Page 301 of His Sunshine Baby

“Nate! Nate!”

“I’m fine.”

I have another definition of fine! I’m trembling, shaking in despair, unable to accept this horrible sight. He’s bleeding so much, and his arm… His arm is laying away from him, completely chopped off! Can I even fix this? Can we do something? I go to bend over him, about to shift back, but he growls.

“Selena, don’t you think about it!”

“I can heal you! If we kiss…”

He growls even louder.

“You can’t fix that! Moreover, if you shift back, you’ll expose yourself!”

“But, Nate…”

I can’t do anything about what I’m seeing! He’s… in that kind of state…

“Selena, no. Healing Damian from a gunshot put Nora in a coma for two years, and you’re not Nora. You can’t risk that now!”

“You’ll bleed to death if I don’t!”

“Selena, I won’t. My healing will take over soon enough. It’s okay.”

“Your arm is fucking chopped off, Nate!”

“I know. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine.”

“You… you’re… losing… so much blood…”

I start crying, whimpering, torn between healing my mate and the current fight. I look at the blood flowing, but his werewolf healing is indeed taking over. Slowly but surely, it’s… closing off… Oh, thank Moon Goddess.

Around us, I feel the vampires gathering, targeting my injured mate. Do they want to avenge their Queen? I thought the fight would be over if we got rid of her! I growl angrily as a warning, and extend my aura to its limit, trying to keep them at bay. What do I do…? I can’t leave Nate to them, he’ll die. Even if his healing closes his injury, with the blood loss and missing limb, he’ll be an easy target.

I need to do something, anything. I take deep breaths, slow my crying, and focus on my inner wolf. Come on, girl, what can we do? We are fighters. Fighters down to the bone, to our blood. I’m a damn Alpha fighter. I…

I sense something new. Another Royal Aura.

“Nora?”

I can almost hear it. A baby’s crying.

“He’s born. Selena, it’s a boy…”

Yeah, I can feel him. My baby nephew, and his aura is so pure. Moon Goddess, I feel like crying again. I can’t believe her son is here. During this madness. A baby is born. My new nephew.

I keep extending my aura. I feel the little newborn pup more intensely. It’s like the appearance of another Royal is guiding me. I play with my aura, its heat, my eyes glowing like fire, piercing the vampires and somehow, terrifying them. I feel the baby, and so much more. Something else.

Nora’s focusing on her healing. I sense our link growing back, stronger, her snow-white aura holding on tight to mine.

“Selena, how is Nathaniel?” she asks, worried.

“He could use some healing.”

I feel her power growing and expanding. Our auras are so similar yet different. Nora’s is like fresh, pure snow, blown by a cold wind. I feel her, extending her strength, covering the battlefield. Our auras find each other, touch, blend intosomething even stronger. I guess we finally unlocked something between the two of us.

“It’s amazing,”she says.“I feel absolutely everyone’s wolves so strongly, as if I can touch them.”

“I know, right? I’m starting to understand the Royal thing.”

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