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IN THE HOSPITAL

“No No No!!!!!!”She screamed as memories pulled her out of her sleep. She was breathing heavily, flailing her arms around frantically, the lights around her were blinding as she tried to focus her eyes on her surroundings. She felt cool hands grab her and it made her panic, she pushed harder “no, no !!” she screamed.

Then she heard a soft voice telling her to calm down, that everything was okay, it was a woman's voice.

She blinked a couple of times focusing her eyes on the woman speaking to her, “Sshhh, it's okay, you're okay now” she said.

Aja pushed herself further away from the woman and looked around she was laying on a bed and it seemed she was in some type of room. She looked back at the lady in front of her, she had her hands up, keeping her distance.

The lady said “It's okay, I am not going to hurt you. I am a doctor, I was just checking your wound...the one on your leg” she pointed to her right leg.

Aja looked at her leg and saw some teeth marks in her skin, they weren't deep and were already pretty healed. Which was strange because she remembered the pain and the teeth sinking deep into her flesh making her pass out. As the memories from the woods came back to her, she became anxious again. She did not want to run into those scary werewolves again.

The lady spoke again slowly “Could I look at your leg? I just want to make sure it is healing properly” she said.

Aja didn’t know what to do, “Nikita should I let her?” she asked but received no response, that was strange Nikita always responded to her no matter what. “Nikita you there?” she asked again. She could feel her but it seemed she was unconscious.

The lady got closer to her and motioned to her leg.

Aja nodded her head at the doctor but kept her eyes glued to her every move. The lady approached her again and touched her right leg gently.

She pressed down a bit and asked “Does that hurt?”, Aja shook her head.

The lady went towards a drawer and picked something out she then returned to her side and opened the cup. She took some of the white cream out and was going to put it on her shoulder but Aja backed away from her.

“It's just a cream to help your wound heal, this way it can heal faster, it won’t hurt,” she said, then proceeded to lift up the sleeve from her arm and put a bit on her own hand to show Aja,“See nothing bad will happen”.

Aja decided to let her put some on her leg, she felt the cool cream being rubbed against the bite mark.

“My name is Yamiel,” said the lady “What’s yours?”

Aja didn’t respond, she was too busy trying to figure out how she would escape this room.

“It's okay, you are in a safe place now, I just want to know your name. Can you speak?” Yamiel asked as she backed away and sat on the chair next to her bed.

Aja looked at her and was caught staring at her big brown curly hair that piled on the top of her head like a pineapple. Aja would guess she was in her 20’s except for the little wrinkles at the corners of her eyes that suggest she is a little older. She pushed her glasses up with her finger as she looked at Aja with her Hazel eyes, waiting for her response. And for some unknown reason, her instincts told her that Yamiel was a good person.

”Aja,” she said, her voice sounding hoarse, and she coughed to clear her throat. She didn't realize how weird it would feel to speak out loud, she hasn’t spoken to anyone except for Nikita in years.

Yamiel smiled at her, “Aja, nice to meet you, that's a wonderful name” she said. Yamiel finished examining her and soon they heard a knock on the office door.

Yamiel got up from the chair and went over to the door, holding up a finger to Aja “Give me a moment”.

She opened the door and started speaking to the person outside in hushed whispers. Aja started to feel uneasy as they spoke and she couldn't make out what they were saying but it seemed like they were arguing. She was about to focus her hearing and make out what they were talking about when Yamiel suddenly stopped speaking. Aja heard her say “Yes Alpha” and open the door wider.

As soon as Aja heard that she started panicking.

‘No! Not again, I need to get out of here!’

She wanted to flee from the room but there was no place to run. The same man she saw in the woods came into the room as well as two other guys behind him, they walked towards her. Aja couldn’t breathe, she pushed herself back into the bed trying to put as much distance between them as she could. She saw them getting closer “Ahh!!!! No! No!” She started sobbing. She jumped off the bed and backed away towards a corner of the room and slid down the wall onto the floor as she kept screaming. She heard them talking but she just kept crying. She just wants to be alone.

‘No more pain’ she thought, ‘please no more.’

Aja felt a hand touch her arm, she tried to push away but was already up against the wall. She tried to move away while she cried. Until she heard Yamiel’s voice, “It’s okay, look at me”.

Aja looked up at her through eyes full of tears. Yamiel grabbed her face and said, “It's okay, I’m here with you, nobody is going to hurt you”. She told Aja to breathe in and out slowly and she did as she was told.

“Look over there” Yamiel pointed to the door, where the Alpha was standing looking over at her with an unreadable expression.

“He is the Alpha of this pack, he needs to ask you some questions. He is also my nephew, I promise that he won’t hurt you. I’ll be here the whole time okay?” she said

She looked at Yamiel and then the Alpha who stood by the door. She tried to control her breathing and stand up, which proved to be difficult due to her whole body shaking from fear, and her legs felt like jelly. Yamiel could see she was struggling and helped her get up by grabbing her hands and pulling her up to her feet, she then helped her walk back to the bed.

Aja avoided making eye contact with the man in front of her at all times, she didn’t want to make him angry or disrespect him in any way. She already knew what could happen if an Alpha became upset. Even though Yamiel is his Aunt and she said he wouldn’t hurt her, Aja couldn’t be sure of anything, she didn’t know these people.

Aja sat on the bed again, her gown pulled up a bit to her thighs and she quickly pulled it down, feeling self-conscious about her body being exposed.

When she was finally seated she waited for the Alpha to speak, focusing her eyes on his feet. He was wearing black boots and she stared at them as they got closer to her and she couldn’t stop her heart from accelerating. Her breathing didn’t return to normal until he stopped and she noticed his boots moving back towards the door.

Yamiel placed the palm of her hand in Aja’s which felt warm and comforting, different from earlier which were cold.

‘Oh she was wearing gloves earlier. Her hands are a little bigger than mine but they feel soft and delicate. Wow, her nails are long and pretty. They look completely opposite of my rough hands, full of splinters. I pretty much have no nails for some reason. I have an uncontrollable urge to bite them constantly. Well, usually when I feel anxious, which is all the time-’

“Your name is Aja?” a low smooth voice asked her. She was so focused on Yamiel’s hand that she jumped a bit, spooked by the sound of his voice. Aja nodded her head without looking up from his feet.

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