Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future novel Chapter 50

Lenora stands and unlocks the apartment door. James is pacing the hall and rushes inside as soon as he is allowed entry.

“My Love!" he exclaims when he sees Delilah bundled up on the sofa. He kneels down and caresses her face, giving her little kisses. “Oh, Puppy. Don't worry. I'm okay," she smiles as he comes to her side.

“James, you can take her wrapped in the blanket so she won't get cold. | will get it back some other time," | offer.

"It's alright, Luna. My truck is out front,” he carefully unwraps his mate from her cocoon and hands the blanket to me before picking her up bridal style. Lenora drapes his coat over her.

“Delilah, | will come see you tomorrow if you're feeling better,” | tell her.

“Thank you, Kas," she says sleepily, leaning into James’ chest. James gingerly walks out of the apartment so he can take his mate home and care for her. | pang of guilt strikes my heart. | am not able to heal Delilah because she is not a werewolf. She is a powerful witch, but what she did for me this evening took so much out of her. | have to find a way to make it up to her.

"Did you hear that?" Lenora asked with a smirk as soon as they're gone.

"Hear what?" | ask, looking at her with confusion.

"Delilah calls James 'Puppy’,” Lenora giggles at the thought of big burly James being called a puppy.

| cover my mouth hiding my giggle. Once | collect myself | turn to Lenora, "Okay, no more stalling, where's Bronx?"

“Hospital wing.”

“Hospital wing?! What happened?" Worry starts to build in my chest. >

She looks at me unsure what to say. She just sighs, “Saint won't shift back into human form. We're not sure why.”

“Won't or can't?" I'm not sure how | know to ask the question.

“Come on, Kas, maybe you can help figure it out.”

We walk briskly down to the hospital wing. | realize, | wrapped my blanket around me without knowing | was doing it. The doctor meets us in the hallway.

"Luna, I'm glad you're here. We've tried to speak with Alpha Bronx's wolf, but for some reason, he doesn't seem to be able to communicate with us. Beta Milo had to bring him back from the woods on an ATV. He couldn't walk here himself. Physically, he

seems weak, but we can't figure out why. Other than the muscle weakness, he seems to be healthy, albeit a little irritable. But that isn't unusual for our Alpha," the doctor explains to us as we walk down the hall. We stop in front of a patient room door.