Chapter 40~ Hopeless

2 weeks... It's been 2 weeks since Mason's been in a coma. He hasn't shown any response to the tests Dr. Reynolds making things more difficult. I can tell its driving everyone crazy.

He's been working his ass off even though I've told him to take a break for a few days or something. He doesn't want to give up.

Evan's been working hard too trying to find any signs of Anna or the witch whose name I still don't know.

I've tried to get him to sleep and relax but it's useless. He wakes up within an hour and goes back to work, I think he's working hard to distract himself from overthinking and going crazy about what's happening with Anna.

He has yet to snap and I'm worried for when he does.

Xavier and the pack are still around. Alpha Derek and Alpha Logans are helping Evan with everything as much as they can. Everyone is just working hard and here I am...

Sitting in a chair doing nothing but watching my mate on his death bed.

I shivered closing my eyes, I hate it. 'Death bed' he can't die....

He can't.

I hugged myself leaning on the bed reading my book out loud hoping Mason could hear... Or I'm just trying to distract myself as well.

I looked back at him sighing and put my hand on his chest, "I wish you can show me a sign that you're still in there" I whispered. He sighed deeply and I froze as he leaned into my touch making me sit up quickly.

"Mason?" I whispered cupping his cheek, he laid there in silence and I ran my fingers through his hair.

"Maybe I was just seeing things" I mumbled to myself shaking my head sitting there. I looked back at my book seeing my vision blurred. I sniffled blinking feeling the tears roll down my cheeks.

I covered my face sobbing loudly and put my head on his chest "wake up. Please" I cried in his shirt..

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I stood in the kitchen cutting up some fruit and looked at Aarlik standing in the doorway as usual.

"Do you want some?" I asked making him look at me "I'm fine Luna" he smiled. "I told you to call me Jordyn" I sighed and he chuckled "sorry... Jordyn" he said making me smile.

I looked down at the bowl of fruit and heard someone walk in. "What's up chicken Butt?" Xavier said making me snort, "making fruit salad"

"Again? What happened to real food?"

"This is real food"

"You know what I mean. You've been eating small servings of fruit for the past 2 weeks" he said leaning against the counter stealing a strawberry. "I just haven't been that hungry... I can't eat" I said shrugging, "still no sign of him?" He asked and I bit my lip.

"I think he moved today... I don't know if I was imagining things but ... I was cupping his cheek and he actually leaned into my touch" I said looking at him. "That's good!" He smiled brightly and I bit my lip "I feel like I was dreaming it though"

"Maybe you weren't. Where is your faith? He could be responding now and your making up excuses to believe he's not?" He said making me sigh.

I felt something hot go down my spine making me frown. "It's not much but it's a start right?" He smiled as my entire body burned making me tense.

I dropped the knife on the floor touching my neck as I felt like I was being choked all of a sudden. "Jordyn?" Xavier said wide eyed, I gasped for air falling on my knees feeling my lungs burning from the lack of air.

It was too tight.

"Jordyn breathe!" Xavier said bending down holding me and I grabbed his shirt gasping loudly. "What's going on?!" I heard an echo, I wheezed falling back against the floor feeling something gripping my neck tightly.

"She's choking! I don't know what to do!" Xavier said in a panicked voice. I panted seeing black spots invade my vision

What's happening?!

Why can't I breathe?

I shut my eyes tightly holding my neck and hear voices turned into muffled echoes. I felt as if I was leaving my body, I tried opening my eyes but I couldn't feel my body. I couldn't feel anything.

I was just numb.

"Jordyn!" I heard echoes all around me, I felt like crying out or screaming but I couldn't speak. My throat was too tight and all the air had left my body, I literally felt like I was being choked to death.

All of a sudden the pressure was gone making me gasped loudly wheezing to catch my breathe. I yelped as I felt someone digging their nails into my scalp, I opened my eyes gasping for air holding my neck and came face to face with her.

Sarafina growled lowly glaring at her and she smirked "aw what's the matter Luna?" She said grinning widely. I held my neck trying to catch as much air as I can but soon felt the pressure again making me cry out.

She stared at me grinning evilly and I looked around seeing Xavier and Aarlik unconscious.

No.

I tried my best to push her away seeing the black spots in my vision again.

"You think you can take what's mine and get away with it?!" She growled angrily.

What the hell Is she talking about?!

The pressure disappeared again and I fell back on the floor sobbing trying to catch my breath. She walked closer to me climbing over me, "you think you can walk into his life and take him away from me?!" She yelled yanking my hair back hitting me making me scream.

She's wearing a silver ring which burned into my face. I struggled against her grip and cried out as the pressure came back choking me.

"He was mine before you came and he'll always be mine" she growled making the pressure disappear again. "He never loved you" I rasped panting loudly, "he never will" I whispered and yelped as the pressure came back extremely tight. She laid me on my back quickly holding my hair and grabbed a knife squeezing it in her fists.

"When you're gone. He'll come to me and forget all about you" she grinned darkly.

