A Mistake Mate novel Chapter 54

The doctor had now neared the bed and he had reached his hand out to probably check the gauze around Xander's torso when a low growl escaped from my lips. My eyes were narrowed and I was ready to protect my mate from this potential threat at any moment.

Most of this was coming from my wolf but I had little control over what she did when we were both this emotionally unstable. The doctor, who looked to be in his late thirties, widened his eyes and took a step back. He slightly raised his hands, to show that he wasn't a threat, before speaking to me.

"I'm guessing that your Xander's mate, Paisley right?" He asked. I slowly nodded my head and tightened my grip on Xander's hand. The doctor lowered his hands and also nodded his head.

"Well Paisley I just need to check some things and make sure that Xander is alright, can I do that?" He asked me slowly. The man was talking to me like I was a five year old but I knew that he was only doing so to keep me and my wolf calm.

"Yeah." I grumbled out and watched as he smiled before slowly walking towards us. He stopped at the side of the bed before pulling out the clipboard that had been under his arm. The doctor wrote down the information that he had gathered from the machines before checking on the wounds along with the gauze that covered them.

When he was done he pursed his lips and took a step back.

"Well it looks like he's doing alright. The smaller injuries are already healing and the bleeding from the larger ones have slowed down. There was some slight internal bleeding, because his lungs were punctured, but we managed to quickly stop it, his heart beat is regular and if he continues to heal like he is now then he should be fine in no more then a week."

It was like a breath of fresh air when the doctor said that he should be fine. I had been so worked up and worried, worried that I would loose Xander, that hearing those words immediately put me at ease and brought a small smile to my lips.

A sigh left my lips before I closed my eyes and carefully brought Xander's hand to my lips. I placed a small kiss on the top before returning it to his side and leaning back in my seat. I turned to see that the doctor had left the room and that both sets of parents were staring at me with small smiles. I looked to Reed and asked the question that had been at the back of my mind this whole time.

A small groan escaped my parted lips as I was awoken by a strange tingling coming from the side of my face. My eyes stayed sealed shut because my brain was not yet ready to wake from the peaceful sleep that I had been in only moments before.

The tingling traveled up the side of my face, all the way to my eyebrows, and then right back down to the edge of my chin. The tingling was a strange but pleasant feeling. It was then that I registered what the feeling was coming from.

My eyes shot open and I quickly lifted my head to see a pair of dark orbs staring back at me. Xander. My heart beat quickened and I heard my wolf yip in joy. I immediately sat up from my slouched position, ignoring the slight pain that came with it, before launching myself at my mate.

Now I admit that it probably wasn't the smartest idea, seeing as Xander was in the hospital for rather serious reasons, but I couldn't help myself as I tightly wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my head there.