"Why don't you shut the hell up?"

The beeping was familiar.

It was hard to tell from what due to how loud it got and not to mention how constant the irritating sound was. Thankfully, the same sound pushed me out of the darkness, and my eyes dramatically opened.

My eyes adjusted to the bright room and the bright paint wasn't helping either. The first thing I relaxed on was the figure sitting on the edge of his chair with his elbows on his knees, and his head in his hands. However, his head jolted towards me when the machine made more noise. His lips parted, His eyes lighting up and he pushed off the chair before they shifted into those of anger.

I frowned in confusion when I realized he was ready to shout at me. Here we go again. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" William bluntly asked. My eyebrows furrowed and I chose to ignore him since I didn't know what the fuck was going on. Why the hell was I at a hospital?

At that thought, all the memories from the last time I was conscious hit me like I tidal wave.

I grabbed the sides of the bed, my head suddenly hurting. "Alaska?" I called for her desperately. "Let me sleep," she mumbled, circling to get comfortable in the back of my mind. I exhaled, happy that things were okay.

I was safe, seemed fine and Alaska was responsive. This is great.

"Answer me, Everest," William snapped and our eyes met again. "A lot of things are wrong with me so you're going to have to be a little bit more specific," I snapped back at him, not appreciating the way he was speaking to me.

He rolled his eyes and continued to pace the length of the hospital room. "None of this makes any sense!" William groaned. "You're going to have to elaborate if you're going to shout at me because I have no idea why you're shouting at me," I flatly told him. Not shouting at me at all seemed pretty good too but knowing William, that was impossible.

"You and that fucking Bradey got knocked out by the same substance. If someone hadn't found you both...I," William paused, his eyes softening at mine. He looked away angrily again," I bet Bradey did it! I told that runt to leave you alone, can't take a hint," William spat angrily, his face red and brows arching down in anger as walked.

"You did what?" I screamed out.

I knew something was up by the way Bradey spoke to me yesterday. I brushed it off and thought he was just that kind of an asshole but now was confirmation that William had something to do with it. "He deserved it alright. He's just trying to get into your pants but I'm sure you don't have a problem with that," he scoffed. Trust me, I wasn't surprised by the last part because it was something I heard a lot. However, coming from my mate who didn't even know got me pissed.

"He's gay! You don't know me," I defended, gritting my teeth. He rolled his eyes at me and I wanted nothing more than to pull them out of its sockets. "Yes, but am I wrong though? I heard a lot about you while I was at the GoldenCove pack," he obviously informed me. "That's not the point. They could just be rumors," I defended. "But you're not denying it," William chuckled. "Just get out William, I really don't want to see you right now," I ordered.

"Get out? I've been worried sick for the past six hours you've been out. You think it was easy lying to everyone?" He shared. My lips smacked shut and I remained speechless. I guess I was blank on what to say after that. But why did he care though? I know I wasn't ready to be someone's mate yet but he stated he didn't want anyone to find out as well.

So therefore he has no right to put this all on me.

"It's not like I demanded that one of your maids drug me alright! And what you did with Bradey was wrong and you were probably just jealous!" I protested against him William was quick with a comeback, already having the perfect thing to argue back with. "Jealous? I don't need to be jealous because I know you're mine whether we both like it or not and you know it's true."

"I could just reject you," I flatly said before I can think about deciding against it. His eyes rounded in right and shock," you wouldn't," he mumbled. I nervously bit my lip my fingernails digging into the palm of my hand out of habit.

He's right. I hate it how the mate bond work or the fact that werewolves have to deal with having a mate in the first place. It's always a bad or good thing, with no lines in between. "Just leave or I'm calling the nurses. If you stay we're just going to keep arguing," I sighed out, already tired of this conversation. William huffed, mumbling some words under his breath as he turned around and stormed out of the room. I assumed he called the nurses already since they came in right after.

"How are you feeling?" One of them asked, holding the clipboard. The other nurse already went by the machines to do the readings. "What happened to me?" I asked her instead of answering. She frowned and shook her head. "It's really simple. You were drugged by a very strong powder for humans but luckily you both have strong wolves to take it and get you awake in just some hours," she kindly explained.

I nodded my head and laid my head back into the pillow. At least the pillow wasn't that bad. "How is Bradey? A woman dressed in a maid uniform gave me the pills at the packhouse. I should have been more alert," I scolded myself.

Her eyes softened and she sadly agreed with me. "Yes you should be now but I don't blame you since something like this has never happened. We reported to the officers and King William and they think you both were targeted. As for Bradey, he's fine. He actually just left the hospital," she informed me. I was happy to receive this information that I wished William had told me instead of shouting at me.

I was relieved that Bradey was fine since somehow I knew this was my fault. "Thank you," I politely said. There wasn't much I could say since once again I was a patient and the situation was out of my control.

"I'm sure you know this but we need to run some tests and monitor you to make sure the toxins are out of your body," the other nurse spoke. She was the quiet yet serious one. She got straight to the chase, not beating around the bush. The other nurse was a friendly one as well as does what she's supposed to do.

Rieka was a mixture of both of them.

"Yes, sure. Anything to get out of here," I agreed.

_♤_

Unfortunately, it didn't go over fine. They compared the results and information with Bradey's and turns out mine had more deadly continents.

Lucky me.

That resulted in me staying until three at the hospital and having to go for a checkup later on in the day after my sleep. I was about to go to bed when someone knocked on the door. I walked towards it, hoping it was Bradey. I needed to speak with him if he allowed me.

The door opened and I mentally frowned when it wasn't Bradey. "What do you want?" I bluntly spoke with my arms folding across my chest. William's eyes shamelessly dropped to my long exposed legs. I didn't care. "I wanted to check on you. I shouldn't have reacted that way at the hospital," Wiliam shocked me by apologizing.

My hands dropped to my sides automatically. "Just please stop putting yourself in the hospital. Twice was enough," he added. Of course, he had to ruin the moment so with that my eyes rolled and I stepped further into my room, away from him.

William took that as an invitation and stepped inside of the room. With his foot, he kicked the door shut. "I don't put myself in the hospital. People put me in the hospital," I corrected him. "I know but it's getting annoying, don't you think?" He challenged with a bit of attitude. "I thought you finally stopped being a dick but turns out, you can never change. I had enough of you for one day so leave," I begged.

"You don't get to order me around Everest. I came to apologize and I didn't mean for you to get angry," William defended himself. I couldn't feel bad, I couldn't get soft and allow another person to walk all over me.

I thought I was strong before but I needed to be stronger at this new pack.

"Why don't you shut the hell up?" I hissed. His eyes darkened in anger, a thin gold line around his orbs. William growled and before I knew it, I was hit with the sudden change.

His hand wrapped around my the base of my neck and at the same time, my back hit the wall with a soft thud.