Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha
Chapter 150

The cabin door opened just wide enough for Sydney to slip inside. Cool blue eyes flickering to take in the scene around her, Sydney naturally settled into the chair across the room and waited for me to speak.

Not wanting to risk stressing Hycinth, I continued to use the mind link, “I need you to stay with her tomorrow night.”

Sydney nodded, no break in her stoic expression, ever diligent to her duties. But I knew her better than that. The slightest twitch of pain in her eyes didn’t escape my attention, revealing her struggle just as all of us mourned such a heavy loss.

“I don’t know how… I’m going to leave her, “I murmured, getting to the heart of the matter.

It was Sydney’s turn to read my expression, to hear all of the words I’d left unsaid, just as I knew she would. She couldn’t repair my stress but immediately, the Delta in her began to plan, “For those hours, we could increase the Sentinels in number and tighten the perimeter around the cabin. Additionally, the bikers-“

“Bikers?” I interrupted her, an eyebrow going up.

“They have been surprisingly resilient,” she admitted wryly, “having gone up against our kind, not once but twice, and lived to tell the tale. Right now, we need manpower whose loyalty has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. They cared for her and Luca long before we came into the picture.”

“Yes. Luca told me how much Tommy ‘cared’ for her previously…something about “always staring at her tits”, I think were his exact words. “I muttered. I hadn’t forgotten Luca’s little revelation in that regard, but the time to address it certainly hadn’t been appropriate yet.

Seemingly unconcerned with my ire or simply enjoying the situation, Sydney’s l*p twitched, fighting a smile. “That may be, but that male does not seem stupid to me. Having been intimately exposed to your unique brand of um, ‘violence’…and witnessing your possessiveness toward your shewolf, I cannot imagine him making any sort of play for her affections, not in that way, now. If anything, his words and actions toward her strike me as familial…a little sister…to be protected.”

To an extent, I agreed with Sydney’s assessment. No doubt, he was rough on the exterior, but my Wolf had felt a connection to Tommy, whether birthed as a result of joint forces in battle or something more, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Highly unusual for my Wolf to connect with any human in that way and another reason I had let them live, but maybe my Wolf had instinctually understood what I was only beginning to conceptualize…these males were ready and willing to lay down their lives in protection of our little mate…and we needed all of the help we could get.

“Okay. Make it happen,”I commanded.

“Yes, Alpha,” Sydney stood to leave, her glance flickering toward Hycinth once more before walking out the door.

Grace returned after another hour to help me through feeding Hycinth again. As the pump was gently pushing nutrition through her system, I remembered my earlier dissatisfaction. “I need a way to warm the wipes.”

Looking up from intently studying the feeding machine, Grace motioned toward one of the bags that she returned with her. “I thought you might feel that way so I had a warmer delivered. It’s in that bag. If we plug it in now, they should be ready before she needs to be changed again.”

Pleased that she had considered that small detail, I eagerly went to the bag and rummaged through the supplies until I found it. It only took a minute to get it out of the box, assembled with the wipes and plugged in.

As darkness filled the sky and Hycinth’s feeding was complete, I mentally counted down the hours until I had to leave her the following night. My body physically rejected the thought. Fighting to control my breathing, I blurted out, “I don’t want to put the diaper on her tonight.”

Grace looked up at me, a question in her eyes.

“I need to be with her, skin-on-skin, nothing between us,” I explained. Hycinth needed it for healing…and I needed it to keep me from going insane.

“Okay,” Grace acknowledged slowly, clearly not wanting to disagree with me but continued, “I know I mentioned it would be good for her to have some time without it but now that more nutrition is in her body, it is possible she could urinate or even have a bowel movement in that amount of extended time.”

My Wolf scoffed at the ridiculousness of the statement. As if Hycinth’s bodily fluids were an aversion to him. If he had his way, he would be cleaning her private areas just as he would in the wild. In this, I had to agree. “I understand that. It matters not.”

Seeing the determination written on my face, Grace began to plan. “This is her last feeding for tonight so once her body processes the nutrition, you could change and bathe her. A fresh waterproof pad beneath both of you should be sufficient.”

I nodded, liking the idea.

It only took about an hour after Hycinth’s feeding for her body to expel. Grace pulled together a small basin of warm water and washcloth while I removed Hycinth’s diaper and cleaned her skin with the warm wipes. As I went to wash my hands, Grace started at Hycinth’s neck and gently worked her way down Hycinth’s body with the washcloth. Again, I carefully monitored Hycinth’s mood through our partial bond. When Grace reached her belly, she handed me the washcloth. “After you wash her private areas, I do need to inspect them in regards to her healing.”

“Okay,” I agreed, taking the small cloth. “I checked both times as well.”

Once done, Grace assisted in holding Hycinth in position so I could dry those areas thoroughly and then Grace spent a minute assessing the nearly-healed wounds just as I had earlier. Satisfied with the results, Grace released Hycinth’s leg gently to the bed. “Do you need anything else from me tonight?”

“No. We’ll be fine.”

She nodded on her way toward the door. “I’ll be back when the sun rises.”

After Grace left, I quickly cut out the lights and disrobed, climbing as carefully as I could into the large bed next to Hycinth. My entire body relaxed once there was nothing left between us. Skin-on-skin. Gently holding her close in the dark, my mind reached out to the immediate vicinity, checking the security around us, “Ever?”

“It’s Asher,” came the instant reply. “Do you need Ever to come?”

“No. I trust you have it under control.”

“On my life, Alpha…nothing will harm you or our Luna,” he swore fiercely.

“Good night. “I barely got the thought out as I dozed off, giving in to sheer exhaustion.