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Chapter 21

(Chloe POV)

Beep. Beep. Beep.

The sounds of a heart monitor slowly woke me up. My eyes felt heavy, my head fogged. Bright ceiling lights shined above my head only confusing me more. There weren't lights like this in the bedroom where I had fallen asleep in Derek's arms.

Slowly I inhaled and regretted it immediately as I started coughing. The sharp sting of antiseptic burned my nose as I finally took note of an intubation tube in my throat. Panic overcame me. What the hell was going on? Where am I? Where's Derek?

A door opened, and I sensed bodies rushing to me. "Chloe? Chloe, I need you to try and calm down. I can't take the breathing tube out when you're tense like this." the feminine voice explained. I willed myself to still and relax. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but the relief of not actually having something in my windpipe any longer was worth the awkward phantom feeling I was experiencing.

As I slowly was able to slow my breathing, I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. Two nurses were at my bedside. "Where am I? How did I get here?"

"You're in the medical bay at the pack-house, Chloe. You've been in a coma for over a decade, along with your cousins."

Who? "I don't have any cousins." The nurses exchanged a look. "What? I don't."

"Let me go get her parents." My head snapped to the second nurse as she walked out of the room. What in the world was going on? My parents were dead.

Sure enough, not five minutes later both my parents walked into the room with worried expressions on their faces.

"Oh, snowflake, you're finally awake." My mom said, tears pooling in her eyes.

This had to be a trick. Am I trapped in another make-believe world that Adrian created? My eyes narrowed at the thought. "What kind of trick is this? I'm not falling for it again." I growled. "My parents died when I was five. Who are you?" I demanded.

"We'll give you some privacy." The first nurse said softly before exiting the room and closing the door.

"Chloe," my dad said in a worried tone. "We're your parents."

"No, you're not." I ground out. I could feel a heat spreading through me and stared at my clenched fists. That's when I noticed it.

"Where's my Cimaruta?" I cried. I lifted my wrist to see it bare and unmarked. No. No, this couldn't be happening. They can't mess with things like that in these mind games, can they?

A small gasp escaped from my mother. "Cimaruta? Honey, you've been in a coma for 12 years. How did you even know about the Cimaruta? I hadn't had that talk with you yet." My parent's eyebrows furrowed together in complete concern.

It was all a dream? Derek? Our bond? All of it? My vision blurred. What about Winter?

"Why can't I feel Winter?"

"Who's Winter?" my dad asked.

"My wolf. I can't feel her."

"Snowflake, our wolves aren't a separate conscious." My dad's tone was wary. He looked at my mom closely. "Natasha, can you sense anything."

I saw a light green glow come from one of my mom's hand as she gently touched my forehead. Everything I had thought was reality flashed in my mind's eye. I let out a pained whimper as my memories of Derek came to the forefront. My mate. My heart was withered and weak.

"Nathan, check on Jessie and Addie. I was right all along. Something was preventing them from waking up." Mom's voice was hard.

My father kissed my forehead gently before doing as my mother asked. Immediately when the door closed again, my mother sank into my bed and cupped my face between her hands.

"My poor baby. You found your mate under that spell. I can't imagine." She pulled me closer to her, and that familiar warmth surrounded me. The warmth I thought I would never feel again. "I saw glimpses of the other things that happened. I'm so sorry sweetheart." She placed a gentle kiss in my hair, and that was all it took for the dam to break.

I wrapped my arms around her tightly and sobbed uncontrollably. "Mom, what's wrong with me?"

My mom tightened her hold on me. "I don't know, baby. But, we're going to figure this out. I promise." I cried, some more at her words. "It's gonna be okay. Shh. You're gonna be okay."

Derek, I thought to myself. Where are you?

*** Elsewhere *** (3rd POV)

Cold dark eyes watched the scene unfold. "Are you sure it was wise to do this so early? They weren't even that close to discovering who was behind everything." The dark eyes snapped to the lithe womanly figure across from him.

"What did I tell you about questioning me?" A smirk crossed his face. "Have I led you astray yet?"

She hesitated. "No, but-"

"Then don't question me. Trust me, everything is under control and going according to plan." A small dark laugh escaped his lips. "The real fun is only just beginning."

A/N: DON'T HATE ME! X_X I know you all were so excited about Derek and Chloe FINALLY getting together and now I'm being mean and separating them again. But, I promise they'll find their way back to each other! Also, I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. My business picked up and then I have a nasty bout of bronchitis and school got a bit nuts. Additionally, someone asked why I didn't write the full explicit scene...well, TOS for prohibits that, and I'm a goody-two-shoes. I follow the rules ;)