SCOTT POV
"Diana don't know anything", I whispered as I hit the cold shower. I didn't expected to encounter a vampire seeing her again in the hospital. It was supposedly an apparent visit to take a quick glimpse of her, and yet, it turned out to be a bloody vampire clash. This city has been peaceful and distant from vampires for months... and years. How could one be here, and specifically... around Diana?
I groaned under the cold water dripping on my skin as it simmer down the heat growing inside my body. "Damn!", huffing the pent up sensual desires of the imprint. After licking Diana in my wolf form, I instantly felt the heat from my core craving for her more and more.
When I saw her walking in the dark earlier at the parking lot wearing her white coat, I can't deny the feeling of melancholy my heart bears. I sighed deeply in my inability to handle my intrusive thoughts of grief. I understand that it's not right to blame every doctor for the sin of one. I don't particularly hate them. What I hate the most is myself for being trapped in the past for so long with a grudge so deep that with every doctor I see, I remember the pain of loss and everything that was taken from me.
How could I accept my destiny and yearn for someone I couldn't covet? When she hummed my mother's lullabye, my chaotic soul suddenly lulled at peace. It felt like my mother is hushing all my troubles away. Does she think of me too? I was completely hoping Diana does, because there's no second I don't think of her.
At that very moment when the vampire emerged from the dark, I'm so glad that I was there for Diana. Releasing all the madness messing with my head, I poured all my strength in my claws. Ravaging the neck of the blood-sucking undead without giving it a chance to escape.
I closed my eyes, resting my palms on the wall while the cold water splash down at the back of my head. Will Diana be my salvation? As I turn the faucet off and walked out the shower, I dried myself with the black towel patting my body dry. When I opened the door, my eyes landed on Lucas laying comfortably on my bed with his hands behind his head. "What have you got?", I asked, putting some clothes on.
"The pack had the entire hospital vicinity under surveillance, no vampire was found. We covered at least 500 meter radius. Vampires walking in broad daylight? That is shit! But, yea, so far, so good…. ".
Vampires in broad daylight.
"We got to know what made them walk on daylight", that's really something. Vampires have always stay hidden in the dark. They conceal their existence when the world sleeps, and attack their prey when they are least expected. How unnerving to discover such shocker, and it ain't good for us.
"So, what happened?", grinning ear to ear. By the look of that damned smirk, I already know what exactly he's nosing in.
"I already told you", I furrowed my brows shrugging of whatever his into, dried my hair in front of the mirror, refusing to deal with Lucas. I know where this is going.
"Alpha, your heat can be sensed from the 30th floor down to the ground floor. Don't skip that part.", laying on his side with his hand on his head, twinkling his eyes as he look forward to what I'll say. I kept mum and continued drying my hair.
"Have you been following her?", he sat upright hugging a pillow.
"No", I lied. I felt a certain warmth crawling on my cheeks as Diana's face suddenly appeared on my mind.
"Hmm… What did she eat for lunch today?", Lucas asked.
"I think it was fish, and salad", I combed my hair and smirked at how easy the question was.
"Who was she with? ", he continued while dangling his one foot on the bed.
"The vampire I told you about", I sighed in disgust. I remember her calling him in his first name as if they were really close. It seemed like he's a doctor too. How ironic to find a naturally born killer in the role of a life saver. And essentially, blending in the crowd with its long time arch foe, my Luna. His scent didn't even burgeoned in the small restaurant. That only if I didn't notice Diana, I wouldn't spot him at all. Strange, it is.
"Where does she live?", Lucas kept on asking silly questions that are so easy to answer.
"Villa Estates, just after a couple of villages from here", I opened my personal refrigerator and took two cans of beer, tossing one to Lucas.
"What time does she goes to work?", Lucas caught it and opened the beer, drinking it in one go.
"She leaves home at about six in morning", I know, because I see her on the road at times. I sat on my recliner chair opening my beer.
"…. And what time does she sleep?" Lucas crushed the can smiling at me.
"Her lights are out at ten at earliest. sometimes, she leaves it open so I can't tell.", Furrowing my brows at Lucas who have been enjoying so much of my revelation, then rolled my eyes realizing that I've been played. I bit my lower lip and rested my head back.
"Ha! I knew it! Hahaha", Lucas laughed so hard as he threw a pillow on me. I caught it with one hand and threw it back at him.
"So with all the stalking and shit, why haven't you talked to her?", he asked.
"It's not that simple", I closed my eyes wondering when will he end this conversation.
"What's holding you back? Your parents? Man, your parents are dead for so long. You should get a life. One way or the other, you will encounter doctors. It's just that, you imprinted to one", Lucas said as he stood up and took another can of beer. I kept my eyes closed, and tapped the arm rest with my fingers. That's true. I just haven't figured out yet how to sort things.
"There so many things we didn't understand about the death of your parents. If only we could find Kristia, you could have had the closure that you've been waiting for so long. Maybe then, you could move on, huh?", Lucas added opening the beer as he went back to my bed.
I placed my can of cold beer on my face. It's bitterly refreshing frost cooled my head a little. "Kristia has been long gone. Who knows she might be dead already", my team never stopped looking for her, because honestly, I cannot be at peace not knowing the whole truth. How I loathe the feeling of not being able to get what you want.
"So, what are you going to do, Scott? Will you put everything behind for the sake of moving on and be with your Luna? Or, you got the patience to settle it all in? I'm sure you can't simply walk away from you imprint", he gave choices that are too hard to take in, knowing that he is perfectly hitting the right points. "The life of a loved one is irreplaceable, yea. But, isn't death a normal thing? Don't let that grief eat you up from the inside, man! One day, you might wake up all rotten from that grief. And I hope you don't have any regrets by then", Lucas said as he chug on the beer and laid down. This punk is already making a good point with only two cans of beer. Damn right that only I can work and unravel my unresolved conflicts.
"Let's say... I would be able to win over myself.. what will I say to her when I see her? If she asked me why did I left her??", I stared at Lucas, seeking after what I would do when I finally gained the courage to face her.
"We're wolves, Scott. Our instinct leads our intuitions. Follow your calls of you heart, and everything else will come after", Lucas said as he press his palms on his eyes.
"Why would I believe a playboy, unmated wolf like you?", I scoffed and smiled staring at my beer on my hand.
"Because you know, I make sense.", Lucas yawned, finding comfort on my bed for a good night's sleep.