Chapter 38: Chapter 38

Ariana's POV

"Oh my gosh! What am I gonna say?" I could feel my body trembling uncontrollably, they were asking who the wolf was, that means the CCTV didn't capture Dylan when he was transforming but what if they find out? More cameras flashed and I used my hands to shield my face against the flashing light of the cameras, my body was suddenly so cold and my legs were finding it difficult to hold me up, how do they know that I was here? Now, my name was being linked to a murder case, for the umpteenth time, I regretted luring Dylan into the moon, besides, it wasn't murder, it was self-defense, those people were going to kill him, "where is the wolf?" Another reported screamed and I licked my suddenly dry mouth, "speak up madam will you?" Suddenly their voice seemed distinct and faded, I tried to focus on their suddenly blurred faces as they bombarded me with questions and hoarded around me like a shark with teeth bared and ready to devour me, I felt my legs give way and I was slipping and falling but before I could land, someone caught me, "leave her alone, she has nothing to say"

I blinked once, then twice, perhaps my eyes were deceiving me, "Samantha?" I whispered and she pasted a smile on her face as she turned to face me, "let's go inside" she muttered howbeit grimly, I couldn't believe what had just happened, had she spoken on my behalf? And that too to defend me, she held me by the shoulder and led me in, once inside, out of the watchful eyes of reporters, she immediately let go of me as if I had some contagious disease, ", sit, who asked you to go out anyway" she snapped as she turned to face some guy, "I have done your biddings and I have brought her in, can you now let my father go?"

"I'm sorry ma'am that to had to go through such threat, I had no choice" Samantha scoffed at his words, still fuming and obviously not pleased with being forced to come to my aid, by the way, the voice of the man sounds oddly familiar and come to think of it, he also looks familiar, where have I met him before? He stretched forth his hand, offering me a bottle of water as he flashed a smile, that dimple, and then I recalled where I had seen him, he was Dylan's doctor friend from the woods, "Damien" I whispered accepting the bottle of water, "smart lady, sharp memory" he said taking a seat beside me as I gulped down the water, trying to calm my nerves, "how did I get myself into this mess?" I stared at him, his gaze was apologetic as he shrugged but said nothing, "are you the same with Dylan, were you the other wolf?" He took a deep breath and nodded slowly, gosh, I shook my head, still finding it hard that stuff like werewolves exists, human turning into a wolf, it feels like a dream, he was about to say something when we heard a voice screaming "dad, doctor...help..." I jumped to my feet, that was Samantha's voice, what happened to my dad, doctors and nurses rushed past me, I got there to see my father being wheeled to the ER, what's going on? I turned to Samantha, what happened to Dad? She made no reply to me but angrily faced Damien, who had followed closely behind, "how dare you show your face, what did you do to my father?" She pushed his chest a d Damien retreated a step, raising his hands as if in surrender, "I didn't do anything to him"

"Shut up" she screamed punching him, "then why the hell did he have a relapse?"

"Listen to me..."

"I am done listening to you, if anything happens to my father, consider yourself a dead man" she warned through gritted teeth pointing a finger at him, I stared from him to Samantha, not understanding a thing, "Can someone just explain to me what's going on?"

"Your sister here thinks that I am responsible for what happened to your father"

"Of cause you are, the last time I checked, you were holding a gun against a man who had just been operated on" I gasped at her words and stared at Damien, "what is she talking about, you were holding a gun against my father?"

"I did that just to scare your sister so that she'll agree to come to your aid, I wouldn't have shot him, besides he was asleep when I did that so he wouldn't know a thing"

"Still that didn't give you the right to do such a thing" Samantha snapped at him and Damien whirled at her, eyes blazing, "will you just shut the hell up"

"Oh! Now, you're asking me to shut up" Samantha fumed not ready to back down either

"I have no business being here anyway, if not that Dylan had sent me, I wouldn't be here exchanging words with you"

"Oh yeah! If he had sent you why didn't you carry out your duty and leave me out of it"

"I involved you because I couldn't go in front of the media" Damien yelled

"And why is that? Are you the wolf who killed those men?" My eyes rounded at Sam's question and I knew without even looking at the mirror that I must have turned pale, I opened my mouth to debunk her claim but before I could say anything, a nurse walked toward us and asked us to lower our voices or go outside of the hospital and argue, "we're deeply sorry, we won't argue in here" I quickly assured her and she walked away, I glanced at Samantha who was staring fire at Damien, looking ready to explode one more time and Damien was simply regarding her with a narrowed eye, I hope they don't get us thrown out of the hospital, I'm certainly not ready to face the press who were outside, ready to pounce on their prey.

Author's POV

Samantha stared at Damien, she wasn't nearly finished on her lecture of him but she had no choice but to swallow her words as a nurse had already come to earn them, she just felt like throttling him, the hell, he wasn't showing any remorse about his actions either and that made her more furious than ever, he had better pray that her father is okay, otherwise, he'll regret ever daring to pull such stunt on her.

The three of them paced outside the ER in silence, each tensed and lost in their own thoughts, soon the door opened and a doctor came out and they all clustered around him, "tell us, doctor, what's wrong? They asked all at the same time, the doctor shook his head as if sorry for the news he was about to break, "your father needs blood and right now, we don't have an O negative in our blood bank and that's his blood type"

Ariana gasped at the news and Samantha groaned, "this can't be happening, I didn't get to take after my father's blood type"

Ariana stared at her for a second before facing the doctor, "em... I'm O negative and I would like to donate my blood to him"

"Don't you dare...." Samantha started but her outburst was cut short by Ariana, "this is not the time to argue Sam, father's life is on the line" she turned towards the doctor and nodded for them to proceed, leaving behind an outraged Samantha.