My Marked Luna (Apphia and Nicholas) novel Chapter 8

Apphia’s pov

I hear a fight. A massive beast is growling, and everyone else is shrieking in fear. A formidable darkness surrounds the clearing. It is not that of the night but comes from something dangerous.

It quietens.

Why is it quiet?

I like the quiet.

Sparks.

I feel sparks tingle across my neck. Someone is talking to me, but I can’t determine what they are saying.

I lose my consciousness and surrender to the darkness that has been inviting me, four words escorting me,

‘I’ve got you now,‘

Nicholas‘ pov

I was furious when I saw what those bastards did to my mate. I trapped them and jumped in, punching and kicking until they were on the ground. I snapped my fingers, and they started to writhe in pain as I electrocuted them using my gift called Electrokinesis. I inflicted pain until they burned to a crisp.

Their screams stop when they die, just as Blade arrives. His snout and fur were covered in blood.

‘I killed one; the other managed to escape,‘ he reported.

My gaze fell on the girl on the ground; sadness filled my heart. I got on one knee and turned her to reveal her face. Once my skin contacts hers, electricity goes through my body. My breath caught in my throat at the ethereal beauty before me. Even Blade’s Lycan lets out a soft purr.

‘Mate,” I whisper. I nestle her bloodied body in my arms. “I’ve got you,”

She goes limp in my arms, completely unconscious. She is so skinny and frail. I kiss her forehead and run towards the general hospital. Raindrops are still pouring down on us. Her body is cold and almost blue. I feel anger and sadness within me. I’ve never felt this way before. I run faster, yet gently in how I hold her.

I reach the general hospital in minutes. Everyone scatters to let us through.

“Call the head Doctor!” Blade shouts.

Two nurses rush towards us with a stretcher, and I put her there. I follow the nurses where they take her. “What happened?” Doctor White, a woman in her late thirties, asks as she runs into the emergency room. She goes straight to check on my mate.

“They beat her, I think,” my voice is shaking, and the words burn my tongue.

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“Oh goddess, this doesn’t look good. Poor girl,” she murmurs. She glances at me and then Blade. They speak through the mind link. I growl to get their attention. Why don’t they want me to hear?

“We should wait outside as they treat her,” Blade says gently. He looks miserable, too.

“No, she’s my mate. I don’t want to leave. I’m not going to leave her,” I say sternly. My anger gets the best of me again, and Nico wants to come to the surface.

“Alpha Nicholas, your aura is scaring and suppressing us. We can’t work well,” I notice the nurses and other doctors in the room are staying far in the corner, shaking in fear.

“I’ll control myself. I want to stay here with my mate, please,” I argue. I want to make sure she’s all right. She’s mine, she’s mine. I should be here beside her. I want to ensure she’s taken care of.

“She’s in safe hands. I promise,” Doctor White assures me.

“The Doc is the best. Let’s trust her, okay?” Blade says.

I nod, defeated. The more difficult I make this, the longer it will take to treat her.

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I enter the waiting room, standing against the wall, facing the emergency room door. The door closes, and red words appear on a screen above.

*Surgery*

“Nicholas! How is she?” I turn to see my mother running up to me with my father and four siblings, Lilibet, Knox, Lionel, and Emiliana. I glance at Blade, who looks at me sheepishly.

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‘Well, I told her. It would help if you had them here,” he says.

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