Can't Get Near The Alpha King novel Chapter 70

"No problem Luna." Herself still not used to calling me 'Adella'.

As I walk out the bathroom with Kira at my side, her hands twitching. Ready to catch me if I fall. I meet the worried eyes of Jackson, Blake and Ben.

"Oh my Goddess. You scared me so much!" Jackson exclaims loudly as he pulls me into a hug.

The two others give me a small hug and then retreat to the couches.

"Do you still want food? I've nearly got it all prepared-" I start but Blake interrupts, "You're not in the right condition to be stressing yourself. Sit down and we will sort lunch."

I reluctantly sit down, knowing that all the others won't let me help. I furrow my brows and try to wonder why I was ill. My mind immediately concludes that it's because of my distance to Ashton, as this also happened a few days into the capture. It also happened to my mother when my dad left for a battle once, even though I was small I remember it vividly.

She was sick continuously and couldn't sleep. After a week into the departure, she would convulse and have breathing attacks. Many regarded it as unusual but because of the strength in our blood lines and their extremely close relationship; they were the effects of being apart.

The food is soon set on the table and we all eat leisurely, conversation popping up from time to time. Kira gets up slightly early and washes her plate but then starts to make another drink.

Once she's finished making it, she returns the table and hands me the drink. I raise my brow and she states, "It's a herbal tea that my mother used to make me after I'd been ill to restore some vitamins."

I nod and sip the fruity tea until slowly my vision turns blurry. I gaze lethargically down to my hands, which are moving at glacial place.

I feel hands wrap round my midriff and carry me up some stairs before the blackness conquers my vision.

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My heavy eyes crack open and I recognise that I'm laying in my room. I look down at myself to see that I'm covered in blankets and wearing Ash's hoodie.

I swing my legs out of bed and briskly get up to walk but my legs buckle immediately and I grab the post of the bed to steady myself.

My legs were unsteady from lack of use and question then started racing through my mind.

How long was I out?

I cough on my tea slightly and I feel my facial appearance conveying shock.

"How-what-WHAT?" I stutter.

"You were ill and that drained you, you haven't been sleeping either. You were in bad state so when Kira gave you that drink she laced it with sleeping pills. The sleep then fell upon you almost instantaneously and has revived you. The lost hours of sleep from Ashton's departure have been slept from this hibernation of yours." Ben says with amusement laced in his tone at the end.

My brows lift at the term 'hibernation' but I don't comment. I peer up at the clock and witness that it's 1:30pm. I gasp slightly but then focus my attention on Ben, once more.

"Is it only you here? Where are the others?"

"Yes, Kira left this morning after checking you and the others left yesterday afternoon as they had paperwork to deal with. I've been here the whole time." He states.

"Oh Ben, you could've left. I feel so bad, what have you been doing? I've been wasting your time, I'm so sor-" I apologise but Ben breaks my ramblings.

"No you don't need to be sorry, don't worry about it. I've been reading and sorting files about the warriors. My time here has been useful, the quiet is rare, Luna." He nods and I sigh and then nod.