The Alpha’s Human Mate

“Ellie will be back soon. I should start making dinner.” Louise said as she washed the vegetables and started cutting them. She noticed Ellie had been acting weird ever since Sam came last night. She did not even eat her breakfast, which made her want to cook her favorite.

She spilt the oil into the pan before she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach. The bottle of oil dropped to the ground as the pain got worse, so she fell to the ground. Without caring about the mess she had made or the pain in her stomach, because she knew what was wrong with her, she crawled to where her phone was. Sweat was already running out of her body.

Enduring the terrible pain, she took her phone and dialed a number before passing out.

*****

She got out of the taxi and dragged herself to the entrance of her house. She was so tired that she could feel pain in her legs and neck. It was as if Matilda was sent by her enemy to stress her, but there was nothing Ellie could do but do what she wanted because it seemed like the girl was close to the boss.

She knocked on the door of the house, but she did not get any response. “Did she go out again?” She asked herself as she tried to take her phone to call her mom, but she realized she had a flat battery.

“Ellie! You’re finally back.” She looked behind her to see where the voice was coming from. It was a woman she recognized as her mother’s neighbor and friend.

She was about to ask the woman where her mother was when she heard. “Louise was not feeling well, and she has been rushed to the hospital.”

“My mom?!” She dashed towards the woman, holding her hands in fear. “Where is she? Where is my mom?!”

She went to the hospital with the woman and saw another friend of her mom waiting at the reception. “Ellie! You’re here. The doctor is waiting for you.”

“Where is my mom? Please take me to her.” Ellie said. She didn’t care about the people staring at her as she was making noise; she just kept talking.

“Calm down, Ellie. You should go see the doctor first.” The woman in front of her said.

She was already getting so pissed. “What’s going on?! Can I just see my mom first?” She said as she tried to take a step forward, but the woman pulled her back.

“You’ll see her, but the doctor needs to see you first.” Ellie looked at both of them before saying. “Fine.” She suspected something was wrong, but she didn’t want to assume anything until she saw the doctor. She sat down at the reception until a nurse called her in to go see the doctor.

She quickly stood up and followed the nurse. “Good evening. I’m Ellie Loren. My mom was brought here this afternoon. Her name is Louise Loren.” She did not bother sitting down before she started talking.

“OK. Please sit down.” The doctor said. Ellie recognized the woman as her mother’s personal doctor. Her mother doesn’t usually fall sick, but she loved the doctor because they all lived in the same neighborhood.

“Yeah. I told the people that brought her that I wanted to see her family members.” The doctor said before bringing out a paper from her desk.

“Ms. Loren’s condition has really worsened more than last time. The cancer has affected a lot of her organs.” The doctor said,

She felt like her ears were playing tricks on her. “Can… cancer?” Ellie asked with her eyes bulging out like they were about to fall. “No. That’s not my mom. My mom doesn’t have cancer. She’s totally fine.” She said it with a smile, but a drop of tears still fell out of her eyes as she talked.

The doctor looked at her before saying, “Did your mom not inform you about it? She has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. She came to the hospital three months ago, and the cancer had already become so bad that nothing could be done. Didn’t she tell you she was going through pain, or didn’t you notice?”

Tears were already falling out of her eyes as the doctor was talking. It even became hard for her to talk. “I was not living with her. Please check it out again. There must have been a mistake. My mom can’t have cancer; she can’t leave me now.” She kept crying.

The doctor sighed before taking her hands. “Ellie! Please stop crying. What you need to do now is be by her side and make her happy. She doesn’t have much time,” she advised.

Cleaning her face with her palms, she looked up to the doctor and said, “Please, there must be something we can do. What about radiation?”

She heard the doctor say, “I’m sorry, but the cancer was discovered too late. She must have been in pain for a long time and must have kept it to herself till it got worse.”

At that point, Ellie did not know what to say. The only thing she could think of was going to see her mother. She stood up slowly and left the doctor’s office.

Opening the door to the room, she saw her mother lying weakly on the bed. Mom. Louise looked at where the voice came from before raising herself up from the bed. Ellie! She called out with a smile that felt like nothing was wrong.

The smile made her feel more pain in her heart. “Why? Just tell me why, mom. I’m your daughter. Why did you hide your pain from me? You had cancer, and I did not know?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Louise could not think of anything more than to say sorry. “Ellie. I’m sorry.”

“You could have just told me, mom.” She kept crying. “No. It’s my fault. I didn’t even know you were in a lot of pain, but I was somewhere living my life without even caring if you’d eaten or not.”

“Ellie, stop! Please, it’s not your fault. In fact, it was no one’s fault. Please stop blaming yourself.” She said she was cleaning her cheeks before continuing. “You’re a strong girl, my dear. You are all grown up now. I remember when you still ran around in your diaper,” Louise said with tears on her face.

Ellie already knew where the matter was going. She cried even more. “Mom, I can’t leave without you. Please don’t leave me. Don’t leave me like mom and dad. Please.” She knew she wouldn’t be able to handle it. Losing the only person for her will kill her.

“You’ll live fine, Ellie. My strong white wolf will live fine.” Louise said. Ellie was about to talk, but was shut off by her mother. “Aurora is so proud of you, but she’ll be more proud when you accept what you really are, Ellie.” She was referring to Ellie being half human. She knew that Ellie had promised not to have anything to do with werewolves, even though she’s also one of them. And she’d be happy if she could see her with someone she trusts.

“Mom. Don’ let’s talk about this now.” As soon as the words came out of her mouth, the door opened. “You! What are you doing here?!”