Chapter 47
47 He Loves Me Now?
Madeline:
I only remembered passing out. When I started to wake up, I found myself in a small space. Trying to move my arms, I realized how badly my body ached.
As I grimaced, someone suddenly held my hand and rubbed the back of it.
The warmth of that touch comforted me enough to ease some of the pain. Still, it didn’t stop me from trying to wake myself up completely.
When I opened my eyes and saw Graham, my body finally relaxed. Everything was still blurry especially my
memory.
“Where are we?” I stammered, struggling to finish a sentence between heavy breaths.
“We’re in a cabin in the woods, ” Graham replied, his tone dramatic enough to pull a faint memory from the back of my mind.
I remembered watching ‘Cabin in the Woods‘ with him. I never understood why I liked horror movies when I always ended up so scared that I’d cling to his arm just to get through them.
“Cabin? Why are we in a cabin?” I asked, trying to sit up, but my entire body felt like it was on fire. “Wait—what happened? Weren’t we supposed to–we were on a mission p>
Fragments started coming back, words, flashes, nothing clear. Graham stared at me and then smiled faintly.
“What?” I asked in confusion.
“Don’t worry. It’ll come back,” he murmured.
As soon as he said that, I looked down and slowly lifted the blanket. I gasped, clutching it to my chest.
“Why am I in your clothes?” I asked, shocked. I was wearing black shorts and a gray shirt–definitely not mine. They were men’s clothes. His clothes.
“Because you transitioned, and I couldn’t leave you lying there without clothes,” he said softly, his voice breaking slightly between words.
His explanation made me gasp again.
“Yes, you transitioned. You fought the old man and tore off his head p>
He paused when he noticed my eyes widening, tears welling at the corners.
“I did that?” I asked, completely stunned.
“Yep. You were pretty badass,” Graham said with a small nod.
He was kneeling on the bed, fists pressed into the mattress to steady himself, while I leaned against the headboard, gripping the blanket tightly against my chest.
“Oh.” I covered my mouth with one hand as my gaze drifted from him.
Memories came rushing back, Gina wanting to chase the man in the cave, us taking over the mission, realizing the man wasn’t who he seemed, my transition, feeling the mate bond with Graham, saving him because his pain tore through me like it was my own.
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Everything hit me at once. It felt like the sky had collapsed on my head.
“So, which part of the memory is more shocking?” Graham asked, watching me closely. He could probably see how lost I was in my thoughts.
I looked at him and swallowed hard.
“The mate bond,” I whispered.
The proud smirk that spread across his face caught me off guard. Why wasn’t he freaking out? Didn’t he have a wife? I was just an omega to him in the past. 1
None of it made sense. And how could I feel a mate bond with him when I’d already felt one with Baxter?
Still, there were too many things racing through my head to dwell on that right now. I pushed myself up onto my knees, facing him.
He straightened his back, meeting my gaze as we both sat on our knees.
“Did you talk to Gina? Is she okay?” I asked, panic rising in my voice.
“Don’t worry. The first thing I did was check on my daughter,” he said.
His choice of words shocked me, but the news made me happy.
“She’s fine. She woke up right when you killed the old man. His hypnotism wore off, and you saved many other kids p>
He guided me to take slow, deep breaths while explaining that several children were still asleep inside the cave.
“After I brought you here, I called the warriors. They reached the area and rescued all the children,” he continued.
He explained everything clearly, but one question still burned in my mind.
“Why am I here? Why didn’t you take me to the hospital or home?” I asked in bewilderment.
He looked away, his eyes fixed on some distant point, as if even he didn’t know what to say.
“There was a hailstorm,” he finally replied. “And I guess I just wanted to take care of you. Besides, you were talking in your sleep about the mate–bond thing, and how you felt when you saw the old man attacking me. I didn’t want you to wake up embarrassed, knowin
everyone else had heard it p>
His voice was gentle, but his words left me stunned.
“Oh, well, it’s not like it meant anything,” I muttered. “It was just my body responding to its mate. That’s all p>
I forced myself to dismiss the feelings behind what I had said in my sleep. They didn’t matter anymore,
“Yeah, right,” he said quietly, lowering his gaze before getting off the bed.
“Why did you put yourself in danger for me?” I asked in confusion.
He walked toward the door, as if ready to leave, but stopped and turned to face me.
“Because I couldn’t stand seeing you in pain. The idea of him hurting you almost killed me. It scared me,” he said, his eyes locking on mine.
I pushed myself off the bed, folding my arms across my chest. “Why?” I demanded, staring at him in disbelief.
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“ Because a world without you in it would be too hard for me to live in.” He held my gaze, then added, “Because I love you, Madeline. I’ve always loved you p>
It felt like my entire body caught fire when he confessed. Those words could have been beautiful if spoken between true mates.
They could have meant everything. But to me, they sounded like an old, broken song, something I didn’t want to hear anymore.
“I don’t believe you,” I said sharply.
A frown formed on his forehead.
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