Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 42

“Vale?” Ezekiel’s voice sounded cracked and dry.

I opened my eyes, looking down at him. “Hey, little Alpha. You doing okay?”

He nuzzled further into my chest. “I…never want to go through that again.”

Chuckling, I kissed his forehead. “I’m glad your coherent again. Come on, let’s get you out of this water. Get some water into you.”

He nodded and I scooped him up in my arms. Ignoring the pain in my arm, I knew that even with my werewolf healing, it would take days for my arm to recover. Naresh was quiet in the back of my mind, tired from the continuous healing. I remembered what Hector said about my mom, that her wolf died trying to heal her and keep her alive. It was a fraction of what I’m sure she felt but I could understand it more now.

I placed Ezekiel down and gently tried to see if he could weight on his legs without crumbling.

“Vale, I’m fine. You can…”

As soon as I let more of his weight fall, he started to drop and I just picked him back up. He whined, embarrassment flooding me from the bond and I kissed him.

“Don’t worry. You have nothing to feel embarrassed about.”

Carrying him into the room, I surveyed the stuff now in the room. There were water bottles on both sides of the night stand, as well as protein bars. At the end of the bed, there were piles of towels, multiple sizes. The bed had also been stripped save for the pillows and the bottom sheet.

Placing Ezekiel on the bed, I opened up a water bottle and placed it in his hands. “Drink. You need it. If you want another one, tell me.”

Kissing the top of his head, I turned back to the bathroom and cleaned up the clothes so they would dry. My arm hit the corner of the shower and I hissed.

“Vale?”

I quickly shut my mouth. “Nothing. Clothes were just cold. Did you need another water?”

Moving his wet clothes to hang up in the shower, I grabbed the three bottles of lube from under the sink and brought them in. Opening up my nightstand drawer, I put them in when I noticed another five bottles in there as well. My mom apparently knew exactly what we needed. Ezekiel was watching me intently as I mulled around the room. After pulling the curtains closed a bit more, I walked back over to the bed. Grabbing the now empty water bottle, I replaced it with another.

“Keep drinking. You need to hydrate.”

Ezekiel chuckled. “I know, Vale. It’s not the first heat I’ve dealt with.”

“It is when it’s you. Unless you need to tell me exactly how the mating session went with your ex-Luna.” I smirked as he choked a bit on his water.

“Vale!”

I shrugged and laid down on the bed, carefully not to lay on my arm. Ezekiel’s eyebrow raised but I closed my eyes, putting my other hand behind my head.

“If I fall asleep, I have no doubt you’ll wake me up when the rest of the heat starts.”

Ezekiel chuckled. “What makes you so sure?”

“Because the only person within a twenty mile radius is my mom who would put you down so fast you wouldn’t even be able to touch her. So there is only me. I’ve heard just being an Alpha makes it strong. But Alpha King, both of us being Alpha’s…I can’t even imagine.”

I felt a trepidation and embarrassment filter back through our bond and I shook my head. Peeling my eyes open, I turned my head to him. “Don’t, Ezekiel. I can feel you, you know. I will be here for you, every step of the way. There is nothing to be embarrassed about or worry about. If I need to, I can handle you.” I chuckled, looking out at the sun, streaming into the windows. “You were in pain for almost nine hours, Zeke.”

Another spit of water and he looked at me, shocked. “We were in the bath for that long?”

Shaking my head, I closed my eyes. I was tired and I knew I needed my strength for him. “No. I refilled the bath maybe four times? Five? I lost count. But I swapped between there and the shower, trying to keep you cool and in as little pain as possible.”

Reaching over, I grabbed a water and a protein bar. Tearing it open, I didn’t open my eyes as I ate it. Washing it down with the bottle of water, I sighed.

“Just…try to get some rest. I have a feeling we won’t get much as soon as it starts.” I smiled at him.

His head fell into the crook of my arm as he curled up against my side. “Thank you, Vale.”

I shook my head. “It’s the least I can do, Zeke. If I could have taken the pain on myself, I would have. I hated seeing you in pain. I did what I could. Now, rest.”