A weekend with the Alpha novel Chapter 126

He stormed out of the waiting room, heading toward the ICU where Zera had been kept. He heard the panic call of the nurses, but he didn't turn to look at them. They weren't important, only Zera was.

He pushed open the door of the ICU and there laid the unconscious body of Zera on the bed in the hospital Johnny gown. Her head now had a large bandage on it, covering most of her face up. The exposed side of her face, which he saw, looked pale. Although the nurse had cleaned the blood on her face while prepping her for surgery, she still had cuts on her forehead, cheeks and lower lips, and blood coated a little below her chin.

The tears he had done so well to control these past hours ran down his face and he cried out bitterly in pain and his hands balled into a fist.

"We can't lose her." He heard Lionel say from behind and he turned to see him with his eyes red and swollen. He didn't know how long he had been here, but he didn't ask. "I lost Tia, and I couldn't do anything about it. It hasn't even been a day since we laid her to rest. I can't lose Zera too."

Aaron bit his lips and glanced heavenward. Lionel was hurting, and it wasn't fair. "There is nothing I can do, Lionel."

"There is! You're an alpha, the strongest of your kind. There is a lot you can do." He replied.

He understood what Lionel asked for and that was something he couldn't do.

"I can't turn her, Lionel. It's so much more complicated than you think."

Pio was the wise one of the Dominio pack. He had helped shape him into the man he was before dying and passing on the ability to Ivan. He taught him about the limit and boundaries that existed in the realm of the supernatural. There were limitations to turning a human into a wolf. This was one of those limitations.

"And she will die if you don't. Is that what you want for me, yourself, and your son?"

"Do you really think I haven't considered all the options? Don't you think that was the first thing that crossed my mind after seeing her in that car bruised and unconscious?"

He wanted Zera back more than anything, but biting her in this condition might do more harm than good to her. If she woke up and found herself in a horrible state, she would hate him and he could take anything the world threw at him, but he couldn't bear to live in a world where Zera hated him.

Aaron drew a sharp breath and ran a hand through his hair. He knew the probabilities were vast and some out of control, but he had his mind made up.

"Then I will leave you to it," Ivan said, and stepped out of the ward.

Once again, Aaron and Zera were left alone and this time, he stepped towards her.

His legs now felt weak with the heaviness of the decision before him, and he needed to sit. He walked to the seat beside her bed and slumped onto it.

He took her icy hand into his and gave it a firm squeeze. "I may never get the chance to say this again, but I need you to know that I am sorry."