Eternal Wolves Chapter 52

All of the gladers were waiting for them when they made their way into the dining room. Everyone waited anxiously until they spotted the happy smiles on both Gally and Hope's faces. Brenda and Sonya raced over to Hope and enveloped her into a lady Glader sandwich. Minho went over and patted Gally on the shoulder murmuring words of congratulations before joining the lady Glader sandwich with everyone. Thomas was the only one who stood off to the back shifting his weight from one foot to the other while kicking his converse clad shoe into the floor absently. Everyone watched as a dark shadow crossed over Gally's features when he locked eyes upon the former Creator but softened almost instantly when Hope tugged on his hand leading him over to where Thomas stood. Letting go of Gally's hand she ran at Thomas and pulled him into a tight hug catching him off guard and almost knocking him over in the process.

Thomas's face shone with surprise before morphing into one of love and adoration as he hesitantly wrapped his arms around her small frame leaning his head on top of hers. Thomas then pulled away and gazed at her intently before a familiar but foreign voice entered the valleys of Hope's consciousness. "I missed you too, little one. I take it everything worked out alright with you and your brother?" Hope jumped in surprise as she looked around before her eyes widened at Thomas who simply smiled in return. "Yes it's me. It seems I can still talk to you this way after all these years. I think this will come in handy very soon after we tell you about the plan for tomorrow. Let's go sit down and have something to eat, okay? I think we can have this conversation over dinner." Hope nodded her eyes still wide in wonder as she grabbed both Gally and Thomas's hands and all but dragged them towards the back of the room where their table was as they waited for dinner to be served.

Sitting down sandwiched in between Gally and Thomas, Hope leaned into Gally's shoulder starting to feel the exhaustion from the long day that she had. Gally wrapped an arm around her shoulder while Thomas watched them closely. Turning to Thomas he spoke with his voice slightly strained. "So I take it you can do the mind reading thing with Beth like you did with Teresa back during the trials." Thomas's eyes flashed with a sudden sadness at the mention of his fallen lover but quickly was schooled into a neutral expression. "I thought it'd be useful to her while she was at Wicked in case she needed me. I think it'll still be helpful to have once she's completed her mating with Newt. I should be able to communicate with any of the wolves in the wolf pack once it's formed."

Gally looked back and forth between Thomas and Hope before setting his gaze locked back on Thomas. "So what she said was true. You took care of her while she was at Wicked? Is that the reason she reacts to you much like she does to me? I wouldn't have thought a Creator would take an interest personally in one of their subjects. I thought the whole point was to keep us as isolated as possible before going into trials." Thomas's expression turned thoughtful before he glanced down at Hope with a small smile playing at his lips. "Yeah it's true. She was just so little when she came to us and she was always weaker than the other girl subjects. When we had to send you into the maze with the others, she took it incredibly hard. She refused to eat and ended up in the hospital wing multiple times. I always felt a need to protect her like a small child. She quickly took a liking to me much to Teresa's dismay. Teresa was always a stickler for the rules and I used to be too. Until little Bethany came along. She was the reason I decided I wanted children in the first place. If you would allow me to, I would prefer to maintain the bond that I share with her. She brings so much light to my life…I think we could work together with Newt and give her an amazing life."

Gally stilled for a moment tightening his arm around Hope's shoulder before nodding and smiling in his direction. "I think that sounds like a plan. Thank you for taking care of her when I was gone. I think we should tell her about what we have planned for tomorrow now. And then I think I'm going to get her home so she can get some much needed rest." Thomas nodded and sent him a knowing look. "I think before you take her home you should swing by the med jack building and let her see Newt. The separation is probably not doing wonders for their moods right now. I'll prepare tonight everything for tomorrow and see if we can build a pack for the wolves of Paradise." Gally nodded in agreement before the dinner bell rang and everyone made their way to collect their plates of food. As they ate, Gally and Thomas explained everything that had happened during the Gathering earlier to Hope and got her on the same page as everyone else in preparation for tomorrow. After dinner, Gally and Hope bid everyone goodnight before heading off along the dirt road towards the med jack building to finally reunite the two wolves.

A little while later, Hope found herself sitting with Gally beside Newt's bed where he still lay fast asleep. She noticed that warm color had returned to his skin and that Clint or Jeff must've dressed him in comfortable clothes. An IV ran from his arm to a bag that dispensed fluids to help keep him hydrated while he recovered. She watched as his chest rose and fell with his steady breathing reaching up and wiping the remnants of sweat off his forehead and brushing the hair out of his eyes. She really did miss his big honey brown eyes that knew her better than anyone she had ever met. Even her own brother and Thomas didn't know some of the things she had revealed to him when they talked in each other's arms when they were alone behind closed doors.

Gally watched her every move as he grew more and more concerned about her wellbeing. His sister was fragile to begin with, but now it seemed as she really was completely lost without the other half of her soul. He hated to see her so sad and really wished Newt would wake up soon so he could see her smile again. Feeling like he should give the two their privacy for a few minutes before they left for home, he got his sister's attention, signing that he'd give them a few moments alone and that he'd be right outside if she needed him. She nodded weakly and waited until he was gone before getting on the bed and curling into her fragile mate's side. If only he knew how much her heart had broken seeing him look so lifeless in the showers this morning. And how she would give anything to have him back holding her and telling her how much he loved her once again. She knew from what Gally and Clint said that he would be waking up very soon. Jeff had even said that his vital signs were strong and that his breathing showed that he was right on the edge of consciousness.

Running her fingers lightly over his lips, she pulled them back and kissed them before placing them back on his lips silently telling him goodnight and that she loved him more than anything and promising that she'd be back tomorrow when he wakes up and that they'd have the best night they ever had. Just as she stood up, Gally and Clint entered the room wearing identical sympathetic looks. Gally immediently went to her and wrapped her in his arms before nodding at Clint and leading her out of the room back to the safety of her brother's home. Unknowingly to everyone else, Newt had heard and felt everything that had happened around him while he was asleep. He chucked it up to his being an Alpha wolf that he could sense things even when he wasn't conscious. He felt the gentle touch of his mate, and how she cried when he lost the ability to see when he was plunged into the darkness of sleep. He knew she was there though. She always was with him. Even when they weren't in the same room. He still could feel her through their bond and felt the love that poured from her and their friends. He had heard Clint and Jeff discussing what happened at the Gathering and how they had found out their true identities by gaining back his memories. Little did they know, Newt had regained his memories as soon as he came to Paradise, the lycanthropy virus giving him back what was long forgotten. He knew that they'd think he had no clue about his sister Rosie or how he was Thomas's best friend even after they had infected him with The Flare. He was glad that he could reassure them when he woke up, which would be any time now that he already knew what they knew and that he was glad to have his mate back in his arms and how excited he was for when he got to mate with her tomorrow night. And how he was happy that Gally and Hope remembered that they were family and that he would work with Gally and Thomas to give Hope the world. But for now, he rested drifting off into sleep as he thought of the exciting day tomorrow where he would have his mate in a way that he never had experienced before when becoming one and step up to be the leader of the wolf pack of Paradise.