The Alpha's Rejected Silent Mate

Chapter 13

I sit in the bleak looking hospital room, grateful that Johnathon had the common sense to leave me alone and sit

in the hallway. I’m so angry at him for forcing me to come here when I don’t want to go. I feel a sense of panic. What if they call my father and tell him I’m here? He’ll kill me for sure. I try to hold my tears at bay as a young woman

comes walking in, dressed in a doctor’s coat. She looks concerned and I wonder if she’s been told about my injuries already. I bet Johnathon told her.

“Winter” the woman says quietly, and I glance at her name tag. It reads Laura. She continues with a smile that

I’m sure she means to be reassuring. “I hear that you’ve been badly hurt. Can you show me where?”

“I really need to get home” I say hastily. “I was expected to be there ages ago.”

She frowns. “I’m sure your family is worried about you. Would you like me to call them?”

I shook my head ” No, it’s fine. I don’t want to bother them.”

She gives me a strange look but theres no way I want them contacting my father or my brother. I shudder at the thought.

“It hurts here” I finally mumble as she looks at me, patiently waiting. I know she’s not going to leave me alone until I show her and so I reluctantly push up my shirt and jumper so she can look at my ribs. Laura gently prods my rib cage and I give a yelp, unable to help myself. Christ that hurt. Now Laura is looking away and I fidget as I see her looking over at my old bruises.

body is covered. “Your

painkillers doesn’t seem like such a bad idea considering I was in a massive amount of pain. Maybe, if I rationed them, I could keep some for at home when the pain from my beatings get too

a bandage around my stomach and rib cage to make me more comfortable. At this rate I won’t heal until late tomorrow and I want to be able to walk without feeling like I’m going to

your shirt back up” Laura orders me and I do, wincing as she puts the bandage on tight, not enough to restrict my breathing, but firm enough that I

feel extremely nervous. I know what she’s about to ask and theres no way I’m going to tell her the truth. I value

at home?” she asks delicately and for a moment I hesitate. Yes I want to scream,

my chest feels tight as I answer, lying completely to the kind woman “I get

on a brave face and I can tell she’s trying to tell if I’m telling the

the officer’s down here if you’d like to speak to them. Make

trying to help me and I’m shoving

you” she says sadly and I nod, watching as she leaves, hopefully to grab

cocky like. I curse myself for thinking he’s handsome. The bastard rejected me for heaven’s

a flutter as though there’s still part of the mate bond between us. I frown at him but he doesn’t seem to notice, or he doesn’t

I can’t have him near my house or my family. I can’t let him know my shameful secret. It’s none of his business. I don’t even want to imagine the consequences of having a boy take me home and my father seeing it. Heck, Damien would punish me for it as well and

had hoped he sprung around

I peer around the corner he’s gone. I limp towards the hospital’s exit, frantically dashing through, hoping that I’ll make it to the main road before he finds me. I’ve barely taken a

booms from behind me, stopping all the staff

you be so

I can’t ignore him. What would be the point? He’d just use his alpha tone on me anyway so it would just be a waste of time

myself down, foolishly forgetting about my broken ribs. I flinch and swear as he glowers