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“Well, you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only trying
To let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I'm with you…”- Taylor Swift, I’m Only Me When I’m With You

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|Chapter 18: I’m Sorry Sweetheart…|

|Rosalie Burns|

“Ha, ha, ha did he really!?” I questioned between my laughter as I sliced the final cucumber and mixed it in with the rest of the salad. Lori and Lena grinned, laughing along with me “He did, he was trying to act coy and impress her but instead fell right into the lake and took her along with him- that was the last we saw of her” Lori told me. Lena laughed loudly “I can still remember the way she yelled at him for getting her new top wet! One of the funniest things I had ever seen!” she exclaimed. I giggled, Asher was quite the player when he was younger but he definitely wasn’t as smooth as he is now. I know, it must be kind of awkward to be talking about your mates flings and at first it definitely was but I found that I didn’t really mind hearing about Asher’s past flings. I knew that his player days were over- well they had better be after what we did last night but I also knew that the bond between an Alpha and his Luna was the strongest bond in the werewolf world and… as crazy as it sounds I really trusted him-with all my heart.

“Asher was such an adorable little boy, OH I know! When the two of you come over I’d be happy to show you some of his baby pictures- he was such a darling but definitely takes after his father. He was- is actually, such a troublemaker! Always making a mess and never knowing how to clean it up! Lord knows how that boy has gotten along living by himself! I still remember making dinosaur and goldfish shaped lunches for him and when he would kick he father out of bed and snuggle with his mommy when he had a nightmare… now he’s all grown up!” she exclaimed as she began to bread the last chicken and place it in the oven with the others, we were making parmesan chicken with spaghetti and a side of salad. I giggled as I imagined a five year old Asher kick his father out of bed- for some reason I couldn’t picture it. It was probably because Asher doesn’t seem like the type to do that but then again I only know the adult Asher.

“He sounds like such a sweetheart!” I said, while Lori nodded her head. “Momma, am I like Ashy?” Derek asked, looking adorable with some of the sauce spread across his cheeks. Lena, Lori and I all laughed and Lori wiped her hands on her apron before picking up her son “You are much more well behaved than Asher” she told him, kissing his cheek. Derek grinned “Does that mean you like me more?” he asked, sounding so innocent and adorable. Lori chuckled and kissed his head “Of course, you’re my favourite” she teased as she winked at me. Derek grinned and clapped his hands “Yay! I love you best too Momma!” he shouted as he grabbed his moms neck. From beside me Lena grumbled “Spoiled kid, obviously I’m the favourite” she muttered. I laughed and swung my arm around her shoulder for a side hug “Awh are you jealous Lee Lee?” I teased. Lena rolled her eyes and pushed me off of her, grinning “You laugh now but us Valentine’s get jealous easily and you’ve got yourself the king of jealousy himself! Asher’s naturally jealous since he has alpha blood in him!” Lena told me.

“She’s right, Asher gets it from his father- you should have seen the two of them when Asher was growing up! Always fighting for attention, they were so cute” Lori recalled. I giggled “I know, I remember Asher getting jealous of Derek at the hospital” I told her. Lena laughed with me “Ahh that was pretty funny- and Derek over here just announced he was going to steal Rose from Asher” Lena said as she wheeled over to tickle her little brother. Derek giggled and Lori laughed along with him “Is that true Derek?” Lori questioned, looking at her youngest with amusement. Derek grinned and nodded his head “Yup! Rosie’s nice and pretty, I like her” he exclaimed as he threw his sauce covered arms up in the air. I laughed and went to grab a cloth to clean him up. I ran it under some water before beginning to clean his hands and wipe his face “I like you too Derek, you’re adorable! Now, do you want tell me how you got sauce all over yourself?” I questioned. Derek grinned sheepishly at me and shook his head before taking his hand and using it to ‘zip’ his lips.

I grinned, that was too cute! I shared a look with Lena who winked at me, understanding what I was silently saying.