This woman is out of her mind!

She straddled my lip and I gasped as my hands were pinned to the ground by an invisible force making me struggle. The grip on my neck tightened making me feel such a tight pressure on my head.

It felt as if it were going to explode any second making my eyes tear up. She stared down at me with her nose flared, she raised her arms holding the knife above her head and I cried watching at her just waiting for the impact of the knife penetrate me.

But it never came.

There was a loud bang and I heard her yelp loudly making me open my eyes, a girl about my age stood there with glowing green eyes holding a metal bat.

She hit the witch with the bat hard making bed fly off me slamming to the ground hard unconscious. The pressure on my body disappeared making me sit up gasping loudly, I laid on my side quickly coughing loudly wheezing.

"Luna" the girl said running to me sitting me up as I held my neck. I cried holding my neck shaking my head, "crap" she said going to the sink grabbing a cloth wetting it and wet my face. "Breathe Luna Breathe" she said wiping my face down with a worried look.

"Someone help!" She yelled holding me in her arms as my lungs burned. I closed my eyes breathing hard and soon was pulled into the darkness...

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I gasped loudly opening my eyes and looked around the room panting. I sat up holding my neck which ached badly, I moaned in pain feeling my head was pounding and my body felt completely weak with no energy.

I felt as if the whole world was on my shoulders.... And it was heavy. Obviously.

I looked around seeing I was in the hospital wing of the house. I pulled the blanket off me and climbed off the bed slowly, I sniffles walking to the curtains and pushed it back opening it.

I walked out sluggishly looking around and saw someone standing at the end of the hall where Mason's room was at.

Mason?

I sighed seeing it was a guard standing there making my heart sink. Mason still wasn't awake...

"You shouldn't be out of bed" I heard behind me and gasped turning around making my throat burn up. "Sorry" she smiled sheepishly, I realized it was the girl with the bat from earlier.

"I'm Belinda" she said "Hi" I rasped out. "Don't talk. Your vocal cords are bruised. Dr. Reynolds said someone was actually choking you... Obviously. It was the witch.. Sorry" she said nervously blushing making me smile.

"Jordyn?" I heard and looked up seeing Xavier walking to me. I smiled at him and he grabbed me hugging me tightly. "I'm so sorry" he sighed holding me, "for what?"

"I didn't realize what was happening. I should've stopped her" he said "you were unconscious" I rasped and winced putting my face in his shirt hugging him back.

"Thank god for Belinda and her baseball bat skills" He said and she smiled blushing. I closed my eyes feeling exhausted leaning against Xavier more and he tightens his grip around me. "Let's get you back into bed" he said bending down and picked me up, I moaned wrapping my arms around his neck as he walked back to the bed I was in before.

He laid me down on it gently and I hugged my pillow laying down. "I'll get you some water" Belinda smiled "you don't have to"

"You're not supposed to talk" she smiled walking away. Xavier snorted looking at me "she's bad ass" he said making me chuckle. "She beat a witch with a freaking metal bat. Tell me that's not awesome" he said.

I laid back quietly and he moved my hair sighing, "you okay?" He asked. "I'm fine" I lied

"You never were a good liar Jordyn. We've known each other our whole lives and you've never told a good lie" he said making me roll my eyes. "Tell me the truth" he said sitting next to me putting his arm around me, I put my head on his chest listening to his steady heart beat. "I was scared... I really felt like she was going to kill me" I mumbled picturing the dark look on her face and the pressure on my neck.

"She would've done it if it weren't for Belinda" I said as he rubbed my back. "You're okay now" he said and I just closed my eyes.

No I'm not.

As long as Hopkins is still out there... As long as she's still out there. I won't be...

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My eyes snapped open as I felt like I was being watched. I blinked looking around the room nervously seeing it was empty... But I can feel eyes burning into my skin.

I looked next to me at Xavier sleeping with his leg hanging off the bed snoring loudly with his mouth open. I lifted my head off his chest sitting up slowly and looked around the room.

I put my hand over Xavier's mouth trying to use my wolf hearing to see if anyone was near but I heard nothing. I pulled the covers over me climbing off the bed quietly and stretched closing my eyes.

"Where you going?" Xavier mumbled sleepily making me look at him, "I'm going to check on Mason" I said and he sighed nodding putting his whole body on the bed hugging the pillow. He went back to snoring loudly making me chuckle, I hugged myself quietly walking out the room and going down the hall towards Mason's room.

Sarafina whimpered quietly missing our mate. It literally caused us pain without him. He's so close yet so far.

I looked at the guard standing there and he looked at me, "Luna" he bowed his head at me. I smiled at him going into the room and closed the door leaning against him, I looked at Mason laying there in the usual spot making me sigh.

I bit my lip walking to the bed and crawled on it laying next to him, I laid on my side staring at his face feeling my eyes water.

I miss you...

I sniffled cupping his face and kissed his temple inhaling his scent.

I miss you so much.

I closed my eyes putting my head on his chest letting the tears fall down my cheeks...