Chapter 138: Who Are You?

Warren immediately jumped up and grabbed a water glass from the table next to the bed. He put the glass to her lips and she drank.

I wanted to sit beside her and hold her hand but I wasn’t sure I should touch her, even with gloves on. Would she blame me for what happened?

Ciana grunted and turned away from the water. Warren set it aside again.

She blinked several times and then opened her big, beautiful eyes. She sat up and her eyes immediately landed on me.

Forgetting my worries, I grabbed her in a fierce hug and kissed her passionately on the lips. Seeing her awake and alive was so overwhelming.

"Wh-" Ciana squirmed away from me and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "What the hell are you doing!?”

"Ciana!"

"Who are you?" she snarled at me. "Why are you kissing me!?"

"I..."

I glanced at Warren. He was as confused as me.

Was she playing some kind of joke? It was definitely not the right time for that.

When I looked back at Ciana, her eyes were wide with fear and genuine confusion. She clutched the bedsheets to her chest. She looked at all of us like she'd never seen us before and held one arm out like she was trying to keep us away.

I noticed how heavily she was breathing and I took a step back, holding my hands up. I didn't want her to freak out and have a panic attack.

"It’s okay," I stepped back and lowered my voice to say to Brook, who was standing near the far side of the room. "Brook, maybe you should take this..."

She looked surprised as well.

Brook had helped care for Ciana when she was unconscious and I was really glad she’ d decided to come back to the palace with Ciana after her short visit home.

Brook nodded and slowly approached the bed with a gentle smile. "Ciana, my name is

Brook. Do you remember me? We are really good friends."

Ciana's eyes followed Brook. She still looked confused but she relaxed when the rest of us backed up and Brook sat on the edge of her bed.

"Who are all of you?" Ciana asked more calmly. She looked at each of us with wide eyes, lingering on me the longest with a slight scowl.

"I'm Brook Ellsworth," Brook repeated. "That's Prince Warren and Beta Jake. You know us all very well."

"I do?" Ciana asked, looking at Brook.

"Yes, very much so," Brook assured gently.

Ciana didn't look entirely convinced, but she relaxed into the pillows. Every now and then, she shot me a quick, dirty look. That didn't bode well.

She didn't look at anyone else like that. Probably because I’d kissed her and she... she didn't know who we were.

worried about whether to propose to her when she first woke

you know who

of Alpha Soren Black of Pack Alvar," she

didn't remember anything about her life from the palace.

Ciana why she had come to the palace in the first place. She didn't delve into the

home," Ciana insisted suddenly. She

that isn't a good idea. You're recovering from a major injury and your parents are still

"But I...”

At least, until you are fully recovered," Jake suggested. He moved up behind Brook and put an affectionate

noticed how Ciana's eyes warmed when she saw the gesture. It was

about you. Once you’re fully

from Warren to Jake to Brook. Her lips tugged up in an awkward

stay until I'm better... just keep the kissing creep

and Warren cleared

Theo... rather,

she cried, her face paling. She held the blankets against her again like a suit of armor. Ciana shook

that happened in that time was Theo becoming king. You and the king are

Warren, a word?" I asked,

okay here. I'll fill Ciana in on some things she’s missed,"

say anything but I hoped she wouldn't tell Ciana she was pregnant with my child. Ciana seemed to

felt I could trust Brook's judgment on what to

and

suffering from partial memory loss. Fortunately, it only seems like she

at all! What was worse, she remembered me as a bloodthirsty prince and was

asked sharply. Frustration swelled

sucked the life

at him, even though

my Beta out. "Theo, don't stare at Jake like that. I know it was

sigh. "We

Brook was telling Ciana a little about their recent trip to

not look like she was ready to believe everything she was

of mistrust in her eyes when she

push her away more. I needed

Ciana asked, looking at Warren.

nodded and smiled

the look of recognition in Ciana’s eyes and I remember how she told me when she first met Warren, she thought he was the boy in the woods she'd encountered. It was like she was reliving that experience

would just leave the room so that she wasn't looking at him with googly

Brook is your

turned bright red and she

his

her head. "But I see the way you two

Because you've been a good friend to us

smiled again and I could see how

of the room. As much as I didn't want to be mad, I couldn’t help

confusing the two of us. I couldn’t just jump in and say "remember that

it right

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