I turned back to Derek and gave him a playful pinch on the cheek “Are you sure? I promise we won’t be mad” I told him. He just shook his head and crossed his arms over his chest. I grinned “Well then, I didn’t want to have to resort to this but…” I trailed off, signaling to Lena. Derek cocked his head “Huh?” he questioned confused. I grinned, “Surprise tickle attack!!” I exclaimed before lightly lunging at the small boy and beginning to tickle him mercilessly. Derek began to laugh loudly and his tiny hands tried to push mine away. From behind us Lori and Lena were giggling and Lena wheeled over to help me tickle the little devil.

“Hahaha not you too Lee Lee!”

“Hehehe stop it!”

“Hahaha please!”

Lori watched the three of us in amusement Lena, Derek and I were having so much fun as we wrestled that we didn’t notice the two people who walked into the kitchen.

One second I’m doing the tickling then the next second I feel myself being lifted into the air and I’m on my back with an amused Asher smirking over me. “Well what do we have here?” he questioned playfully as he trapped my hands above my head. My eyes widened “When did you…?” I trailed off and Asher just smirked devilishly at me. I looked over at Lena and saw Vincent was next to her and holding her arms up and away from Derek. I heard a giggle and looked up to see Derek by his mom, the two of them smiling at us. “Yay! Ashy saved me!” he cheered, coming over to give his brother a high five. Asher grinned and high fived him back “That’s right, big brother Asher to the rescue!” he exclaimed before turning back to me, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “What do you think Der? Should we punish Rosie?” Asher said as he looked from me to his brother and back again.

Derek giggled and nodded his head.

I started laughing as Asher began to brush his fingers over my sides and around my most ticklish spots. How he knew where those were, I had no idea. My eyes snapped shut and tears were beginning to run down my face as I laughed so hard my stomach hurt but in a good way. I couldn’t stop laughing and I didn’t think Asher was going to stop anytime soon. Asher let go of my hands to double his tickling and I tried to fight him off but he wasn’t so easily overpowered. I had to admit, as much as I didn’t like to be tickled I was having a lot of fun with Asher right now. I felt one hand brush my chest while another lightly went by my backside. “Asher!” I shouted between my laughter, I opened my eyes and saw he was grinning at me mischievously.

“What?” he asked with fake innocence.

“Alright, that’s enough of that- let’s keep it PG here kids” Vincent commented.

“It’s a good thing we were just about finished in here, otherwise there would be food everywhere!” Lori exclaimed.

Asher stopped with his tickle assault and the two of us looked up at his smiling family. I totally forgot that they were standing there and quickly my face began to heat up. Lori chuckled and grabbed Derek and Vincent’s hands “Come on you two, help me bring the food into the dining room” she said as she placed the spaghetti in Vincent’s hands and gave Lena the salad to hold before the three four of them walked out of the kitchen.

Asher and I stayed on the floor for another minute, me blushing while he stared. Asher smiled suddenly and brushed a piece of hair from my face “You’re so beautiful…” he murmured before leaning down and giving me a light kiss. I smiled into his lips and kissed him back, wrapping my arms around neck while he braced his palms against the floor. After a moment I pulled away and I saw his golden eyes filling with lust, I rolled my eyes but a grin slipped on my face. I pushed his chest back slightly and sat up “Come on you horny alpha, we have a lunch to eat. I made the salad and spaghetti” I told him, beginning to stand up. Asher sighed but quickly followed my example and grabbed my hand. “Fine” he grumbled, “But we still have time for this” he said- pressing his lips firmly to mine for a few moments before quickly pulling away and successfully making me dizzy with desire.

Asher smirked and tugged on my hand before leading me into the dining room.

“Finished?” Lena teased as we went to sit down.

I sat between Derek and Asher while she was next to both her parents.

“Well… dig in everyone!” Lori exclaimed and immediately everyone began to dig in.

