Chapter 18- panic–2
“It’s all my fucking fault!” He gripped his hair in frustration, almost pulling it out from his roots. “I should have been with her today. I should gone on our date today, not turned her down.‘
I felt a little jealous as I heard him blame himself for her state, even though it was obvious that it was not his fault. I watched for hours, with guilt chipping away my soul as I looked at him to blame himself.
Not once did he leave her side. I almost laughed at the situation. My mate was never bothered, not even once to see me when I was at death’s mercy, right in this place, but his best friend who could not, or at least seemed to not care about her was cursing himself for not being near her.
I shoved the bitterness I felt down my throat. This was my best friend and I couldn’t be feeling jealous of her right now.
“It’s… it’s not your fault,” I said in a small voice, trying to console him. He just shook his head, going to sit back on a chair before the nerves made him stand up again. “Eric? For real it’s not your fault, cut it out.” He looked at me for a moment before he shook his head.
“You don’t know that,” he said looking at the door where they had taken her to. “you know I was meant to hang out with her today, but I was too much of a coward to do that. I pushed her away and now this. What if… what if she did this to herself” he looked so distraught, I could barely contain the guilt any much longer.
“Eric it really isn’t your fault.” He just shook his head, walking to the other side of the room. “if anything it’s mine. I should have had the first bite first. I don’t know what I was thinking offering it to her.”
He looked at me confused, turning to fully face me. “what do you mean by that?” I gulped nervously. This was it.
“She tried to surprise me for my birthday and she made a cake-” I choked on the sob. I was done. Not even one good thing could happen to me, it was like I had been hit with a street of bad luck.
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Chapter 18- panic–2
“Lucia?” he moved closer, urging me to say what I was having in mind.
“It’s just that” I cleared my throat, wiping my tears “I wanted to do the tradition of where she would take the first bite” I didn’t need to overly explain myself since he was always there when these things happened “I just… af6rt she took it, she pas-“ I didn’t even get to complete my words as the tears started falling more that it was. He said nothing, just basically pulling himself from me and sitting at the extreme end of the
corridor all alone.
I looked at him. Deciding to let him have some time to take in the information.
The doctor came out, bowing his head respectively towards Eric. “Young Beta” Eric nodded, completely composed like he was not a nervous wreck a few moments ago. I
noticed his clenched fists as he waited to hear the news.
“we have been able to clear it, she is fine” he unbleached them, looking a tad bit more
relaxed.
“thank you” he bowed, looking at him. “”but, what happened. How did she end up here?” he sounded like a little child asking from candy.
“we ran some tests, turns out that she was poisoned.” I froze on hear the news. It couldn’t
- be.
“Are you sure?” he said, the relaxed voice sounding cold and daring. I looked at home from the corner of my eyes. He looked ready for blood.
“Yes. It was wolf’s bane” I opened my mouth slightly. That would have killed me in an
instant. And my wolf would have been gone forever.
“Ca..n we go and see her?” I asked breathing out when he nodded his head yes.
“Yes, we have been able to stabilise her, so no big deal‘ he left as soon as he dropped his
message.
“I think you should out here” i looked at him, not even knowing what to make out of the look i was giving him.
“What do you mean? I want to go see my best friend.”
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