“I feel ...” I wiggle my fingers and toes, twist a little, then try to sit up. It takes a whole lot of effort and Jasper has to help put a pillow behind my head, but eventually I manage. “I feel okay,” I say. “Just tired still.”
“Do you need to sleep more?”
“No, I think I’ve slept enough. How long was I out?”
“A couple of days.”
My eyes shoot open. “That long?”
“Yeah.” He smiles and takes my hand, holding it with both of his. “Whatever you did, it really wiped you out.”
“What’s going on, you know”—I nod to the door—“out there? Is everyone okay?”
“Yes,” he says, his eyes glassing over. “Everyone is—well, for the most part—everyone is fine.”
“Your dad?”
“Still in his coma but you saved him. Walter is in prison, the Axis Wolves, well, we rounded some of them up, but once they came to they fled pretty quickly. The rogues who came to help stuck around for about a day but they’ve pretty much vanished as well.”
“Katie and Aisha? Mason and Omar? Are they—?”
“All safe. Olivia and Mia too.”
“Thank the moon gods.”
Jasper leans forward, his eyes narrowing. “No, Max. Thank you. You did something out there, I don’t know what, but it sure ended things.” His grip on my hand gets a little tighter. “And it saved me. I thought I was done for after those rogues tore me up. What—I mean—do you know ... what you did?”
“I . . .”
Images from that night and my dreams since pop up in my brain. “I know I tapped into something big, something I never even thought was possible. I spoke to the other blood wolves.”
“The other ... You mean, all of them?”
“Yeah, they were all there, and they made me remember something important and then I ... I’m not sure.”
My chin falls to my chest. I wish I could explain it better, I wish I knew what I actually did.
“Well, whatever it was, you saved us all, Maximilian Remus.”
He places a tender kiss on my forehead before he stands.
“You should sleep some more. There is a lot that still needs to be addressed with the pack. Are you okay if I head out for a bit?”
“Of course, Alpha Jasper.”
He shakes his head and turns to leave but stops at the door. “You’re amazing, you know that?”
I shrug. “I try.”
“Love you.”
“Love you too. And Jasper—” I blurt out before he can go. “Maybe try not dying for a while.”
“I’ll take that into consideration.”
With a smile he leaves. I lie back into the pillows, finally feeling like I can rest knowing everyone I love is safe.
Not long after, however, there’s a knock on the door and Katie peeks her head in.
