Ethan

I blink my eyes open to bright white lights and the sterile scent of a hospital.

It takes a few moments for my senses to focus on the details around me. At first I see only my surgeon’s face hovering above me. Has the surgery not begun yet? I wonder dazedly. I could have sworn I’d already started counting backwards for the anesthesiologist.

But when my doctor speaks, there’s a smile in his voice. “Welcome back Ethan. Everything went perfectly. You’ve been asleep for a while, but your family is eager to see you.

My family, I muse, the wheels in my mind turning much too slowly. Does he mean Nina and Matthew? But even as I think these words, my wolf pipes up.

I smell Jane. I smell the pups! They’re here! He exclaims.

No, they can’t be. It’s not possible. I reply, groaning internally at the pain this simple fact causes me.

Jane’s scent washes over me, much too potent to be my wolf’s imagination. Gentle fingers stroke my cheek, and the next thing I know, her sweet voice is floating through my consciousness. “Open your eyes, Ethan.”

I hadn’t even realized that I closed them again. I’m hovering on the edge of sleep, barely able to tell dreams from reality. I shake my head stubbornly, determined to stay in the dream. “No.” The word is little more than a whisper, my lips slurring the hard consonant. “Wanna stay.. in dream.”

I feel soft, familiar lips graze my temple, and I want to cry for wanting Jane. “Okay, my love.

There’s no rush.”

She feels so real- sounds so real. My wolf is whining in my head, and I gradually lift my heavy eyelids, caving to his pressure. At once I see Jane’s stunning features hovering above me. Her face is blurred around the edges, like an out of focus photo, but I don’t care. She’s beaming down at me, her emerald eyes swimming with tears. “Hello mate

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything so beautiful, and suddenly I’m afraid I imagined the doctor’s words. “Am I in heaven?” I murmur, trying to reach for her but realizing I can’t lift my hand. That fact alone tells me this isn’t entirely my imagination – if I had it my way she would already be in my arms.

“No, of course not.” Jane answers, caressing my jaw. “You’re just a little hazy from the drugs.”

how is this possible?” I mutter, sounding completely

pups are upset. “The surgery was a success. You’re going to be able to walk again – your

moving at a sluggish pace, but the mention of my surgery jolts me into the present quicker than anything else.

Jane replies, hiccupping a laugh.

are slamming into me one after the other. This isn’t right. She can’t know.

inside of me starts to crack. “We

I only know I’m suddenly drowning beneath the onslaught. It’s a giant tangle of fury, anguish, guilt, fear, grief and the Goddess only knows what else. I jerk against the dead weight of my arms and legs, hating that I can’t move. I growl my frustration into the to0-bright room, and the machine beside me starts beeping faster and faster. Suddenly the doctor reappears, replacing Jane. “Easy Alpha, this happens sometimes with anesthesia. Just give

think it’s the drugs.” Jane’s voice

send his mate in.” The doctor suggests,

of my chest at the suggestion. My mate is already here! My wolf thunderS. I want to shout at the man for suggesting Jane leave, but I can’t make the words come, as if some part of me is still enough in control to realize admitting this would be a

they seem to get the message. “Nevermind.” The doctor

my side, and though she looks a bit subdued, there’s still a stubborn tilt to her mouth that tells me she

and kiss her at once. “You didn’t seem to like

wolf.” I mumble drunkenly, “He’s

you think it was reasonable to push me away for the sake of your own stubborn pride? To

I fight back a sob, wishing

have

if she’s trying to hug me without actually jostling my body. Instead she lets me feel her warm curves pressing against my side, her slender limbs cradling whatever they can reach. It’s a terribly awkward position, but I’ll

in her belly, kicking out to say hello. A few stray tears

move an inch, in fact if anything she simply cuddles closer. “Because mates

trying to do!”I rumble

everyone else, Ethan – even when it kills you. Now it’s time you let us

growl, trying to sound authoritative even though I’m still slurring like a man who’s ten drinks in. “Im the Alpha, I make

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