His Last Choice

Chapter 12

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Peyton's POV

When I came to, my head throbbed. There was a slight ache in my skull and when I touched my fingertips to it, I felt a bandage across the side of my forehead. I realized I was laying down, on a comfortable bed. My bed. 

I was home. When did I get here?

"You idiot." Well hello. Nice to see you too.

I turned to see Derrick sitting on a chair next to my bed with his arms over his chest--glaring angrily. I pushed myself up by my elbow and noticed the layers of thick blankets on top of me. 

"Don't get up, you need to stay tucked and toasted in there until said otherwise. Do you remember what happened to you?" He sounded annoyed, pissed really... I shook my head. I remembered being pulled down into the water, but it felt more like a nightmare to be real. Thinking about it made my head throb even more.  

"We were at the beach." I said groaning at the ache in my head. 

"And you went into the water on your own and nearly scared us half to death when we couldn't find you. Peyton, what the heck were you thinking going out into the water by yourself!" He was yelling at me now. 

All I wanted to do was hide under the blanket. Experiencing the full force of Derrick's anger was almost as frightening as my father's, because the two were merciless. 

"You should be thankful that Soren found you. You would have probably died from hypothermia if he hadn't come in time. He swam into the water and got hurt. His leg got badly gashed when the tide pushed him over the rocks. Your mom patched him up and he's already up walking around."  

Soren got hurt because of me? A wave of guilt hit me.  

I looked at my cousin with "I'm sorry, Derrick. I was...I didn't--

"Oh-no, sorry is not going to cut it for you, squirt. It's too late. When Alpha Ivan heard about what happened to you he went ballistic on everyone and now we can't go on outings for a while." He sighed. 

My sisters are most likely very mad at me for this. 

"Where is everyone?" I asked. 

"The girls are back in their rooms. I don't know about Soren and his group, but I'm assuming they are lounging in the entertainment room again. Your dad is locked in his office trying to restrain his anger. I'll have to tell your parents you woke up already."  

He got up to do just that. 

"Wait." I said. "Can you give me five minutes before you get them? I want to be alone for a bit." 

He nodded his head. "Okay. Five minutes." He left my room and closed my door behind him. 

Now that I was fully aware of the aches and pains on my body, I shivered at the thought of almost dying today. Soren had saved me. Wow. Guess I owe him a lot now. Was that a good thing or not? Either way, I had to thank him for sawing my life and apologize for the trouble I caused him and everyone. 

Then I remembered a faint memory of what happened while I was half conscious.

The warm touch against mine; I thought I was going to die and my body was so numb I was stumbling in and out of consciousness. I heard a voice calling out to me. I couldn't see anything in the darkness, but I felt comfortable with the hot warmth engulfing me. I had been dreaming, I thought.