~Lucian~

"She's slowly slipping out of consciousness, Alpha."

The words kept ringing loudly in my head even after 10 minutes had already passed since the doctor said them. But what was even worse was the words she said afterwards.

"You will have to mark her, Alpha, or she won't survive."

I could feel Zair jumping excitedly, unable to contain his happiness from the doctor's words.

'Finally.' He said. 'Finally, we'll mark our mate. She'll be ours. Forever.'

I was supposed to be excited too. ...