The Prince’s Unwilling mate by Mutya

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My sweet, wonderful mate, unconscious on the cold cave floor. Even now that she was

curled up. I could see how matted her hair was. How skinny she had gotten. And I saw her

body covered in bruises. It triggered something protective deep inside of me. I just barely

managed to tell the others to leave the two of us alone. She is fully dressed, but the

clothes are draping off her body. They are too big on her now. I remember when we first

met. She was so ashamed of her

scars, that I never minded them. And if these wounds turn into scars. too. I still would not

mind, but I know she would. So I want to hide ast many wounds and bruises as I can.

I shift back to my human form, not minding I am as naked as I was the day I was born, and

I walk over. She seems so peaceful on the one hand. But on the other hand, it is so clear

that She is not okay. That she wasn’t just sleeping because she was exhausted. So, like I

intended to do. I covered her bruises the best I could before I lifted her in my arms and

carried her out of the cave.

I carried her like that in my arms all the way to the pack house. Asking her to come back

to me, whispering sweet nothing’s in her ear all the time. Asking her to come back to me.

Telling her about the plans I had for the two of us. Every single thing I could think of to get

her to get back to me, but nothing helped. Of course, Jay and Tessie had been brought up

to speed. The two of them were waiting for us, together with Daniel and Krystel, Collin,

Dillion, Jessa, and Gerald had been in the forest with me when I found Ayla, and they had

walked alongside me as I carried her to the pack house.

After I had brought her to the pack hospital, placed her in a bed, and

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washed her. Because I could not stomach the idea of anyone else touching her. Tessie

came over to check up on her daughter. Not as a mother but as a pack doctor, for me, it

was a bonus to know that her doctor loved her as much as I did. But I was not stup id, I

realized how critical her condition was. So for Tessic to work on her own daughter as a

patient who might not make it must be terrifying and

heartbreaking.

“What happened?” Tessie asked me, her tone cold and professional.

I feel like she was keeping herself detached from the situation. So she could be as

professional as she could. Without falling victim to the emotions that would come into play

from seeing her doctor like that.

“I do not know we found her like that, on the floor of a hidden cave, though. One of the

other warriors found a backpack full of candy bars. and cans of sodas. So our best guess is

that she was too exhausted and hungry with not having been fed enough. The bag got too

heavy for her, so she dumped it. And it seemed like she had just laid down for a little nap.

I have no idea why it has gotten so much more than just a little nap. All I do know is that

she is not waking up” I told Tessie all the information I had.

I knew it wasn’t much to go on, but it was all I knew. Tessie asked me to leave the room so

she could examine Ayla. I did not want to leave her side, I had missed her for so long. And

she had missed me so I wanted her to feel her close to me. I knew in my heart that feeling

me close, would make her come back to us, back to me sooner. Still, I did not want to

bother Tessie as she was doing her job, and neither did I want her to think I did not trust

her. Reluctantly, I got up to leave the room and give Ayla and Tessie the privacy and space

that they needed. But not before bending over and giving Tessie one last kiss on the

forehead, whispering to her.

“Come back to me, Darling, I cannot do this alone, I need you here. with me”

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That last kiss to the forehead was two hours ago. Tessie still had not come out of the room

she was in with Ayla. And I was getting anxious, why would she not come out to tell us

what was wrong?

A firm hand on my knee stopped me from shaking it so much.

“She is in good hands Griff, and there is no way our Fire Cr acker is not pulling through.”

Dillion told me, but he was pale, and his eyes were glossy.

He was trying to reassure himself as much as he was trying to reassure me. The two of us

and everyone else in the waiting room breathed a sigh of relief when Tessie finally walked

out of the room.

“She has been getting a medicine that I did not know of, and finding out what it was or did

wasn’t easy. I managed to find out it is a medicine given to control someone’s shifts.

Meaning that with all the abuse she has been through, she has been forced to ignore her

wolf too. The exhaustion and hunger combined with the medicines and. their effects made

her slip into a coma. “Tessie’s explanation made me boil with anger. At the same time, I

am sick with worry, wanting to do anything and everything I can do to get Ayla out of her

coma.

When I asked Tessie what I could do to help Ayla if there was anything I could do to help

her with. She told me I needed to take care of Ayla. Be with her care for her and talk to

her. There was no proof that what I would tell her would matter. People are known to just

read a story to the person in a coma. Because it is more the sound of your voice than the

words coming out.

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First, though I wanted to take care of her just like Tessie suggested I would. Not wanting to

leave her side for even a second. I had asked Jessa to get Ayla all her favorite toiletries

and lotion and whatever it was that she used. I had handed her my black card and she

was back soon enough with a ton of stuff. She had saved me the receipts. I just crumpled

them up and threw them away. Not only do I fully trust Jessa. If she had stolen from me

that would have been fine too. As long as she did get the items I needed. The items Ayla

liked the most and since I recognized a few of the bottles from our bedroom I knew Jessa

had done a great job.

I crawled into the bed with Ayla, lifting her until she was like in a sitting position when I

was done. It gave me free access to her hair just as I wanted to. Starting with spraying in

some detangling spray and then patiently brushing small bits of her hair. To make it soft

and bouncy again. And as I did I sang for her. There was so much I wanted to tell her it

stopped me from talking to her at all. I could not find the words that would do justice to

what I was feeling now.

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