Chapter 52
Was Sebastian injured? Had he been attacked inside his quarters? Did p>
Matt’s thoughts trailed off as he noticed his friend running out of the building, holding something,no, someone, in his arms, with a distressed, urgent expression on his face, one that was starkly highlighted by the glow of the night street lights.
It was when Sebastian got into the car that Matt noticed, from the rearview mirror, who he was holding in his arms from the black hair. A woman. Not just any woman, but the wolfless. Why was he holding her? Did he kill her and want to get rid of her body in the middle of the night p>
“What the hell, man. Why did you have to kill her when—” Matt began to say when Sebastian growled sharply.
“She’s not dead. She’s sick. Drive as fast as you can to the healing house. Hurry p>
Matt’s hazel eyes widened, and without asking more questions, sensing the urgency in Sebastian’s words, he started the car and stepped hard on the accelerator, driving like the hounds of hell were chasing them, because Sebastian’s distress filled the car so thickly it was almost suffocating.
From the rearview mirror, Matt saw his friend dabbing his handkerchief gently against her forehead, whispering soft, indistinct words to the girl, and caressing her flushed cheeks with his knuckles like she was the most delicate flower, something fragile he needed to handle with extreme care.
Un-fucking-believable! Matt thought. Since when did Sebastian cared about any of his many mates to even hold one like this?
The healing house wasn’t that far from where they stayed, and they soon arrived. Even before the car came to a complete stop, Sebastian had already opened the door and hurried out, carrying her without saying a single word to Matt, who was still frozen in shock and disbelief.
“Okay, I really have to know what all this is about,” Matt said to himself as he quickly followed after them.
Seeing the Alpha inside the healing house at this time of the night immediately got the people working there in open wonder, questioning what could have brought him here and who he was holding while such a terrifying aura radiated from him.
Most of the healers at first believed it was his sister, until they noticed the black hair dangling loosely over his arm. That was definitely not miss Zoe. Who could that person be?
Nobody questioned him, and in no time Viola was placed into a VVIP healing room and assigned the head doctor there, who also happened to be the same doctor who had once operated on her and treated her the first time she was brought here.
When she was laid on the bed, It took so much effort to pry her fingers from Sebastian’s shirt that when the doctor began to put more force into it, Sebastian gave him a deadly warning look.
“Get your hands off her,” he gritted.
The doctor, who was only being urgent so they could properly treat her, swallowed hard and immediately stepped back, bowing his head slightly.
He wasn’t hurting her and was only trying to free her grip. Why was the Alpha so possessive over a wolfless? the doctor wondered, but he didn’t dare say a word. Instead, he stood to the side with the assisting omegas, watching in stunned silence as the Alpha firmly and swiftly tore at the front of his own shirt, ripping the expensive fabric and allowing her to cling to the torn cloth still clenched in her fists.
Did he just ruin his shirt, one that everyone knew was worth millions and was part of the Alpha’s signature designs, for a wolfless?
Sebastian then stepped back and gave the doctor the space needed to treat her.
Viola was soon stripped of her overall training suit by the omegas and dressed into a blue healing gown, and shortly after she was connected to IV drips.
While her treatment went on, Sebastian stood in another connecting room of the VVIP suite, where Matt soon joined him, his arms crossed over his chest and a questioning look written clearly on his face.
“Are you going to spill it out, or do I need to ask?” Matt demanded. “What was all that about? Did you hurt her and then regret it, so you brought her here p>
To Matt, that was the only explanation that made sense. His friend had rushed here with the very girl he claimed he despised and wanted gone, yet he had still allowed her to join a competition that could easily kill her. In fact, Sebastian knew it would kill her, that was why he had allowed her to join in the first place, so he could finally be free of her and make Laila his Luna. So what was all this about now? Why was he rushing her to the healing house as if her life actually mattered now to him?
The only explanation was that he had hurt her and felt guilty.
Sebastian shot him a sharp glare. “I am not that cruel. I didn’t hurt her. She did that to herself p>
“Oh, that’s expected of a weak p>
“Don’t call her that,” Sebastian warned darkly. “She’s not weak, and I just saw that with my own eyes p>
He should have known there was more to those short legs when she killed a werewolf four or five times her size in the North Pack, but he had wanted to believe, firmly, that she was nothing but a weakling. Today proved him wrong. What she did with those arrows, the laps she ran… no she-wolf could do that in human form.
Noticing Matt’s growing curiosity, Sebastian told him what the girl had done and how she had earned an A-plus.
“Holy Mother of Nature, you’re kidding me, aren’t you?” Matt exclaimed in disbelief. “She got an A-plus p>
How was that even possible? Not even he had ever gotten that score, because the wolves always attacked and gathered on him before he could kill even two of them. Yet she had achieved it? He was a Beta, with the second-largest wolf after the Alpha himself, and he still hadn’t passed well enough to earn an A-plus. And now Sebastian was telling him that that girl had earned it in less than the required time?
“Are you certain?” Matt asked with a disbelieving chuckle. Just like Sebastian, he had underestimated her, perhaps even more, because he simply couldn’t see her as strong.
“No, I’m not,” Sebastian replied flatly, deadpanning with heavy sarcasm. “I was dreaming all this while p>
Matt raised his hands in surrender. “Hey, don’t get mad. I was just finding it hard to believe. It’s something impossible for me to do, and you’re saying she did it without a wolf. Then how did she end up in that state? She got electrucated p>
Sebastian’s eyes darkened. “No. She’s been training herself without rest. Do me a favor, shut everyone inside the building who saw me carrying her up, before the word spreads to everyone in Silver p>
The last thing he wanted was for people to begin speculating that she was one of his many mates, especially after seeing him carry her. The easiest way to get to an Alpha was through his mate, and not to mention, now that he had seen her potential, something in him didn’t want her dead at the hands of his enemies just to hurt him.
Everybody knew he never cared for any woman, nor was he ever seen with one in his arms in public. If word of this spread, it wouldn’t take a genius to know that she wasn’t just anyone, but a mate.
From her eyes alone, it was clear the girl was suffering from deep, unseen pain, and making her a target for his enemies wouldn’t be wise. Sebastian recognized that kind of inner pain when he saw it. Because he carried a similar ones himself that still hunt him every night.