Bora's Diary - The beauty and the beast

LORYS

The blow was hard, and it wasn't long before I lost consciousness. Apparently a horse could incapacitate even an alpha wolf. No wonder, given the force.

When I opened my eyes, I could already feel a massive throbbing in my head and all I could see was darkness. Where the hell was I? The only thing I can remember is that we rode to Brightstone together, and that it was raining cats and dogs. The snake... Damn. I remembered falling to the ground.

"B-bora?", I asked "Damn, turn on the light!", I demanded as I felt a person next to me.

"Alpha... You're awake," said an old male voice.

"Yes, I am, where the hell am I and where is my mate?", I asked, feeling panic rising inside me.

I felt a hand waving in front of my nose. "No... it can't be," the man muttered.

"What exactly can you see, Alpha?" he asked me, to which I frowned, causing myself the most pain.

"What am I supposed to see when it's pitch black in this room? Are you insane?" I asked, getting angrier and angrier as a sharp pain seized me and forced me to pause.

"Alpha, it's light in the room... I suspect the problem is in the eyes, after the fall..." the voice replied calmly.

My eyes? I was only joking...

"I am the pack doctor Ned of the Brightstone... You were brought here by your mate," he explained to me. Useful information that I could at least do something with.

Where the hell was Bora?

"Is she all right? Where is she? I want to see her...," I growled suddenly as my own wolf held me back.

"It's all true what they say, now stop panicking and let me heal you. He's telling the truth," my wolf replied in my head, apparently having to believe that I would be blind...

"I have a pack to lead, how am I supposed to do that if I'm blind," I asked the doctor.

"We assume that her condition will improve once her injuries have healed... We have observed this in most wolves with brain injuries and we hope that this will also be the case with you," the doctor tried to explain to me, but I was at an impasse. My brain, my own personality didn't want to accept that I would now be blind and those words from Ned were no guarantee that I would really be cured.

"Calm down..." my wolf whispered in my head again, "everything will be fine, I will heal you," he promised me and I could do nothing but accept this predicament and try to keep my sanity.

"Where's Bora?" I asked again in a calmer tone, breathing in and out deeply so as not to go mad.

"They're being looked after too, they were soaked when they arrived. We'll get them as soon as their condition allows," the doctor replied as I could already hear her voice...

Damn, how am I supposed to explain this to her? She'll be very sad and blame herself... I couldn't let that happen...

BORA

I was worried about Lorys and I was already pacing back and forth in the room. "W-Why is it taking so long?..." I mumbled to myself as I watched Leonardo and Marga. A few hours had passed and no one had informed us about his condition. That couldn't be right, could it? Something serious must have happened for it to take so long.

"Maybe you're just worrying too much..." Marga replied and grabbed my hand to help me sit down. She had been trying to calm me down the whole time. Even Leonardo had tried to talk me into it in the hope that it would end well. However, my gut feeling told me that it would be anything but good. My she-wolf was also restless and hated being in the dark.

My mother had even gone into the kitchen to cook me my favorite meal, but eating was the last thing I could do. Leonardo, on the other hand, devoured the vegetable roll and left none of it.

I shook my head and pulled my hand away "No... It's all right, I don't feel like sitting," I replied and continued to pace back and forth.

I felt my father's eagle eyes on me as he cleared his throat and nodded to me "Can we talk in private for a minute, Bora?" he asked me.

I nodded slightly as he escorted me out of the room.

We were walking down the long corridor when he finally began to speak "You said the Alpha was your mate? Would you like to tell me what happened? Where is Gabriel?" he asked me, looking at me in astonishment.

I stopped and had to swallow hard. I could only hope that Lorys had killed the right Gabriel... "I escaped that night, at least I tried to... Gabriel had chased me and it came to a fight and when he thought I was dead, he left me behind.... When I woke up, I was already in the Circle pack and receiving medical treatment... One thing led to another and it turned out at the ball that he was my mate," I explained, to which he frowned.

"You were at the ball? Why didn't you come and see me?" he asked me in surprise.

"To be honest, I was worried that it would reflect badly on me and I wouldn't have been able to get away from there... I found out later that Lorys is my mate and he offered to come here. I was even worried that he would refuse me after all I've been through with Gabriel..." I said softly and I could see the pain in his eyes.

He pulled me to him again and hugged me tightly "I'm so sorry, Bora... I wish I could have freed you from Gabriel's clutches, but he threatened to kill you... We couldn't meet the demands he wanted and I don't think he wanted gold or land. He wanted you..." he whispered softly and looked at me.

