CHAPTER 103
KILLIAN’S POV
I didn’t know how the hell we were still alive. The car was upside down, completely totaled, glass everywhere, metal twisted and torn like paper. For a second, it was quiet, too quiet until I heard Richard’s groggy voice from
the front.
“Alpha… Luna…?” he croaked out, coughing as he struggled to move. His hand pushed at the deflated airbag, and I saw him twist painfully, his body still strapped to the driver’s seat. Blood was on his forehead, but he was alive.
Then I turned to Liana, and that’s when I realized what had happened.
Her massive white wolf was draped over both of us, shielding us like a damn wall. She had shifted before the impact, just seconds before my own wolf could react, and she’d covered our bodies with hers. My chest tightened as I saw blood streaking down her fur, her breath heavy and slow. She was already healing, but she took the full hit for us. She saved us.
“Liana,” I muttered, my voice raw, and carefully touched her, trying to get her attention. She shifted back right there, groaning softly as her human form appeared, trembling and naked, her body scratched and bruised, but nothing fatal.
“Alpha!” Richard shouted again, finally managing to crawl out of the wrecked front seat, limping toward us from the front as I wrapped my coat around Liana’s bare body. He rushed forward, his face pale. “Alpha… are you… oh my Goddess.”
“Stay back,” I growled, throwing him a sharp glare. My voice came out harder than I meant, but I didn’t care. Liana was barely dressed and still weak. No one was going to see her like that. No one. I held her close to my chest and started moving out of the wreckage.
He stepped back immediately.
I looked down at her, brushing her hair back from her face. “You okay? Baby, say something.”
Her lips parted slowly, and she whispered, “I’m fine I think…”
“You shifted,” I said, my throat tightening. “You… you saved us. You were faster than me.”
She tried to smile, but her eyes were still hazy. “Reflex. I thought we were going to die.”
I kissed her forehead, holding her tighter. “You’re not allowed to say shit like that.‘
Our car was beyond recognition. The front was smashed in completely, the windows gone, engine smoking, and if it had been any normal human inside, they would be dead right now. No question. But here we were. Miraculously alive. Because Liana’s wolf didn’t even hesitate.
Richard stepped closer again, clearly anxious. “Alpha, we need to get you both out of here. The voting starts in fifteen minutes. You were supposed to be there an hour ago.”
I looked at him like he’d lost his mind. “You think I care about that right now? Look at her!”
“I’m okay,” Liana whispered, gripping my arm. “Killian, I’m fine. Please… just go. You have to go.
I shook my head instantly. “I’m not leaving you. Forget the election. I’m taking you to the hospital first. I don’t give a damn about the votes if I’m not sure you’re okay.”
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“Killian, I said I’m fine. I’ll rest. You don’t have to-”
“Stop arguing with me,” I cut her off. “You almost died, Liana. I’m not leaving you on the side of the road to go chase some goddamn fucking crown.”
Just then, like the universe decided to give me a break for once, a cab slowed to a stop at the intersection nearby. Richard flagged it down without even asking, and I helped Liana into the backseat, keeping my arm around her the entire time.
“Johnson’s Hospital,” I told the driver sharply. It was about five minutes away, and thankfully, our pack doctor worked there.
When we arrived, Dr. Kellan, our pack doctor was already outside waiting. Apparently, Richard had called ahead. The moment we stepped in, Liana was taken in quickly. I stayed right by her side while Kellan checked her, my arms crossed and my mind racing with a thousand different thoughts.
After some tests, he finally looked up and said, “She’s fine. No internal injuries. Her wolf already started healing the cuts. She’s just drained. She needs rest, and maybe some fluids.”
I almost dropped to the floor in relief.
They moved her into a private VVIP room, and I sat beside her while she took the meds and slowly drifted to sleep. Just before her eyes closed completely, she whispered, “Go, Killian. You need to go. Please. I’m okay now.”
My heart ached, because she still cared more about me winning than about herself. I leaned down, kissed her softly, and brushed her hair back. “I’m not going if I don’t want to. You can’t make me.‘
She gave a small tired smile. “But I do want you to.”
Before I could answer, my phone rang. It was my mother. I answered immediately.
“Killian! Oh God, how are you? We heard about the crash. Is Liana okay? Tell me she’s okay!”
“She’s fine. She’s asleep now. The doctor says it’s nothing serious. Just exhaustion.”
I heard her exhale. Then her father’s voice came from the background. “Give me the phone. I want to talk to him.”
“Hello-”
“We’re already in the hospital,” he said. “What room?”
I gave them the room number, quite surprised that they were already here, and a few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. I stood up and opened it.
My mom rushed in like a storm, not even sparing me a glance. She ran straight to Liana, bent over her, and kissed her forehead over and over again.
“My sweet girl, thank the moon you’re okay,” she murmured.
Andrew came in right after, calmer, but his eyes said everything. He walked over and touched Liana’s hand gently. “You gave us a scare,” he said.
Liana stirred and opened her eyes a bit. “I’m fine,” she whispered. “Really. I’m okay.”
She turned to me again. “Killian. Go.”
Her dad looked at me. “We’re here. You don’t have to worry. We won’t leave her side. You need to go. It’s time.”
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I didn’t want to. I really didn’t. But then there was another knock at the door, and when I opened it, Richard and Steve were standing there.
“Alpha, we have to leave now if we want to make it,” Richard said.
I turned back to look at Liana one more time, and she gave me a soft smile.
“I’ll be fine,” she whispered. “Go.”
I bent down and kissed her forehead, then her lips. “I’ll come back as soon as it’s done. I promise.”
“Go win,” she said.
And so I left.
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