REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

Alpha Eric’s POV

I stared back at her but saw no reaction in her eyes, rather she stared at me with a confused look before moving her gaze back to the doctor. “What am I doing here and who are these men.” she asked while staring at Elliot and me with curiosity.

I was shocked by her words and rushed to her, but the doctor stopped me.

“Let her be.” he pushed me aside and stood beside her.

“I’m doctor Steven and you are in the hospital,” the doctor announced with a welcoming smile.

“What am I doing in a hospital?” she asked while touching her bandaged head.

“Stay calm, everything is fine.” the doctor tried assuring her, but she wasn’t taking it. “What am I doing here and where is my aunt?” she screamed at the top of her voice while trying to get out of the bed, but the nurses held her for the doctor to insert an injection in her.

“What did you give me? Who are these men and what am I doing here?” she asked in fear as she kept staring at everyone in the room with terrified eyes.

“Where is my aunt,” she yelled in a weak voice and dropped flat on the bed.” “I want my aunt.” she pleaded slowly in tears which tore my heart into pieces.

I rushed to her, took hold of her hands and gently squeezed them. “What is wrong with her, why can’t she remember anything?” I asked in worry.

“We don’t know yet, until her results are out.” The doctor responded with a heavy sigh. “We need to wait until she wakes up again to see if she will still react this way. If she does, then we will have to carry out some physical therapy on her.”

“Therapy?” Eliot asked in fear, “Don’t tell me she is suffering from lost memory?” Elliot asked in worry as he moved closer to her.

His words made my head spin around, but I quickly shook it off.

It can’t be possible, it can’t be, Victoria can’t lose her memory just like that. I comforted myself with those words.

“We are not certain, until the results are out, and the therapy is being done, then we can know what is really wrong with her. Excuse me, I have to leave.” he explained those words to us and left the room.

“No.” I whined in pain and moved away from her.

Elliot stood there in silent and shook his head in anger before speaking, “Congratulations Eric you’ve done your worst, hope you are happy now.” he muttered with anger as he stared at me with hatred. “Pray nothing happens to her, I don’t care if she is your mate or not, but I will kill you with everything in me.” he declared those words as a threat and left the room.

Hearing those words from him, I collapsed on the chair.

What have I done, what did I just do.

I stared at sleeping Victoria and shook my head in grief and disbelief. This can’t be happening, this can’t be true.

The door opened, and the doctor walked in and stood by the door. “You should go home, she won’t wake up until morning.”

I heard him but did not move an inch.

“Do you think she has lost memory?” I whispered those words almost to myself, but I knew the doctor could hear me.

“We are not certain yet, we just have to wait for the results and when she wakes up.” he flashed a weak smile and walked up to Victoria, checked her pulses and wrote down some note on his pad.

“You should leave sir, it’s getting late, a nurse will look after her.” He pleaded. Hearing those words from him, I slowly stood to my feet and walked up to Victoria’s bed.

I placed a kiss on her forehead and stared at her one more time before leaving the room.

I got into my car and drove out of the hospital. I drove back to the hotel, walked into my room and collapsed on the couch.

”Shit!” I yelled in anger and roughly ran my fingers through my hair as I remembered all that happened a few hours ago.

I yelled and cried out in anger as I felt my silent wolf howling in grief.

With a heart full of guilt, I closed my eyes and the memory of what happened in Elliot’s house played in my head. If only I was careful enough, if only I had noticed her the way Elliot did, everything wouldn’t have resulted in this.

I took out my phone and dialed a number. It rang a few times before it was picked.

“Greetings Sir Eric.” Beatrice spoke over the phone.

“I’m in Australia, and I planned not to come over to the house, but it seems I will stay longer than expected. Please clean up the house. I will be coming over later.”

“Yes sir, we will be expecting you.” she replied, and I ended the call.

I released a heavy sigh and thought of calling Dad and Kelvin, but I decided to let it be.

Slowly, I stood up from the chair, took off my clothes and stepped into the shower.

I took a quick bath, went back to the room and sat on the bed with water still dripping out from my body.

I took a deep breath, laid on the bed and forced myself to sleep.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

I woke up the next morning, took my bath and hurried to the hospital without having my breakfast.

I got to the hospital and went straight to Victoria’s room only to find her awake talking to a nurse. She noticed me and stared at me with curious eyes before looking away.

“Who is he and why is he here?” she mumbled to the nurse and stared at me not with anger but with curiosity.

Hearing those words from her, I felt my heart clenched in pain as the thought of her losing her memory buzzed in my head.

Gulping in pain, I took a deep breath and composed myself before speaking, “Hello Vicky, how are you.” I muttered while forcing a friendly smile on my face, hiding the pain enveloping in my heart.

She glared at me with raised and confused eyebrows, “Who are you?” she asked with her gaze fixed on me.

“Eric, I’m Eric.” I responded with a friendly smile.