All through dinner we exchanged stories and laughs, it was by far one of the best dinners I have ever had.

Everyone was so happy and there was never an awkward silence, it was a nice change from my normal lonely dinners at home.

I also really liked Lori and Vincent, they were both so nice and fun to be around and definitely weren’t afraid to embarrass Asher- which was always a sight to see since Mr. Alpha never really got embarrassed. The whole time Asher held one of my hands in his larger one, giving it a light squeeze every now and the.

It made me smile.

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After dinner Asher’s family had to leave since Derek was pretty much half asleep.

To be honest I was kind of sad to see them go but I was kind of glad they were leaving- halfway through dinner I began to get a headache and I was also feeling really lethargic for some reason. I sighed and closed my eyes, my fingers going to massage my temples to try and relieve some of the pain. Soon though my arms began to feel tired and I just let them fall next to me. What was going on? I was feeling perfectly fine earlier today but now…

Asher walked back in the room and it sounded like a herd of elephants running along the Savanna. “Gah, not so loud Ash, please” I muttered, placing my arm over my forehead. Immediately I felt his presence come over to the couch and his big hands took my arm off my face and began cupping my cheeks. “What’s wrong sweetheart?” he murmured quietly. I opened my eyes a fraction and winced at the bright light- I ignored it and focused on the worried wolf in front of me. “I don’t feel so well…” I murmured, sitting up to press my face into his chest and breathed in his comforting scent. I felt the head die down but immediately I knew the headache wasn’t because of the heat since his touch should have made it easier to breath but unfortunately it wasn’t working.

“Have you taken your medicine today?” he whispered, soothingly wrapping his arms around me and rubbing my back. I sighed and nodded my head “I did this morning” I mumbled as I clutched the back of his shirt. Asher gave my temple a tender kiss “Alright, I think it’s time you had another anti-biotic” he murmured as he went to stand up. Quickly I tightened my grip on him as my headache increased and I squeezed my eyes shut, it felt like my brain was ready to explode at any second.

“Please don’t leave me…” I mumbled, feeling weak and vulnerable. I don’t think I would be able to walk- let alone climb up the stairs. Asher’s face looked pained as he nodded his head “Whatever you want sweetheart, why don’t I carry you to our room?” he suggested. My head hurt too much so instead of nodding I whispered a small “Okay” and immediately I was scooped up into his strong arms. I whimpered slightly when the fast movement caused me to feel nauseous and bring more pain. Asher cringed and held me to his chest “I’m so sorry baby, I promise to be more careful” he whispered as he carefully began to walk to our room. “It’s okay” I murmured as I made myself comfortable against his chest. Asher didn’t say anything but he did kiss my forehead. I could feel his emotions and he was feeling very worried and anxious.

Tiredly I opened my eyes and brought my hand to his face so I could caress his cheek. “Don’t worry, I’m perfectly fine- just a headache that’s all. I promise, after I take my anti-biotic and get some rest I’ll be perfectly fine” I murmured, giving him a small smile. Asher didn’t say anything as he walked up the stairs and I knew he didn’t really believe me.

To be honest, I don’t think I quite believed it myself.

“Asher… I feel cold” I murmured as I felt him walk into our room. “Just hang on a minute sweetheart” he murmured back as he shut the door behind him and quickly brought me to the bed. I felt him hold me up with one arm while he used the other one to bring the comforter back before placing me gently on the pillows and bringing the blanket back. I felt Asher bring the blanket back up and wrap it around me, tucking me in like a five year old. He kissed my forehead and murmured a quiet “I’ll be back” before walking to the bathroom to grab the anti-biotic Dr. Morgan had given me. I sighed and tried to snuggle deeper into the bed, I was beginning to feel horrible. It was like I spontaneously just came down with some flu, like in Supernatural when Dean came down with that ‘Ghost Sickness’ in the episode “Yellow Fever.” My head was throbbing like Tom and Jerry were having one of their infamous chases up there and my chest was constricting- it felt like someone was squeezing my lungs and every time I breathed the hand squeezed tighter.

