Chapter 164. I'm Not Losing You

Athena 

"His Alpha healing..."

"Might not be enough!" I was shouting again, not caring anymore. "You keep saying that like it's some guarantee but it's not. Sometimes injuries are too severe. Sometimes even Alphas don't fully recover." I didn't complete my sentence but I know he knew what I was thinking, our dad's were Alphas. But they didn't survive.

Orion's silence was answer enough. He knew I was right.

I took a shaky breath, trying to calm down. Getting angry at Orion wasn't helping and it wasn't right. He wasn't the enemy here. He was just trying to protect me, protect the babies, protect our secret.

But god, it was hard to be rational when the man I loved was fighting for his life.

"I need to do something," I said more quietly. "I can't just sit in that waiting room pretending I'm okay with letting human medicine handle this. I'm not okay with it. I won't be okay with it."

"I know." He sighed, running a hand throu