“Eric?” she spelled out my name and thought for a while before she slowly shook her head. “I don’t know you, where is my aunt.” she asked in panic and tried leaving the bed, but I quickly held her.

“Calm down, your aunt went to get your things, she will be here.” I muttered with an assuring smile on my face.

She stared at me for a while, contemplating if she should believe me, and luckily, she did and relaxed on the bed.

I released a heavy sigh and moved away from her.

“What happened, why do I feel a lot of ache in my head?” she whined with a frown on her face while staring at me.

I swallowed nervously and thought of what to say to her. “You had an accident and hit your head, but you will be fine. Hearing those words from me, she frowned at me and slowly touched the bandage on her head.

“Did you hit me with your car?” she asked while staring at me with curious eyes, “No, no.” I quickly replied, “Then why are you here because I don’t know you, who are you?” she asked as she stared at me with those set of beautiful brown eyes that triggers everything in me.

Quickly, I looked away from her, so I could be able to control myself.

“Hello mister.” she gently tapped my shoulder. “Who are you,” she asked with her hand still on my shoulder.

Slowly, I moved my gaze to her and locked eyes with her. We stared into each other’s eyes, but none of us said a word until she swallowed nervously and looked away.

“Your eyes are beautiful.” she murmured to herself, but I heard her.

Hearing those words, I smiled at myself and for the first time in a long time, my heart beat with excitement.

The door opened, and I saw Elliot walking in with two ladies. One was a little girl in her early teens, while the other lady was someone who I could recognize.

”Jenifer.” I muttered out,

“You!, what are you doing here?” she asked while staring at me with a confused look.

“Calm down, remember not to cause a scene here.” Elliot whispered to Jennifer, who ceased her words.

“Hello, but who are you guys?” Victoria asked, while staring at the people in the room.

“It’s me, Catherine.” the younger teen rushed to Victoria’s side and took her hands. “Can’t you remember me?” she asked with a big frown, while Victoria slowly shook her head and stared at everyone in the room.

“What is going on?” she asked with fear and curiosity.

“Calm down, Vicky, no one will hurt you.” Elliot assured her with so much care and concern that I felt jealous. “I’m Elliot, this is Catherine my daughter and Jennifer my mate.”

Hearing his words, I turned and stared at him with stunned eyes, while he held my gaze with no expression on his face.

So, the lady was Elliot’s mate, and they all stayed together. This explains why she had Victoria’s scent on her on the day we met.

If Elliot had found his mate, and they all stayed together, that meant nothing had happened between Victoria and him.

Realizing this, I groaned at my stupidity and slowly ran my fingers through my hair in shame before speaking to Elliot through telepathy.

“You’ve found your mate?” I asked,

“What did you think? That something was going on between Victoria and me,” he replied in an angry voice and moved his gaze away from me.

“I can’t remember all of this.” I heard Victoria mumbling those words to Catherine, who had been telling her things from the past.

“Stop, don’t stress her.” Elliot instructed his daughter, who only shook her head and moved away.

We saw the door open, and the doctor walked in with a weak smile on his face. “Sorry to disturb you guys, but we have to perform a physical therapy on her.”

“Go back home, I’ll see you guys at home.” Elliot said those words to the two ladies, who nodded their heads and smiled at Victoria before leaving the room.

The doctor walked to Victoria’s side and flashed her a big smile. “How are you,” he asked.

“I’m not fine doctor, what is wrong with me and where is my aunt?” she asked in panic and kept staring at Elliot and me.

“Calm down my dear, your aunt is on her way, but before that, I will have to ask you some few questions, and you have to answer to the best of your knowledge. I hope you can do that for me,” he asked as he took a seat beside her.

Victoria stared at everyone in the room for a while, before she slowly nodded her head in agreement.

“Very good, let’s start with this. What is your name?” He asked,

“Victoria Williams,” she answered.

I inhaled, relieved when I realized she knew her name.

“How old are you?” he asked.

“Seventeen, but I will be eighteen by next month,” she spoke so confidently.

“Shit.” I whispered to myself, but the doctor signaled me to keep silence.

“What year are we?” he asked.

Hearing his question, I seized my breath and awaited her reply.

“Year 2015.” she murmured tiredly,

“Fuck.” I heard Elliot’s loud grunt, but the doctor signaled him to be quiet.

“Is something wrong?” Victoria asked while staring at everyone in the room.

“No, dear, everything is fine.” the doctor assured her with a smile.

Her words made my body numb, and my heart clenched in pain.

We were in 2021 and yet, Victoria thought we were still in 2015.

All this was my fault. If only I was smart enough not to let my anger and jealousy envelop me, maybe she wouldn’t have been in such a condition.

“Tell me the last thing you can remember.” the doctor asked as he wrote a few things on his pad.

I stared at Victoria and watched her thought for a while before she spoke up, “I was preparing dinner for aunt, then how did I get here?” she asked in panic and stared around with fear.