I curled up into a ball and let out a shaky breath.

What was happening to me?

Why was this happening to me?

Was it because of that Mitonemia my dad injected into me?

I shivered and wrapped the blanket tighter around me, all these thoughts were making me feel even worse. Along with the fact that I knew Asher had no idea about the dagger yet and I was feeling guilty about not telling him. I would worry about that later, I knew I was going to tell him but it just didn’t feel right at the moment.

Or maybe I was just being a coward.

“Sweetheart, do you think that you can sit up for me?” Asher questioned as he lightly sat on the bed with me.

“Okay” I murmured and began to sit up with some difficulty. Once I was leaning against the headboard Asher gave me a glass of water before handing me one red and one yellow pill. I sighed, I really hated these pills. “I know you do sweetheart but please, I need you to take these if you want to get better” he told me softly, brushing some hair from my face. I sighed “I know.” If I wanted to get this poison out of me faster I needed to keep taking my anti-biotic. With a slight grimace I put the red pill in my mouth before washing it down with some water before doing the same with the yellow one. I took another swig from the glass before placing it down next to me.

We were silent for a few moments.

“Hey Asher”

“Yes sweetheart?”

“Can you do me a favour?” I questioned.

“Anything” he answered.

“Will you come and cuddle with me… please?” I asked, feeling a bit embarrassed by asking that. Asher grinned and pecked me lightly on the lips “Of course” he said before climbing into bed with me. I turned so my head was resting on his chest and Asher wrapped his muscular arms around me. “Thank you” I murmured into his shirt, giving a light kiss to his chest. His grip tightened on my body and I used one of my hands that were resting on his chest to trace random shapes on his abs.

“Hey Asher”

“What is it sweetheart?”

“Do you think… do you think I’ll be okay?” I questioned, beginning to feel drowsy.

I was beginning to fall asleep.

Asher kissed the top of my head “You’ll be fine Rosalie, don’t worry-I’ll make sure of it” he told me. “You don’t know how… special you are to me.” His words began to sound slurred as I felt myself take the first few steps into dreamland. “Rosalie, you’re my other half- my soul mate. There’s nothing wouldn’t do for you… whether you know it or not I…” I didn’t hear the rest of his sentence because by then I had already fallen asleep.

|Asher Valentine|

I watched as Rosalie slowly fell asleep, smoothing out some of her beautiful curls. She looked unusually pale and I could feel a fever beginning to make itself known. Carefully I slipped put from the covers and rewrapped the blanket around her. Immediately her sweet face looked troubled and her arms moved around the bed as if she was looking for something, finally her hands rested on my pillow and I watched as she curled up next to it. She looked absolutely adorable, I leaned down and moved her hair from her face so I could kiss her softly, and I smiled at the peaceful look that came over her features. “I’ll be right back sweetheart” I murmured to her sleeping form before quietly exiting the room.

Quickly I took my phone out and dialed the pack doctor; I had to know if there was any way that u could make this easier for her, maybe get the poison out of her system faster. My wolf was crying out at seeing our mate in this condition, it hurt the two of us- knowing that we couldn’t do anything to help her.

“Mate… go back to mate…” my wolf ordered me.

I shook my head “Not yet, I need to call Grant first” I told him. My wolf growled at me, not liking the idea of being away from Rosalie for too long, especially when she was in this condition.

Thankfully I didn’t have to wait long for Grant to pick up the phone.

“Dr. Grant Morgan speaking”

“Grant, it’s Asher”

“Alpha, do you need anything? How is Luna doing?”

“That’s what I’m calling you about, earlier today she was perfectly fine but a couple hours ago she came down with a fever and a huge headache- she could barely move. I think it has something to do with that damn poison.”

“…Has she been taking her medication?”

