Alexander’s POV
I groaned when I felt something cold being pressed against my forehead.
“Come on, Lex,” I heard Fia’s soft voice. “Open your eyes.”
Why the hell was she waking me up? And why the hell was she pressing that cold thing on my forehead? What the hell…
And then I remembered.
I opened my eyes and sat up abruptly.
I looked around the room, trying to find my mom and dad, but I wasn’t at home anymore. I was at the hospital.
What the fuck happened?!
My eyes fell on Fia and I saw a big cut on the side of her head, near her hairline. My eyes widened and I grabbed her to get a better look at it.
“What the fuck?!” I exclaimed and moved her hair so I could see the wound.
“It’s okay, Lex,” she said as she tried to get me to lay back down. “It’s not bad. It’s a small cut. It will go away.”
I growled. It wasn’t a small cut. It was big and it was still bleeding a little.
“Fia…,” I spoke, but she interrupted me.
“I am fine,” she said. “You need to lay down. You got the worst of it.”
My mind went back to what happened in the room and I started panicking.
“Where are mom and dad?!” I shouted and tried to get up. “Are they dead?!”
Fia pushed me back to stop me from getting up. I was staring at her wide-eyed and I was panicking. My heart was racing a mile a minute and I could swear that my insides twisted up in a knot. Where were they?! What happened?!
“They are alive, Lex,” Fia said softly. “I will tell you everything, but you need to lie down.”
A small sob escaped me. Fia caressed my cheek and gently pushed me back down.
They were alive? My mom won? Was this over? Was it all finally fucking over?
“Mom and Dad are alive,” Fia said as she pulled the blanket over me. “They are both still unconscious.”
I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to take a deep breath.
“Is the darkness…,” I mumbled, but I couldn’t finish the question.
I was terrified of the answer.
Fia tightened her jaw and shook her head.
“We don’t know,” she said. “We won’t know until she wakes up.”
I tightened my jaw and clenched my fists. I felt anger rising up. What the fuck was all that then? Why was there a fucking black liquid pouring out of her body if that fucking thing inside her wasn’t gone?!
“But Anna says that she thinks it’s gone,” Fia added and my heart stopped. “She isn’t sure, but she says that she can’t feel it anymore.”
My heart started beating painfully again.
“What do you think?” I asked. “What do you feel?”
“I don’t know,” Fia said, shaking her head. “I haven’t seen her yet. Hunter wouldn’t let me leave the bed. I am not even supposed to be sitting here. He will…”
Fia was interrupted when the door opened and Hunter walked inside.
“What did I tell you about leaving the bed, Sophia?” Hunter said angrily as he closed the door.
“Freak out,” Fia finished what she wanted to say before Hunter interrupted her.
She turned around and gave him a small smile.
“I am okay, Hunter,” she said. “It’s already healing.”
I took a moment to look around the room. I was too panicked and too confused to do that before. There was a bed next to mine and I could tell that someone was lying on it. Did Fia really get up to take care of me? Oh, she was in for an earful.
“Why do you have to be so stubborn, Sophia?” Hunter said angrily. “Alex is okay. The cut on his head isn’t as bad as yours.”
“No, but his arms are injured,” Fia said, pointing at my arms. “He is more injured than I am. I needed to make sure that he was okay.”
I looked at my body for the first time since I woke up. I had some minor cuts and bruises, but it was nothing bad. I felt around my forehead until my fingers found the cut. Hunter was right. I could tell that it was smaller than Fia’s just by touching it.
I growled, making Fia look at me.
“Get back to bed, Sophia,” I said angrily.
She rolled her eyes and I growled again.
“Now, Sophia,” I said sternly.
She sighed, stood up, and walked over to her bed. Hunter approached her and covered her up with a blanket. Sophia sighed again.
“You are overreacting,” she said. “It’s a cut. I am fine.”
“Stop it,” Hunter said. “I am not arguing with you over this. You will be in bed until it heals.”
“Hunter…,” Fia started speaking, but I interrupted her.
“Enough, Sophia,” I said. “Hunter is right. You will be in bed until that cut is healed. Stop being so stubborn all the time.”
She rolled her eyes at me again. I tightened my jaw and raised an eyebrow at her. She huffed and mumbled something under her breath. I just shook my head at her. She could be so fucking stubborn sometimes.
Hunter sat on the chair next to her and took a deep breath.
“Did you talk to your dad?” Fia asked him.
“I did,” Hunter said as he took Fia’s hand in his. “He is freaked out. He barely managed to talk him out of coming here.”
Hunter took a deep breath and released it slowly.
“He really loves your mom,” he said as he looked down at his lap. “He never talked badly of her. After he told me the truth about what happened, he always reminded me that I had her to thank for having a dad. He always said that she saved his life. He will always be grateful to her because of it.”
I looked at Fia and saw a small smile on her face.
“She is amazing,” Fia said quietly.
Hunter looked at Fia and smiled.
“She is,” he said softly. “I am so grateful to her. Not just because she saved my dad, but because she made you.”
Fia chuckled and caressed his cheek. Hunter looked at me and I smiled at him.
The door opened and Anna walked inside. She had a small smile on her face and my heart raced a little.
“Your dad woke up.”
