《Consequences [BxB] (Edited)》Chapter 24
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Hunter POV
I stood there with my fists balled as I saw his lifeless body laying before me. I felt my body move once the rage left me. There was blood rolling down nose and the sides of his face. I slumped down on my knees, when I felt the anger completely leave me. I looked at him as he just laid there. I couldn't believe what I had done. What my inability to control my raging anger had done.
I had done the one thing I promised myself to never do again. I promised myself that I would never lay a finger on him again, after that day.
I bent down and listened for his heartbeat. It was there, making me sigh in relief. I gently shook him, trying to wake him up.
"Drew.. Drew.. wake up.. open our eyes" I said as I held his face in my hands but his eyes remained closed no matter how much screaming I did.
I had done this to him. I had hurt him again. I didn't deserve him. Not after what I had done.
My thoughts were halted when I noticed the small trail of blood, trailing down his legs. Since he was wearing white sweatpants, it made it all the more visible. I picked him up in a state of panic, and ran towards Jeremy's surgery. I pushed the door open with my shoulder and screamed for Jeremy.
He came out from the back, looking very confused, his eyes widen when he saw me carrying a bloody Drew. He motioned for me to lay him down on the bed and step aside. I did as he told me.
"Oh my goodness. What happened" he said as he opened Drew's eyes and checked them with a small flashlight. I couldn't answer him, simply because I was at a loss for words.
Please let him be okay..
He told me wait outside and call Drew's father. I did and sat outside. As I sat thinking I knew that from this moment on.. things would never be the same again..
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And that was my fault.
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Drew POV
I sat at the bottom of the mulberry tree with my back against it, watching as Andy pouted and looked up at it. Trying his utmost best to look angry which completely backfired since he looked so incredibly cute.
"But I really want to climb it daddy" he said. I chuckled and got up shaking my head. I picked him up and kissed his cute puffy cheeks while he tried to glare at me.
"You will.. someday when you're a big strong wolf, but not today pup.." I said pinching his cheeks while he glared at me and sulked.
"Come on.. want some Ice cream?" I said trying to cheer him up a bit and smiling when he nodded his head excitedly. All traces of his previous anger vanished in a second.
"Strawberry?" He asked with his wide smile.I smiled and put him down, digging in the basket for the little tub.
"Sure.. you can have strawberry..".
He jumped excitedly and took the spoon I gave him. He sat with the tub between his tiny legs and he made a mess of his tiny face. He was just so adorably perfect in every sense. I just wanted to hold him in my arms forever and chase away all his fears. I wanted to protect him forever.
I watched him with a smile on my face as he gobbled up his ice cream as if he had been starved his entire life. I laughed when I saw him holding the sides of his head knowing he had gotten a brain freeze. I shook my head and took the tub away from him, pulling him into my lap as I took his hands away from his face.
He looked up at me, his blue eyes looking into my own and I knew instantly that his brain freeze was not what was causing him pain. I narrowed my eyes as he gripped the sides of his head in pain and began to cough.
I widened my eyes in panic when I felt moisture on my chest, my heart hammering in my chest at the crimson substance on my shirt coming from his mouth. In that moment, everything around came to a complete still. I couldn't breathe nor could any words come out of my mouth. I looked at him frozen in place as he coughed up blood onto my shirt. More blood passed out of his nose and ears, running down his face.
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Almost instantly his body felt like it weighed absolutely nothing in my hands. As light as a feather.
He placed his tiny palm on the side of my face pulling me towards him. He whispered something in my ear, making my eyes grow wide and my heart swell with dread. He withdrew his hand from my face and looked at me once more. I shook my head, refusing to believe what he was saying. I turned my head around, looking for anyone at all to help me. The once loud and busy park was now completely silent. I turned my head back to find my harms completely empty.
"Andy!! Andy where are you! Come back!" I screamed as I looked around me in a state of panic, finding myself completely alone.
"Andy! I'll let you climb all the mulberry trees you wan! Just come back!" I yelled and screamed through my sobs as I dropped to the ground and buried my face in my hands. My sobs echoing out throughout the quiet land.
I woke up screaming and crying as I thrashed around. I was in a white room covered with white walls. I saw my father standing in front of me with his hands on either side of my head, his eyes closed. He opened them slightly and all I could see were the tears roll down his face at what he had seen in my head. My father had always been the strongest man I had ever seen and known. Much stronger than the Alpha himself, and yet now he looked so heart broken.
"I'm so sorry kiddo" he said as he withdrew his hands from my head. I could see Malcom standing in the corner with his eyes lowered. As if he was ashamed of something.
I ran my fingers over my stomach, when my heart stopped. There was no bump. It was completely flat. I listened closely for the little heart beat had been hearing everyday and heard nothing. It as completely silent. I went into a state of panic as I screamed and thrashed around more. My wolf going into a severe state of grief at the absence of our pup.
"Noo.. where is he.. Dad.. where is he? I can't feel him anymore.." I asked with tears in my eyes as my hands shook. He came towards me and pulled me into a tight hug as his tears rolled down his face.
I gripped at his chest in a desperate manner as loud cries past my lips with each sob. My hands traveled down to my stomach, as I felt the emptiness. My entire body going into what felt like complete numbness.
He was gone. My pup was gone.
I smelt his scent and looked up, staring into those blue eyes that looked at me with so much shock. His eyes were wide open as he stared at me. I couldn't look at him, not when his eyes reminded me so much of Andy.
"Get out! Get out! You killed him! Get out!" I screamed so much so, my throat felt as though it was bleeding as my tears rolled down my face.
I watched as he stared at me in shock his eyes so wide, having nothing to say. Malcom pushed himself off the wall and walked towards Hunter telling one of the nurses to take him out. He allowed them to remove him from the room, all the while his shocked eyes never left mine. I looked away as I sobbed and held onto my father.
My little pup was dead.
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