Claimed by My Bully Alpha Chapter 92

Aurora’s P.O.V

I woke up the next morning, all covered in sweat. It felt like I was sleeping next to a furnace and my entire body was on fire.

Opening my eyes groggily, I looked around at what could possibly be the problem. The AC was turned on in full blast…then how could I be sweating like this?

That’s when I felt a weight on my waist, a hand casually thrown over me and a body pressed to my back. What on earth…?

I almost jumped up from surprise when I saw that Caleb was the one to whom I was sleeping next to.

“What the…?” I looked under the covers in horror, but thankfully, I was still fully clothed…and so was Caleb. Then what was going on? How did we…?

That’s when the events from last night filtered into my mind. Caleb and I had had dinner together and then he had come into my room so we could have desserts here, ice-cream to be specific. But after we had our ice-cream, Caleb and I had talked for a long time about werewolves and mating bonds…until I had ended up falling asleep again. What I hadn’t realized…was that Caleb had fallen asleep right next to me…

He was still in that same position, with his arm on my waist, while he was lying on his other arm folded under the pillow. It made me feel a tad bit guilty that I hadn’t sent him back as soon as we had finished our desserts. But it also made me feel a bit giddy having him so close to me. There wasn’t any awkwardness, well…except for the heat. But why did it feel so…intense?

“Caleb?” I spoke softly, trying to wake him up. I didn’t want to let go or make him leave, but he had school. “Wake up…”

No reply.

“Caleb? You’ll be late for school.” I called again but he didn’t say anything. I tried to touch his arm but flinched back instantly.

“Shit!”

He was burning up, a lot warmer than his ordinary temperature. His breathing was also a lot heavier than normal. This is why I had woken up sweating! Caleb was like a furnace next to me!

“You have a fever.” I said, cautiously touching his face in worry.

But it looked like he was out cold. Was this normal? Didn’t it say in TV shows and movies that supernatural beings couldn’t get sick? Was that true for real wolves as well? Oh god! What do I do?

“Caleb! Caleb wake up!” I called him frantically while trying to shake him awake. But he wasn’t replying at all.

He stirred a bit after I shook him with more force, enough to get his attention, but not enough to hurt, but even though his eyes opened just a slit, they were unreactive…like he wasn’t hearing or seeing anything at all.

“Caleb! Oh god! Don’t worry you’ll be alright!” I exclaimed when I saw that he was sweating heavily too.

With much difficulty I pushed his hand off of me and reached for the cell-phone on the bedside table that Caroline had given me and dialled her number. When she didn’t answer immediately, I grew restless.

Seven rings later, Caroline finally picked up the phone, sounding breathless. “Sorry! I was in the shower. Are you okay?”

“It’s not me, it’s Caleb!” I told her frantically. “He’s…I don’t know, Caroline! He has a fever! Please…help him!”

“Calm down, okay.” Caroline reassured me, even though I could hear the worry seep into her voice. “I’ll be there in a few.”

The line went dead after that and I placed the phone beside me to turn my attention back to Caleb once more.

His fever still hadn’t gone down and he was becoming restless. I had no idea what to do in a situation like this. I could give him an ice pack, but I had no idea where they were! I couldn’t even feed him any medicine as I didn’t know what was happening to him. Him being a wolf, it could very well be something I had no idea about.

Oh god…What should I do? What could I do?

Seconds seemed to stretch into minutes and still there was no sign of Caroline. Just when I was on the verge of a panic attack, debating on what to do next, that’s when I heard a knock on my door before it burst open and Caroline came running in, followed by Maya, Caleb’s mother, who looked just as worried as Caroline.

“Caroline!” I called out to her in relief. “I don’t know what happened! He fell asleep here last night and when I woke up, he was like this.”

“It’s alright,” Caroline gave me a reassuring look that didn’t really reach her eyes before she touched Caleb’s forehead. But something that I couldn’t quite name crossed her expression as her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Maya. “He really has a fever.”

Maya looked shocked as she too came to check Caleb’s temperature. “How is that possible?”

“Can you tell us what happened yesterday?” Caroline asked me.

Any other time, it would have been a probing question, but this was about Caleb’s health, so I decided to tell them everything. From going to the gazebo yesterday to waking up here with Caleb this morning. However, I did leave out all the finer details of our conversations. Those were private and unnecessary for Caleb’s health.

Both Caroline and Maya listened intently and then nodded as if in understanding.

“I’ll get the pack doctor to come check on him.” Maya told me. “Meanwhile, we have to move him back to his room.”

A couple minutes later, two guards came into the room carrying a stretcher and they hoisted Caleb on top of it before whisking him away. I watched him leave, my heart heavy with regret that I hadn’t been able to do anything for him.

“Caleb…please be alright…” My voice was barely above a whisper as my heart pounded in my chest, the weight of the events pressing down on me.

Caroline and Maya rushed after him, but not before reassuring me that they would come to get me soon, as soon as they figured out what was wrong with Caleb. So I decided to shower and get cleaned up and wait for one of them to come and get me.

Why? Why was it that every time I experienced an ounce of happiness, my life was shrouded in darkness the very next day? Why couldn’t I just be happy for once, without it shattering to pieces and leaving me gasping for breath?

Why now? Why now, that I was finally beginning to connect with someone for the very first time in my life?

Whatever it was, I just wanted Caleb to be safe. He’s the first person to have shown me love and care and I don’t want to lose him…I couldn’t lose him. Seeing him like this, vulnerable and in pain, made me realize how much I’d come to care for him. How much I had come to like him and had grown attached to him.

‘Please! Whoever was listening! Please keep him safe…I beg of you.’ I prayed to the heavens, to whichever god would hear my prayers.

Because losing Caleb would be the last straw.