Page 64 of Claimed Omega

“Daniel, God no,” I pleaded, my hands pressing down on the wound on his stomach.

His eyes fluttered open, managing a weak smile.

“Hey, you beat him,” he murmured, his voice barely a whisper. “I knew you would.”

In the background, Aspen was yelling at someone on the phone to get the paramedics to us ASAP. Viper had Trinity against him, both of them joining me by Daniel’s side. Tears were streaming down Trinity’s cheeks. I swallowed the thickness in my throat, needing to be strong for my Daniel.

My gorgeous Beta’s face scrunched up, the pain he was in unimaginable as his blood seeped through my fingers.

“I love you. D-Don’t forget that, alright?” he choked out.

“You’re not going anywhere, so don’t talk like you are,” I said quickly, staring into his half-closed eyes, remembering our lifetime together—the agony we went through, the losses, and every beautiful memory that made me love him so much more.

Trinity held onto his arm, murmuring to him to hold on, Viper wiping the perspiration from his brow.

Drawing in a deep breath, my body was tense with the ache of losing him burning through me. I’d always been the Alpha of our pack, the one who protected my family, led them, and shouldered the problems we faced. But the possibility of losing my Daniel made me vulnerable, as if I was caught in a powerful tornado, my body spinning helplessly, unable to gain control.

It killed me to see him that way. My love for him, for Trinity, for my pack swelled in my heart. It was my duty to safeguard them, and I’d failed.

Viper took off his shirt, folded it, and gave it to me. Placing it against his wound, I returned my hand over it to apply pressure to help stop the bleeding.

Everything was happening too fast.

“Ambulance is on its way,” Aspen stated as Rusty arrived at our side.

“Let’s carry him outside. It’ll be quicker when the paramedics arrive to get him help,” he stated. “And there’s so much to talk about with the elders, Shadow.”

My blood still boiled.

“Fuck you all,” I spat. “My priority is my family. Until then, the rest of the Matteis family can go to hell.”

“Understood.” He pulled back while I refocused on my beautiful Beta, his face rapidly losing color as he struggled to keep his eyes open. The sight sent a dagger right through my heart.

“Stay with me, Daniel, please hold on.” My voice trembled, and I stared over at Trinity. Her gaze flooded with fear and determination. “Keep pressure on his wound, okay, sweetheart?”

She nodded vigorously, her hands shaking, but she firmly held them down on the blood-soaked fabric. Carefully hoisting Daniel into my arms, I cradled him close to my chest. With Trinity’s unwavering grip on his injury, we hurried out of the greenhouse, my loyal men close behind.

Daniel groaned with pain, the sound a haunted reminder that he was fighting for his life.

I didn’t spare a glance at the elders, my heart too shattered to even acknowledge them. If I lost Daniel, I silently vowed to unleash hell on every last damn Matteis. Without my pack family, without Daniel, without Trinity, my world would be inhaled by a hollow darkness for eternity.

Trinity

“Daniel is ready for visitors,” the young female doctor announced, prompting us to leap up from our seats in the hospital waiting room. Shadow wasted no time striding toward the doctor as they exchanged urgent whispers. Aspen, Viper, and I trailed behind them, stepping into the room where Daniel rested in bed, a space reserved just for him. A blanket covered him, and he was hooked up to IV fluids. His face lit up with a smile despite his patched-up wounds.

My heart melted to see that radiant grin. Once the paramedics had whisked him away from the Matteis mansion, he was rushed into surgery to stop the bleeding, and we had been anxiously waiting on the outcome ever since.

“You don’t look too worse for wear,” Viper teased, approaching Daniel and playfully tousling his hair.

“He was fortunate,” the doctor explained. “Nothing critical was damaged, and we managed to stitch him up. So, aside from a few weeks of bedrest, Daniel here got off very lucky.”

I moved to his side, perching on the side of her bed. Aspen did the same, his arms encircling me from behind.

“Jeez, you’re practically tipping the whole bed with your huge ass,” Daniel quipped sarcastically, eyeing Aspen.

Aspen laughed. “Now I know you’re not sick, seeing you’re already dishing out your sass.”

Shadow continued his conversation with the doctor, and I caught snippets revolving around the Matteis estate picking up all our expenses.

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