Chapter 23: Emotions

Celeste POV

Oliver was admitted to the hospital and just got out of surgery. His parents will be flying into town in the next two days.

He hasn’t woken up yet. I have been glued to his side since he was put into a room.

Matthew has guards stationed all over the hospital, to the human eye they look like normal visitors but to nonhumans, they can tell they are wolves.

Oliver was taken off the oxygen and can breathe on his own. His face has gained a bit more color, he has a broken arm, a few broken ribs, and a concussion.

I reach for his hand and squeeze it.

“I am so sorry Oliver; you shouldn’t have kept being friends with me. You wouldn’t have been in this mess, in the hospital, beaten up.” I can’t help but blame myself.

If I was a normal human, maybe I could have been able to fall in love with him. We could have had a topical college romance, me wearing his hoodies to class, holding hands, and sneaking kisses in between classes. But fate had other plans.