The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 156

Raven

“Woah, easy.” Klaus mutters as I try to sit up.

I felt like I had been in a washing machine with how dizzy I was.

Closing my eyes, I lie back, trying to stop my mind from swirling. Even Midnight was quiet which was very unlike her.

I suddenly sit up right, looking around for the Rogue when I'm hit with excruciating pain in my leg.

“Salem?” I mutter. I had heard his name, I was sure of it. But things were hazy.

“What do you remember?” Klaus asks softly.

“I…Uh….” I rub my head, is this what humans felt like when shit happened to them. Wait, why wasn’t I healing?

“He was here," I mumble, "he put something over my mouth. And then I heard a scream, my scream? Was it me?”

I look around, recognising my own hospital when pain shoots through my leg again. Pulling back the blanket, I see a large amount of bandages wrapped around my leg.

“Take it off!” I demand

“Raven, you know that is not a good idea.”

“Please take it off!” I repeat. It couldn’t be real. It just couldn’t. But deep down I already knew.

Klaus sighs and slowly unravels the bandages and the layer of dressing. There was a massive divot in my thigh where most of the muscle is missing. My skin is coated in dried blood. Ugly red wounds had been left in place where they had tried stretching and stitching my skin back together. By the looks of it, it had finally started to heal, though it would never be the same.

“I’m sorry Raven. We can heal, but we can’t grow new muscle and that much flesh.”

“He bit me? But he was my mate?” I mutter, shocked at how Salem could do such a thing. He was always so kind, so nice and cared about every little thing I did. “What happened to him?”