I nodded slightly and sighed softly "The only thing I'm worried about right now is Lorys... Lorys killed Gabriel in the war, at least that's what they say. My mind still doesn't believe those words," I replied.

"Understandable..." he said, looking at me uncertainly. "Do you know any more?" I suddenly asked him as he nodded uncertainly. "The blow hit him hard... He's lucky to be alive, but he'll be limited for a while until his wolf manages to heal him... The doctors are talking about swelling in the brain from the blow... I don't know enough about it to explain it to you in detail, but they say there is a chance of spontaneous recovery," he tried to explain to me carefully as my eyes widened and my knees went weak.

It was as if someone had punched me in the stomach. I almost felt sick, oh God...

Now I felt guilty that we had come here... If only we had stayed in the Circle pack...

Tears welled up in my eyes as my father hugged me comfortingly "I want to see him!" I insisted, tearing myself away from my father and practically running straight to the hospital wing in the castle.

I looked around everywhere, searching for Lorys, while my father ran after me "Bora!" he shouted, trying to stop me, but nothing could stop me at that moment. The pain I felt in this situation was too great... The fear of losing Lory after I had only just found him was massive.

Suddenly I spotted an open door and rushed in to see Lory lying in a bed with two pack doctors around him, who had been treating him. He had a bandage around his head and was practically just lying there.

"Lorys!..." I gasped softly and ran towards me. His eyes were open again but he just looked at me calmly and said nothing.

"Wh-what's wrong with him?" I asked quietly and looked at the doctor. "It's all right..." I finally heard Lorys say as he reached for me with his hand.

"He suffered a severe concussion from the impact to his head... We're lucky nothing worse happened. He could have been dead," the pack doctor said, looking at me.

"H-he can't see?" I asked, stuttering and on the verge of tears. I looked at Lorys, who was now as pale as a corpse.

"Temporarily, until the irritation in his brain returns to normal... We hope his wolf is doing the best job he can to help him recover..." the pack doctor replied and I felt tears running down my cheeks. A sob escaped my throat and I looked at Lory's... Damn... What have I done?

"I'm so sorry Lorys..." I managed to get out of me meekly as his hand reached my cheek and he wiped away my tears. He gently pulled me to him with his hand and hugged me tightly "It's not so bad, Bora... It'll all be okay," he whispered in my ear and even in this situation, he tried to offer me security and stability.

"How can you be so selfless? You lost your sight because of me..." Tears welled up in my eyes again, but this time they just poured down.

"What are you blaming yourself for, Bora? You could have been the one in my place right now... It was a coincidence that that snake was there," I saw him smile slightly and continue to stroke my cheek. I, on the other hand, was completely overwhelmed by the situation.

"Everything will be fine, we have to take our time," he replied as I nodded and sighed softly. I wiped the tears from my face. Even though it hurt my heart, I had to pull myself together and help Lory now. After all, he was the one who should be crying, but no. In my opinion, he took it almost too lightly.

Maybe I was the one who was too hysterical and thought everything was too bad.

Oh moon goddess... My father watched us as he finally cleared his throat. "Alpha Lorys, I welcome you to our pack... even if the situation isn't the best, we'll try to make the best of it," my father assured him.

Lorys seemed irritated and probably hadn't expected my father to be in the room, "Thank you, Alpha David... Thank you so much for taking care of her pack, it's not something to be taken for granted," Lorys replied, to which my dad began to laugh.

"You saved my daughter, that's the least we can do! We are forever in your debt!" said my dad, almost beaming, but Lorys couldn't see this and just smiled to himself. "Yes, that really was luck..." Lorys finally replied.

"I'll leave you alone again, get some rest, we can talk later," my father replied and nodded to the doctors to follow him.

I looked into Lory's eyes and gently stroked his cheek "I don't know what to say..." I whispered quietly as he groaned and clutched his head.

"Is something hurting you?" I asked him uncertainly, looking around me as if there was something that could help him.

"No, it's just my head... It's buzzing," Lorys replied, squeezing my hand gently.

"Can your wolf still see?" I asked him uncertainly, to which he nodded "Yes, but he's busy repairing the damage, I don't want to burden him any more by claiming his sight," he replied as I stroked his hair.

"I'll help you with everything... You won't be able to get rid of me, is that clear?" I said to him, to which he laughed softly.

"It's enough for me when you're near me and I can breathe in your wonderful scent..." he replied.

I had to smile at that and pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek.

"We'll get through this together..."