Chosen just to be Rejected (by Jennifer Francis) novel Chapter 108

108 Parker Milly had been beside herself since hed brought her and Whit to the hospital .

Hed not told her the truth of things she was too little to understand .

But Milly cried anyway at hearing her mother was sick and in the hospital .

It was all hed told her , not elaborated on the word sick .

Shed clutched at Whit instantly upon hearing the news , and fear had rolled of the tiny little girl .

Hed picked her up himself to comfort her , and told her everything was going to be alright .

Parker had carried her on his hip through the packhouse as shed sobbed , while hed walked holding Whits hand as hed taken them to the hospital to see Belladonna .

Her breathing tube had been removed and replaced with nasal prongs and though he knew she had a chest full of stitches , the children didnt see that .

She was covered with a sheet and blanket as she lay there on the bed .

Hed felt Whitneys hand tighten in his at the sight of his mother laying there in the bed .

The hospital was a place that both her children were used to coming and going from , a place they always saw her in .

But this was an entirely different matter , because she was now the patient , not the doctor .

Likely something neither one of them had ever seen before .

Milly had cried even more and wanted to be put on bed .

Hed not let her , couldnt .

Belladonnas wounds werent healing on their own yet .

Annette had been checking that every 30 minutes since the surgery was over .

Standard wolfen protocol because one never knew a wolfs tolerance to being sedated , and they could start healing even before their human was awake .

Hed pulled a chair up for both himself and Whit , and they all sat by her bedside , and hed let Milly reach out and touch her , and had comforted the little girl as best he could , with softly spoken words of reassurance , that she would wake up tomorrow , was just sleeping deeply because she really needed the rest right now .

Theyd had breakfast , lunch and dinner in the hospital , because Milly wouldnt leave the room , pitched a fit at his attempts to give them a break from being in the room , and to go and get some fresh air .

Her little girl wouldnt have a bar of leaving the room .

Not aven Whit could get her to , hed just shaken his head at Parker and sighed .

Milly had not really said anything all day , just wouldnt leave the room .

Hed sat and talked quietly with Whit throughout the day , and theyd tried to engage Milly together .

Shed not wanted that , become introverted by lunchtime .

Whit had told him this was how she was when 103 theyd met her .

She likely just needed their mum to wake up .

He understood that and after dinner hed thought about trying to take them back to the packhouse for sleep , but didnt think Milly would go , so didnt try it .

Hed settled on the couch and Milly had climbed into his lap and leaned on him , fallen asleep on his chest as hed stroked her back gently .

He could see Whit was watching his little sister .

He reached out and touched her curly hair and sighed .

This is how she was , clingy and quiet .

Traumatised , Parker had stated softly , not wanting to wake her up .

Shell be alright when your mum wakes up , hed stated .

Hed seen all sorts of trauma when taking over other packs .

Children as young as Milly , however , were resilient and could forget with time , come back to life once they felt safe and protected .

50 Shed been able to do that before , because of the love she got from Belladonna and Whit , he knew shed be alright .

She did understand that her mother was alive .

Sleeping deeply is what Annette had told her , that shed gotten sick and needed to sleep for a full day , then shed wake up and start to get better .

Though Parker didnt know how long her getting better would actually take , seeing as there was no active healing , but he was hoping it wouldnt take more than a day or two .

That would be indicative of her beast healing her once the sedation wore off .

His eyes flicked open and Vex was up and alert inside his mind and looking right at Belladonna , he didnt know what had woken him , but the machines in the room were still beeping softly and didnt indicate that anything was wrong .

Hed been woken by something , though not sure what it was , but then hed seen it , movement , her hand slid up the blanket and touched her chest , and then her eyes were opening a moment later , and he felt relief flood through not only himself but Vex as well .

She then she settled and went right back to sleep .

Likely had pain , and it had disturbed her .

The sedation was wearing off .

He mind linked the nurse on duty to let her know Belladonna was starting to wake up , and she came into the room , walked quietly on her soft soled sneakers , and checked on her , looked at him and stated , It could be a while yet .

Hed nodded and sat watching her until sleep had reclaimed him , and been woken by Vex once more at nearly dawn , to find Belladonnas eyes were open , and she was looking about the room .

There was only one light on in the room due to them all sleeping .

Her eyes finally 100 landed on him and her children .

Their son was curled up on the couch next to him with a blanket draped over him , and Milly was asleep on him .

A slight smile touched her face , and he felt his heart rate increase a little at her smiling at him with her children .