Dead Luna
Chapter 78

Amelia's

POV

The beep of the heart monitor was slowly driving me crazy, but I was also thankful to hear the constant noise. It meant Leo was still fighting to stay alive while the venom worked its way thru his body.

There was little medically that could be done to help, other than pain management and monitoring his body functions. But too much pain medication would dull his immune systems response. Leo had come awake a couple times, briefly, screaming and writhing in pain until the doctor upped the dosage of the pain medications.

I could feel my mom enter the room. She placed a hand upon my shoulder, and I relaxed a little at the familiar gesture. But I don't look at her. I don't want to look away from my mate. "I'll never forgive him for this," I tell her.

"I wouldn't expect you to," mom replies. "We've had words, and I've sent him away."

"Thank you."

"You should get some sleep now." Mom suggests. "You'll have to host everything tomorrow, without Leo's help, and you will have your first shift!"

I had nearly forgotten all that in the chaos of the last few hours. But mom is right. I can't just abandon this project now when I was so close to having completed it. Everyone was counting on me, Ambrosia, and Selene to get everything perfect. All but a few of the wolves coming tomorrow would be heading back to their pack or the pack of their mate along with their new mate, or leaving on the bus the next morning to Gifford Pinchot to finally meet their mates. I dont want all of this hard work I put in to end up being a huge failure or a waste of my time and efforts.

I promise my mom that I would sleep soon, and Glen takes her back to the Alpha suite. I was still wearing the tight little black dress from dinner. I slip it off, and climb onto the hospital bed next to Leo, trying not to dislodge any of the monitors as well as get comfortable enough to sleep.

I caress his face, and his eyes partially open. He smiles when he sees me, then tries to hug me, but the movement of his shoulder causes too much pain and he whimpers, breaking my heart.

"Do you want more pain medicine?" I ask softly.

"No," Leo manages to tell me with great difficulty. "Your touch feels better than anything that doctor can give me."

I kiss him on the mouth and he moans, so I stop.

"I'm sorry!" I apologize, horrified.

"Don't be, kiss me again!" Leo says, so I do. Several times, actually.

Soon, the doctor comes in to check on the wound and change the bandage. He doesn't seem pleased that I'm in the bed and naked along with Leo, but he says nothing about it. When I see the damage my father had done to Leo's shoulder, I hiss. It was starting to become red and inflamed. The pain of having the doctor probe the wound and put a fresh bandage on causes Leo to pass out again.

I ask for the prognosis, and the doctor gives me a rather grim look. So I already know it probably won't be good news.

"The wound is too deep and placed in a location where little can be done. I can't dig or suction the venom out. I can't amputate. It's basically up to fate at this point whether he turns into a Lycan, or dies from the venom."

"How long does he have?" I ask, even though I don't want to know. I want us to have a grand celebration as we become Alpha and Luna of this pack, together. I want us to honeymoon in Hawaii, playing together in the warm ocean water. I want him to grow old with me, to play with our grand pups.

"Two days at the most. And it's not going to be easy. It would be kinder to use the maximum amount of morphine to rid him of the pain, but that would kill him faster and there would be absolutely no chance for a Lycan to emerge."

The doctor leaves at that point, noticing kindly that I needed some time to myself. I allow myself to grieve, knowing the chance was slim that Leo would live through this. And even if he does, he would be greatly changed from the Leo that I knew.

One thing is for sure, I will never trust my father again. I want nothing to do with him. I will not visit him, nor will I invite him to visit me, whether Leo lives or dies. As much as I wish my mom every happiness, I do not ever wish to be within 10 miles of my s***m donor. He deserves no place in my life. Nor any of his minions. I will not be taking any Gamma that was not chosen by myself.

"Why are you crying?" Leo asks, having just awakened again. He's looking at me in concern.

"I don't want to lose you," I say, drying my tears as best I can. "And I don't want you to change!"

"Change is inevitable, one can't avoid that." He says to me as he wraps his good arm around me. "But you could never lose me. I'll always be here for you. Even when you don't want me."

I start to cry again, while Leo tries his best to comfort me. "Everything that happened was all my fault!" I wail. "Everything! And I wish I could go back and change it all. Forcing you to reject me. Leaving you. Then I basically tortured you with all those other alphas to punish you for something that was never your fault. I don't deserve your forgiveness."

"And yet I have forgiven you. You didn't know what you were doing." Leo reminds me. "Lance and I fought about it every day, and I really wanted to mark you. But every time I came close to doing it, whenever I wanted to mark you, it was like something in my brain would tell me it's too soon."

"Really? How strange!" Then I ask, "How is Lance doing, by the way?"

"He's gone." Leo says sadly, obviously devastated. "And I don't think he will ever come back."

And we both cry together for some time over everything we've lost, and all the lonely years we endured. But at least for now we have each other. And we eventually fall asleep for several hours wrapped in each others arms.

I wake up in the middle of the night because Leo is wriggling around uncomfortably. When he sees I'm awake, he tells me he needs to pee. I need to help him to the bathroom because he doesn't have the strength to get out of bed or stand on his own. Thankfully I've been getting stronger as I get closer to my first shift, so I'm able to hold him steady as he relieves himself. Afterwards, he is exhausted by our efforts, and he is back to dreamland within minutes.

A few hours later I wake and see the usual morning tent pole, and Leo is smiling at me strangely. I touch his face, and can feel he is getting feverish.

"I dreamt about you all night!" He tells me, and then he grabs my hand and kisses all my fingers. "How about a quickie before I have to leave for officer training?"

"Sure," I say, but I realize instantly that he's not going to be able to participate in our usual favorite positions with his shoulder in so much pain. "How about you lay back while I be on top?"

"I think I must be dreaming still," Leo says, and I laugh. Then I kiss him before I get to work worshipping his body, working quickly before any doctors or nurses come around for their morning rounds, and also while Leo is awake and has a bit of strength in him. I remove the blanket, and push his hospital gown aside. Then I'm between his legs, sucking and licking until I hear him panting in exertion from trying not to c*m too fast. I want him to be rock hard for the next part. Then I'm straddling him, but I know I'm not quite ready yet. I have the head of the bed moved up so we can be face to face. Then I'm fingering myself to make sure everything will come together smoothly. Once I think I'm ready, I put my finger in his mouth to have a taste.

"So sweet," He whispers, licking at my finger eagerly. "Like Ambrosia!"

"Are you ready for me to ride you, cowboy?" I ask playfully.

"Yes ma'am!" He says, and I grab hold of his p***s and guide it to my entrance, then gently slide down on his hardness. It feels so amazing. I start slowly, never having done this position before. Then, once I feel I've got a good rhythm going, I increase speed. The sensation feels incredible! Before long, we are both reaching orgasmic highs as we c*m together.

Then I was lowering the head of the bed once more, so I was laying on top of Leo, snuggling with him as he fell back asleep. Then I covered him up again, all snug in his hospital gown and blanket, and got dressed just as the morning nurse came to check up on him. And I go back to my guest room to change and replace some breakfast.