumonia for now. The only thing that could get your body to heat up quicker and have a good immune system was for the alpha to bite you." 

"B-bite?" She whispered as her eyes widened in the realisation of what Xavier had done or what Augustus could mean. "You mean—" 

"He marked you." Augustus completed for her. 

Adeline closed her eyes in resignation. That was not good. That was not good at all. 

Adaline closed her eyes and breathed in and out. She did not want to panic nor did she want to overwhelm herself with the feeling of sadness. Adeline wanted to have a clear head while thinking about all of this. So she has to get her facts right as the first thing. 

"What would have happened if he had not marked me?" Adaline could barely get the words out of her mouth but considered it to be important for her to know. 

Augustus winced as he spoke, "as far as I know hypothermia can be fatal if not treated soon enough." 

Adeline moved her neck to face him. "Are you telling me that this could have killed me? Is that why Xavier marked me?" 

"There was a threat on your life, Luna. It was a given that Alpha would do anything to protect you. He even built a fire and kept you dangerously near it but your body was not warming up even with the constant body heat he gave you. It was only a given that this option would make sure that you would survive." 

Adeline just closed her eyes in frustration. Marking is not something that was easy and the next step to it was mating. 

She knew exactly what it entailed when she was marked by someone. What had added in the most was that she had not given her consent for being marked by Xavier because now nature was going to put them together to meet and breed. 

"Why is he not here Augustus?" Adeline mumbles out the words not bothering to waste her energy on a conversation like this. "Why are you present here instead of him?" 

"The Alpha has to be restrained for the time being. You are in a delicate situation and his instincts or to protect you. However, you need medical support more." He answered presenting her with the truth finding no reason to why he should have hidden the fact that Xavier was being restrained. 

Adelene licked her bottom lip before raising her hand and lightly grazing the fingers over the bandaging on her neck. She could feel the outline of the cotton on the mark that was given by him. So it was real. 

He had marked her without his consent.

"Leave," she closed her eyes once again, "Just leave." 

Adaline did not want to deal with any of it anymore. The only saying that she wanted to do was just close her eyes and forget it all. 

Augustus stood up with a nod. "before I leave is there something that I can provide you with?" 

"Please, leave me a phone." Adelene added after some thought. 

Augustus give her a node before moving out of the room and coming back to the phone on his hand that he placed on the table beside her bed. 

"Anything else?" He asked once more to which Adaline shook her head and he walked away. 

There was nothing else that she wanted which is why she forced her body to set up and grabbed the phone before dialling the one person that she could think of would give her the honest opinion on what should have happened.