Returning To My Rejected Mate

Shay's Point of View

It's quiet between my mother and I as we walk to the hospital where my father is.

I take a good look at my mother and I see the bags underneath her eyes. Like a proper luna she

is keeping it together but if you look closely you can see my father being in the hospital is taking it's toll. They've been together since they found out they were mates on my mother's eighteen birthday. I can't imagine how hard this must be for her.

I wrap my arm around her shoulders, pull her tightly to me and rest my head on hers as we walk. "I'm not going to ask if you're okay. But I just want you to know I think you're so brave, Momma. Keeping it together while dad is injured, I know it has to be hard on you. If you ever need to cry or talk I'm here for you."

I say and kiss her on her head.

I feel her wrap her arms around my waist.

"Thank you, sweetie. I'm so glad you're here."

As we near the hospital my mother pulls away from me and wipes her face before she pulls her shoulders back and lift her head, I smile slightly. Always a proper luna. I see her nod and smile at the pack members we pass on our way to my father's room.

As we enter his room, the doctor checking his vitals looks up and smiles at us.

"Good day Luna, Shay it's great to see you again, it's been along time. How have you been?"

I smile at him. "Hi Dr. Martin. I've been good. How are you and Mrs. Martin?"

"We're doing good dear. I'm glad you're back, though I wish it was under better circumstances."

I give him a small smile and look at my father lying in the hospital bed.

"How's he doing?"

"His heart rate is stable and most of his injuries are healed. But there is still alot of swelling on his brain. We are monitoring it closely and it has definitely come down a bit."

I nod at him, watching my mother running her fingers through his hair, softly talking to him. "Will he wake up?" I ask, trying to swallow the lump in my throat.

Dr. Martin sighs.

"It's hard to tell. He is healing well, which is a good thing but anything can happen. Even if he wakes up there could be side effects. All we can do is monitor him and hope for the best."

I nod at him and smile. "Thank you, doctor."

He nods at me and leaves the room, I head over to the bed and take my father's hand.

"Talk to him."

I look at my mother.

"Sorry?"

"I said you should talk to him. They say he can hear us. Maybe it will help him if he hears your voice."

I nod at her and take a seat on the bed.

"Hi dad. It's me. Shay.. You gave me quite a scare. Both me and Zayde rushed down here to see you so you better wake up soon. Zayde misses you."

My mother smiles at me and nods, encouraging me to continue.

"You should have seen his face as we came driving up, the forest with the wolves running along the car, he got so excited. And the way he just stared at the packhouse. It was really funny to watch his reactions. I think he likes it here. Has made a few friends already and we just got here." I smile, thinking about my little boy. Then my thoughts go to Jake and I sigh.

"I ran into Jake today. He immediately figured out who Zayde was. Told me he was gonna tell Zane."

Suddenly my father's heart rate monitor beeps faster, just for a minute before it goes back to normal and I smile again.

"I'm assuming even in your current state your still mad at him. I am too. But we're here now, and eventhough I don't want anything to do with him, I won't deny my son a chance to get to know his father. So now I'm just waiting for him to make his move. But we'll see what happens." For the next hour, my mother and I just talked to him about anything and everything. Until the nurse came to check him again and told us visiting hours were over. We said our goodbyes to him, promising to come back the next day.

As we head out we were both quiet again, I saw my mother's eyes glaze over, mindlinking someone, then she turned to me.

"Dan's back. He wants to speak with you."

I nod at her and we walk to the packhouse. As we get closer, I see a car pull into the garage before Dan emerges.

He heads over to us and wraps me in his arms.

"It's so good to have you home."

He says hugging me tightly.

"It's good to be back. I've missed.. Hey!"

I yell as he suddenly pushed me away, still holding on to my shoulders. I frown up at him as he

starts sniffing me.

"What are you doing?"

"What is that? That's not your normal smell." He said frowning at me now.

"I don't know you weirdo. Stop sniffing me."

My mother stepped closer to us and gave me a quick wiff. She stepped back and shook her head.

"I don't smell anything strange Dan. She just smells like Shay, and Zayde. Maybe that's what your getting." She shrugged.

"Yeah, maybe. Where is he by the way?"

Dan asks as we head for the door.

"Upstairs with my friend. Why did you want to speak to me?"

I turn to face Dan that stopped just inside the door. I see him sniffing the air and frown. I frown

as well and look at my mother, she shrugs just as confused as I am.

"Dan?"

He shakes his head, as if to clear it.

"Sorry, it's just that smell again."

My mother and I exchange looks again.

Dan sighs. "I'm not crazy guys."

"Never said you were sweetheart. I'm going up stairs. I'll see you at dinner."

My mother gives us both a peck on the cheek before she leaves.

"So? What did you want to speak to me about?"

He looks at me and frown before I see realization set in.

"Oh yes.. That.. Let's go up to my office. We can talk there."

I frown but nod and follow him to his office. I take a glance at him but he seems distracted.

"Are you okay?"

He looks at me and smiles while nodding.

"Yes, of course I'm fine. Sorry I just have a lot on my mind."

I nod.

"So do you have any leads on the rogues that attacked?"

He sighs and runs his fingers through his hair.

"Yes and no. We thought we had something, tracked a few of them but then the scent aswell as

the tracks just vanished."

I frown. "What? How is that possible? They can't just dissappear."

"I know. That's why this is so frustrating. But you should see these attacks Shay.. They are very well organized."

"Rogues aren't normally well organized."

Dan sigh and nods his head.

"No they're not. All of their attacks are carefully planned and executed. It's almost like.. like.."

"Like they're testing you."

I finish his sentence and he nods.

"Exactly.. I don't know what exactly is going on but I'm sure this is just the beginning."

I frown thinking about his words.

We reach his office in silence and he closes the door behind us.

"So what do we need to discuss? It must be important if we need to do it here."

I ask as soon as I sit down.

He sighs and rubs his hand down his face.

"It is.. And your probably not going to like it. I got an interesting phone call this afternoon. From

Zane."

I feel my heart start to pound as soon as I hear his name.

"What was the call about?"

"Zayde."

I swallow the lump in my throat. Here it comes. The moment I've been dreading.