Chapter 104
His fever still hadn’t gone down and he was becoming restless. I had no idea what to do in a situation like this. I could give him an ice pack, but I had no idea where they were! I couldn’t even feed him any medicine as I didn’t know what was happening to him. Him being a wolf, it could very well be something I had no idea about.
Oh god…What should do? What could I do?
Seconds seemed to stretch into minutes and still there was no sign of Caroline. Just when I was on the verge of a panic attack, debating on what to do next. that’s when I heard a knock on my door before it burst open and Caroline came running in, followed by Maya, Caleb’s mother, who looked just as worried as Caroline.
“Caroline!” I called out to her in relief. “I don’t know what happened! He fell asleep here last night and when I woke up, he was like this.”
“It’s alright,” Caroline gave me a reassuring look that didn’t really reach her eyes before she touched Caleb’s forehead. But something that I couldn’t quite name crossed her expression as her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Maya. “He really has a fever.”
Maya looked shocked as she too came to check Caleb’s temperature. “How is that possible?”
“Can you tell us what happened yesterday?” Caroline asked me.
Any other time, it would have been a probing question, but this was about Caleb’s health, so I decided to tell them everything. From going to the gazebo yesterday to waking up here with Caleb this morning. However, I did leave out all the finer details of our conversations. Those were private and unnecessary for Caleb’s health.
Both Caroline and Maya listened intently and then nodded as if in understanding.
“I’ll get the pack doctor to come check on him.” Maya told me. “Meanwhile, we have to move him back to his room.”
A couple minutes later, two guards came into the room carrying a stretcher and they hoisted Caleb on top of it before whisking him away. I watched him leave, my heart heavy with regret that I hadn’t been able to do anything for him.
“Caleb…please be alright…” My voice was barely above a whisper as my heart pounded in my chest, the weight of the events pressing down on me.
Caroline and Maya rushed after him, but not before reassuring me that they would come to get me soon, as soon as they figured out what was wrong with Caleb. So I decided to shower and get cleaned up and wait for one of them to come and get me.
Why? Why was it that every time I experienced an ounce of happiness, my life was shrouded in darkness the very next day? Why couldn’t I just be happy for once, without it shattering to pieces and leaving me gasping for breath?
Why now? Why now, that I was finally beginning to connect with someone for the very first time in my life?
Whatever it was, I just wanted Caleb to be safe. He’s the first person to Seeing him like this, vulnerable and in pain, made me realize how mu to him.
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love and care and I don’t want to lose him…I couldn’t lose him. re for him. How much I had come to like him and had grown attached
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