7 - Care

Vlad's POV

I woke up at the pack hospital in total disbelief that my little pixie could give me a beating that hard that I was knocked out.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't know that someone was in the room with me until I heard her call my name as she roused from her sleep on the chair by my bedside.

"Vladdy? " She asked still confused by her sleepy state. She blinked a couple times before the realization dawned on her that I was really awake. "You're okay! " She said as she hugged the life out of me.

"Yes I am pixie, why do you sound so worried? " I asked as I pulled away from the hug to look at her face and saw her crying.

This was so strange to me, Iris never cried in front of anyone, hell, there was a time I thought she didn't cry at all until I found her crying in her room after I had a run in with a couple rogues and nearly lost a limb.

Not that it would have mattered cause it would have grown back, slowly, but still.

"When you went unconscious, I brought you to the hospital and mom said that your skull caved in from the impact of the hit and that you had a concussion. She said you'd wake up in an hour but you were knocked out for a whole day. I thought you weren't going to wake up again and it would have been my fault. " She explained in between sobs and I just pulled her up on the bed, unto my lap and hugged her again.

"I'm fine pixie and it wasn't your fault, it was mine for underestimating you and I apologize for that. " I told her sincerely while rubbing on her back to comfort her. "I'm sorry I scared you pixie. I'll try not to do it again. " I said and laid a kiss on her head.

She nodded her head in response and snuggled closer into me. We were silent for a while and I looked down and realized that she had fallen asleep.

I laid back on the bed and fell asleep with her in my arms.

When I woke up again, I saw Iris still asleep in my arms and I smiled a little at how good she felt against me.

I looked down at her and took in every detail of her beautiful face. From her perfectly plucked brows to her long full lashes down to her cute little button nose, her high cheek bones and her full pink lips.

She was truly breathtaking even before her transformation but now she looked like a fucking goddess.

"Are you enjoying yourself? " I heard Ivana's sexy voice and snapped my head up to see her looking at me, well at Iris with my hands around her.

I'm pretty sure if it was Iris that had found Ivana and myself in such a position, I would have abruptly pulled my arms away but I found myself pulling her even closer.

"Vana, when did you get here? " I asked surprised.

"Well, I thought I should come visit my boyfriend after he was knocked unconscious by the girl he's currently cuddling. " I could feel the jealousy she felt towards Iris and I couldn't blame her, I'd be the same way if the situation was reversed.

"Iris was feeling really bad about what she did and she was really scared that I wouldn't wake up so I pulled her into a hug and we fell asleep like this. " I said honestly.

"Isn't she the one supposed to be taking care of you and not the other way around? " She asked with her arms crossed and a brow raised.

"I thought you, being my girlfriend and all, are supposed to take care of me but you weren't even in the room when I woke up, Iris was, so excuse me for caring about her when she was in a worried state when she did the same for me. " I was getting angry at her trying to badmouth Iris or scold me for caring about her.

"I wanted to be with you the whole time but your precious Iris wouldn't even let me stand in the corridor. " She tried to justify herself.

"Iris would never do that. " Yes she would, she's really possessive of me. "And, aren't you the soon to be Luna, you're supposed to have more dominance over her. And trust me, if you can't get Pixie's respect then you can forget about the pack's. " And that was the honest truth.

Everyone looks up to Iris and if she were to tell the pack that Ivana wasn't fit to be Luna, there was nothing I would be able to do to change their minds.

"Look who's giving me dominance lessons, the alpha that was knocked out by a little girl. " She mocked me.

"Yes Iris knocked me out, but that was my own fault for underestimating her and she's not a little girl Ivana, she's a strong experienced warrior, her gender should have nothing to do with her skill. " I told her firmly.

If she was to be Luna then she'd have to let go of this childish behavior of hers.

"Vladdy, why's it so loud? " My little pixie said snuggling further into me.

"It's nothing pixie, go back to sleep. " I said wrapping my arms tighter around her and laying a kiss on her head.

I looked up to see Ivana staring at me with blatant shock.

"My gosh Vlad, she's got you under her spell and you're not even fucking her. If you like her this much then why not make her your Luna. " She seemed really curious.

"If you keep acting jealous for no reason then I might just take you up on that offer. " I didn't realize how much I meant that until I said it.

"You can't be serious Vlad, we've been together for two years and you're just going to throw it away for her? " She seemed scared of my answer because she and I both knew that I would.

"I'd like you to leave now Ivana, Iris is tired and I'd like to go back to sleep as well. " I told her and didn't wait for her reply before I scooted down a bit and burying my face in Iris's neck, taking in her vanilla scent.

I faintly heard her respond with a 'yes Alpha. ' and I felt like a fucking asshole.

But it's not all my fault, Iris tends to bring out the best and worst in me.