Chapter Sixteen: Im sorry

"Mom whats for dinner tonight?" I asked as I plopped on the sofa.

"Sorry sweety, date night. You would have to go with a pizza tonight." she smiled.

Her green eyes beamed with sympathy because she knew how much I loved food made by her.

"Umm Okey, I'm going to work." I said.

2 HOURS LATER

I open the door to my house. I had spare keys incase of date nights. The house was dark.

I opened the lights, ready to order my pizza but what I saw totally shocked me.

The whole house was beaming with family and my mothers pasta's aroma filled the house.

"Surprise!" they all shouted at my arrival.

"What for?" I asked.

Two arms engulfed me from the back.

"For being the best daughther in the world." Mom and Dad whispered.

My eyes shot open at the memory. My eyes immediately went to the IV attached to me and I knew I was in a hospital. I could feel it.

I hated hospitals.

"Hey, hey Pearl." a tender hand touched me. I looked up to see a petite blonde women sitting on the sofa near the bed.

She reminded me of my mom. This was the same way she greeted me whenever we found ourselves in hospitals because of my panic attacks.

"Who are you?" I whispered, my voice extremely dry.

"Oh I'm Fiona, ex queen of this pack plus also known as the mother of Ozymandius and Alexander." she smiled.

Such an amazing time to meet her!

"Hi, how are you?" I smiled, triying to be formal but miserably failing.

Formal was not my style.

" Oh dear, no need to be so formal, you are my daughter now. I can't tell you how excited I am to meet you." she said kissing my forehead.

After that she gave me a glass of water. We talked for some while. She said she had gone to visit her family who lived in America.

That means could I go back also?

After sometime Fiona left and Alexander came and I finally asked the question for which my mind was aching.

"When am I gonna get discharged?" I said as soon as he entered.

"Woah slow down woman, they are gonna keep you the night just to make sure you are okey." he chuckled.

Ugh.

"By the way I bought you a present." he smiled as he sat down on the chair beside me.

He took out a brand new phone out from his pocket.

"Thank you." I whispered.

"No problem, I have put all the important numbers for you in the phone." he told me.

And then the room fell silent, it was the 'awkward silence'and I hated it.

So I spoke.

"Umm I was meaning to ask you that who accommodates the facilities of those children?" I asked.

"Oh that, Ozymandius. He brings special trainers for the children at a high rate and pays the school money from his own earning." he smiled.

"But isn't he a monster?" I blurted out.

Shit.

He almost choked out.

"And why do you think so?" he asked.

"Umm because everyone is scared of him, no one looks at him in the eyes and he killed that monster?" I questioned.

"Oh my God, no pearl he is not a monster. He is an inspiration. An inspiration for all of us. He build this pack from nothing to the most powerful pack in the history of lycanthropy."

"He worked day and night to be in this position. Yes he is ruthless, but thats necessary because everyone wants to compete him. Every single person fears him, but also considers him a hero. And the respect he gets is because he deserves it. He totally does. "

"And the reason why he killed that monster was only because he touched you. He has changed since you came. That's his way of showing that he cares. Pearl he is a hero but his way of expressing it is unique, the hardships life has given him has made him tough."

Oh my God, I gasped. I had totally misunderstood him. I can't believe that I couldn't understand him. He killled that monster only because of me. He was showing that he cared for me in his own way.

" I cant believe this, I totally misunderstood him." I whispered, while running a hand through my hair.

"Don't worry Pearl, with every problem there is a solution and you can find a solution to this one as well, you just need to think." Alexander said, as he gave me a warm hug.

"Now get some rest, I'll meet you tomorrow." he said as he closed the door of my hospital room.

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A hand touched my wrist and I immediately woke up. It was midnight and the hospital room was dark.

I reached out for the lamp, but a hand roughly grasped my hand. Tingles immediately shot up in my whole body.

I met his gaze, his eyes glowing perfectly in the dark like a moon in the sky.

His hands held mine tightly, his gaze never leaving mine.

"Ozymandius?" I asked, my voice raspy and sleepy, but he didn't reply.

Slowly, I felt his hands putting a paper in my hand. He got up from where he was sitting and placed a kiss on my forehead.

I closed my eyes, trying not to get affected by his touch, but when I opened them he was gone.

I immediately switched it on and reached for the paper in my hand.

I'm sorry. It said.

I closed my eyes. This was driving me crazy, his touch was driving me crazy.

He was apologizing to me. The lycanthrope king was apologizing to me and his apology was totally acceptable to me.

So I messaged Alexander to pick me up at 5 in the morning because I just knew the solution.

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"Good morning." I greeted Alexander as I got into the car.

It was so good to breathe the fresh air after so long.

"Now what do you have in mind?" Alexander asked.

"Is Ozymandius sleeping right now and do you have a sticky note and a pen with you right now?" I asked him.

"Yes and Yes." he chuckled.

"Good good, now hand me the sticky note and the pen. " I asked him.

"Whatever you command." he smiled, handing me the things.

I wrote what I had in mind and soon we were back at the palace.

I had to take action quickly, before Ozymandius woke up.

So as soon as I reached the top floor, I practically ran to his office. The familiar walls greeted me as I entered his office which smelt like him.

Focus Pearl, focus.

His office was a mess. Papers were scattered every where and there was no room to breathe.

"Dude's working too hard." I heard Alexander from behind.

I looked at Alexander and give him the puppy dog eyes.

"Ugh, no!" he whined.

"Please?" I begged, using the puppy dog eyes again.

"Do I have an option?" he asked.

"Umm, no" I smiled.

Ten minutes later, we had both cleaned the office, particularly due to Alexander's super fast warewolf speed.

Now it was time for action to take place.

So I placed the sticky note on his desk.

Apology accepted, thank you for protecting me.

~pearl.

So here is a quick update. Hope you guys like it.

~ryfa.