“Of course she has! I’ve been making sure!”

“Alpha, I need you to calm down. I’m sure Luna is fine but I think it would be in our best interest if I came over to do a quick check-up”

“Get here in 10 minutes”

Then I quickly hung up and went back to my sleeping angel.

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I paced outside the bedroom as Grant did a check-up on Rosalie. He’s been in there for over an hour now and I was beginning to get restless, well even more restless.

After a few more agonizing minutes Grant finally walked out. He let out a breath before turning towards me, it was a couple minutes until he began to speak.

“Just as I suspected, this definitely has to do with the poison in her system. Can you remember the effects I told you about before?” he asked.

“Dizziness, she would get tired at odd moments, memory loss, and fainting spells.”

“Correct, but for some reason the medication is reacting oddly with the poison… it’s like she somehow has taken in even more of the poison. I don’t understand how that’s possible…” he told me.

Taken in more of the poison? “She’s been with me the entire time, there’s no possible way she could have gotten more poison” I told him, my mind working a mile a minute.

“It’s peculiar yes but nothing we can’t deal with. I gave her an injection that should strengthen the anti-biotic to get rid of the foreign substances in her body- you need to give her one every night so it doesn’t weaken. I trust that you can give it to her?” I nodded my head in confirmation and waved my hand to signal that he should continue “I also think it would be best if she stays in bed for a while and you with her- the heat isn’t making anything easier so staying with her will really take some of the pressure off. All we can do is wait until the poison runs its course, but if all goes well Luna will be perfectly fine” Grant told me as I walked him to the door.

“But I do have to warn you… the needle is going to hurt her a bit. It will literally be attacking the poison in her body.” He warned.

I grimaced but nodded my head “Where’s the needle?” I questioned, “I left it in the dresser, only 5mL each night.” He instructed, I wanted to growl at his ordering tone but I knew he was only trying to help. “Thanks Grant, I’ll call you if I need anything” I told him. Grant nodded and began to leave but stopped, I growled lowly. I just wanted to get back upstairs to Rosalie. “Alpha… would it be alright if you brought Luna down to the office once every week for an annual check-up?” he questioned, I could feel his slight fear from my growl. My wolf was beginning to get restless and I gave him a curt nod. “I’ll see you next week then” I said before closing the door.

Immediately I went back up the stairs so I could be with Rosalie and as I was walking I contacted Noah through the mind-link.

“We need to tighten security, I want to add two more wolves to each round. Got it?”

I waited for a moment before I heard Noah’s voice in my head.

“Yes Alpha, did something happen?” He questioned.

“Our Luna might be in trouble, the whole pack might be in trouble and I don’t want to risk anything. Shifts will also alternate every hour instead of every two” I told him.

“Yes Alpha, I’ll make the changes right away.” Noah answered before cutting of the connection.

Satisfied with the changes I walked back into the room I shared with Rosalie and my eyes were quickly drawn to her. Worry washed over me as I watched her pale face contour into pain, I rushed over to the bed and quickly wrapped her in my arms- letting her drape herself across my body.

She whimpered slightly “Asher? …it hurts” she murmured, clutching onto my body. I kissed her head “I know sweetheart, I know but I need you to stay strong. This will help you get better” I told her. Rosalie let out a shaky breath “I know, Dr. Morgan already told me” she said. “Remember when I told you about the silver injection?” she murmured quietly as I began to run my fingers through her hair. “Yeah I do” I told her as I remembered her words from before. She said it was like getting stabbed in the arm over in over again until the silver settled, five to ten minutes of agonizing pain.

“That’s what this needle feels like, just 100 times worse” she whispered, my fists clenched as she said that. Grant didn’t say anything like that, only that it was going to hurt. Then again I shouldn’t be surprised, if it hurt getting silver in her body it was going to hurt even more to get it out. My heart broke at the silent tears that fell down her face.

“I’m so sorry sweetheart… so sorry”

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