The Wolf In Me novel Chapter 21

Part 1 Attacked

Mei's POV

Rushing to Luka's side I chuckled to myself out of joy.

"I heard you spoke my name," I said smiling from ear to ear.

I watched him as he slowly formed a smile back and at that moment I could sense that he was trying hard to bring his body slowly back to life. I chuckled excitedly, holding his right hand tightly around mine.

"He spoke a little. I mean words, but it feels good to know he is trying," Jake said now seeming more like himself.

"I can walk a little again. Look," he pushed himself up from the bed and started to move his legs slightly.

"Still a little wobbly, but getting there," he said grinning.

Melanie that was walking behind me a second ago, barged into the hospital room and closed the door in a rush.

"It's back," she declared, readying herself in front of the locked door.

"The demon managed to escape!"

Our joys of celebrating improvements were over in a split second and fear took its place. I felt my body shake and my wolf was trying to take control.

"No, No," I muttered to Nala, but as much as I struggled not to shift she was already at the surface and the human side of me gave in.

As my Wolf fur and nails emerged, Nala moved towards Melanie, getting ready for some action.

"Nala, stop. You cannot fight this. Leave it in the good hands of the witches," I screamed from within the wolf.

Nala lowered her front down and growled, still eager to fight.

"It's behind the door, I can feel it, Melanie tremulously said, moving two steps back. She started to chant as the door shook with the strong banging coming from the other side.

"Hurry, in the office," Melanie screamed out in between the spell.

She was holding him back for as long as she could until she received more help from the other witches. I thought I should mind link someone from my pack to get Lylah and Nelly to help us, but just on time, I could hear Nelly's high pitched voice coming from the other side trying to lure the beast away with all her might.

"Nala, Let me help. I need to move Luka away from danger," I ordered, trying hard to shift back.

Suddenly a hard push from the demon brought the hospital door down to the ground with a loud bang. Instantly, Nala jumped on top of the demon with her mouth wide open and bit his shoulder whilst being steered in mid-air from left to right. The witches were casting a strong spell that was slowly beating the creature to its knees. I swiftly caught his strong neck between my teeth and pulled at it, exposing blood flowing down to his chest. In a split second all I could remember was stiffening and fell back hard on the ground. After that, everything went blurry.

Minutes later I was woken up by strong movements coming from within my belly. I realised I have shifted back to human form and laid down on the cold floor, naked.

"The baby," I said in sotto voce.

I looked down at my belly and I could see blood seeping from between my legs. My lungs stopped inhaling for a moment as fear struck me. The beast was still trying to get through to get to Luka and Jake but it decided to turn its attention on me. With a loud growl, it turned around and tried to snatch me with its large hand. My wolf got mad and I could feel that she was getting uneasy. I ran as fast as I could away from the demon as terror compelled me. I could hear the witches' faint voices as I rushed further away, managing to get to the hall where I found Steph and Malakai. My feet started to get wobbly from beneath my heavy body and I almost fell on the ground.

Malakai quickly got hold of me and I heard Steph gasp, "the baby! You are bleeding," she screamed.

"We must take her to the hospital. Fast," she said.

"No. The demon is attacking there."

I winced as I felt a contraction coming in strongly. This was not good at all.

"The Alpha and Beta are both in there," Malakai recalled, holding me tightly, not to fall.

"Bring her to my room. I'll get her some clothes to wear. You go help them," she turned to look at Malakai and pointed to her bedroom.

He helped me walk slowly, one step at a time until we reached Steph's room.

"It's fine from here. Thanks," I whispered, feeling vulnerable, "I'm sorry you had to see me in such a state."