I woke up back in the house, but when I opened my I saw nobody. I felt something on my wrist and when I looked at it I saw bandages and a few drops of drained blood. I frowned. What happened and why wasn't I at the beach where I was. Than I remembered Paul with one of his short temper attacks and sighed.
The door opened and I saw Emily enter the room. "Good, you are awake." She said as she walked further into the room. She gently took my wrist and pulled the bandage aside. "And your wound is healed perfectly, only a scar…" She started to remove the bandages from there. "How are you feeling honey?" She asked looking at my face. "I'm fine." I started "But I can't really remember what happened out there. Why am I home?" I asked. "I do remember Paul and one of his short temper attacks, but after that it's a blur" I sighed and Emily sighed too. "Well, Paul shifted and he was too close to you and I… " She took a deep breath, holding herself together. "Was too late to pull you away from him. He hit you hard and scratched your arm open. Before I knew it you were mumbling something and you fainted in my arms." She looked at me. "You can't stand blood can you?" She asked. I nodded and started sitting up.
"Where is Paul?" I asked. "I send all of them back to the beach for the bonfire. They weren't leaving you alone and I needed to give you the space to wake up without the boys hanging around you." She said with a smile. "Can we go too? I want to let Paul know that I'm okay." I pulled the sheets away and started to stand up along with Emily who was holding my hand. "Come on let's go. We can walk over there since Sam took the truck. I nodded and walked next to her with our arms linked into each other.
Emily was right walking wasn't that far away from the house we lived in. As soon as I felt the sand under my flip-flops I took them of and held them in my hands, walking towards the flames that were not so far away from the edge of the path. I saw some of the pack guys turn around and I saw Paul with his head in his hands and Sam's arm around him. I putted my finger to my lip to tell them they didn't have to say anything and sneaked over to the place where he was sitting. I kneeled in front of him and looked at him and said softly "Paul… I'm okay" He looked up and he looked surprised to see me. Just the look I was looking for. "I just can't stand blood." I said with a soft smile.
He looked at me with tears in his eyes. "How can you be okay?" He took my arm and looked at the cut the made with his paws. "I can never fix the guilt I'm feeling for hurting you like that." He might not have noticed that he squeezed my arm, but even for a wolf this was hurtfull. "Paul… This hurts. " I said trying to pull my arm away and get up. Walking back towards Emily and into the arms of Sam. What was happening here? Why was he doing this to her.
Paul started his way over towards Sam and Emily, but Sam stopped him with an order. The tears were in Cloe her eyes and she moved out of Sam's arms into Emily's who was holding her protectively. "I want to go home." I said to her and then looked over my shoulder towards Paul, who looked like he could break any minute. I felt the pain he felt and it was hurting so bad. I went out of Emily's arms and walked over to him. He looked at me with the same tears I had now rolling down my cheeks. "I need a night to over think this. Come over tomorrow and we will talk about this…" I reached up and kisses his cheek. "Please don't do something stupid. We are going to be okay… We have to." And with that I turned around and followed Sam and Emily towards the truck.
We weren't far away when I felt an arm around my waist who was pulling me back. "I can't stand seeing you walk away from me like that." I heard him say. "Don't you feel the break in the heart. We need to talk now. I need to make sure that we are good." I turned around and looked at his face. "I need to change…" He said and I saw the regret that was on his face. I closed my eyes and turned around. I opened them and saw Sam and Emily. "I will see you at home. I won't make it late…" I turned back to Paul and wrapped my arms around his waist, burying my face into his chest. He lifted me up and took me somewhere we were alone.
After some silence I sighed. "Paul we have to talk about this. There is nothing wrong with me. The wound healed and I only have a scar. We need to find a way to calm each other down, before we risk anything that can hurt us." I laid my hand on his chest and searched his rhythm. I breathed at that rhythm and looked up at him as I knew he was tense about all of this. "Paul… please relax. For me?" He looked down at me and I knew he was calming down by every few heartbeats. "Thanks Cloe… This works just fine. Just promise when you see me like that again… You force me to look into your eyes, because in those I melt away." He leaned closer, I put his lips on mine and kissed him. I couldn't resist the urge any longer. I loved this man only I wasn't knowing him for a long time. But I knew this was true and not only because of the imprint, but because I trusted this man.