010 The Most Dangerous Man

"What's going on?!"

"Shhhhhhh!"

"It's boss's first mate! I want to--"

"A werewolf only gets ONE mate, stupid! What do you mean by 'first'?!"

"Well, I MEAN, he can reject it!"

"That would hurt her!"

"So?!"

"Just shut up! Boss will hear you!"

Edmund DID hear them. He wasn't sure whether Lilith could hear them though, or if she cared to--

Cause she was crying, quietly but with tears falling down her cheeks nonstop as if there was a snow mountain inside her head melting.

How could one cry so much without drinking water...? Edmund sighed in his mind as he handed over another tissue, seeing the last one was soon soaked wet.

Whispers rose like bee buzz right outside of the ward door as if someone stole their queen bee. Edmund frowned at himself when he landed on that metaphor.

"So..." Lilith finally managed to slow down her tears a bit, "Are you a doctor?"

"Hmm?" Edmund blinked as he tried to pull back his wandering thoughts. Where did this question come from?

"You said I got into a car accident." Mumbled Lilith, scanning the room, "So I'm in a hospital, no?"

That was half hour ago.

He only asked "You got into a car accident on the highway, do you remember anything?"

And that "remember" lead her to the memory of that night, hence Jacob, which then started this long, silent watering...

"Ohh, no. I'm not a doctor, I can get you one if you want though." Said Edmund, "Are you experiencing any discomfort anywhere?"

Lilith shook her head slowly as if it took time for her to communicate with her body.

"A small piece of glass cut a shallow wound on your forehead when the windshield broke," Edmund decided to start with a less emotional topic, "But other than that there wasn't any other crucial injury."

After all, he caught her car in mid-air before it could really crash into him. Of course there wasn't too much damage.

"So...how's the car?" Mumbled Lilith with a tired sigh.

Edmund rose his eyebrow in surprise-- that was what on her mind?!

"Well... I guess there WERE some crucial injuries on the car." Edmund shrugged with a regretful look jokingly, "There wasn't much we can do for the car by the time we got there."

Lilith rose her watery eyes and fixed them on Edmund with shock and confusion, and before Edmund could say anything else she suddenly chuckled--

"You are a funny doctor."

Her face was paper white and her lips were dry, but that smile was like the first sunrise Edmund had ever laid his eyes on, and right there he knew--

there was no way he could escape his fate now.

"I'm Edmund Gaumond," He handed her a cup of water, "But I'm not a doctor."

"Ohh, right." Lilith nodded but the pain from her head stopped her nod midway, "Ouch...my head still hurts."

"The cut is still healing," Edmund supported her head by her chin gently while he put another pillow behind her head, "Try not to move too much. You still need to rest, a lot."

"So are you a policeman then?" Lilith laid against the pillow slowly, "Did I hurt anyone?"

"Don't worry." Edmund answered quickly as she frowned at that thought, "No one was hurt, well, no one besides you."

"And my friend's car." Lilith sighed with a faint smile, "She's gonna kill me when she finds out."

"I can help with that." Said Edmund hastily but he soon realized it was a mistake--

The relaxed smile disappeared from her face.

A stranger offering to pay for a car right after you woke up at an unfamiliar place --

Just might be the scariest setting.

She fixed her eyes on his as if seeing him for the first time, and there was only alert and caution in those watery eyes now.

For a moment, Edmund almost felt as if she could read his thoughts, and he didn't want her to know about his secrets yet--

I think you are my soulmate and I really like you, oh and by the way, I'm a werewolf. JUST might be a little bit scarier than offering to pay for the car.

But how could he explain his motive now? Edmund took a slight swallow as his brain worked fast, maybe--

"That's very kind of you." Lilith suddenly said and removed that insightful stare from him. She added casually: "I didn't mean literally murdering me though."

"Yeah." Edmund nodded with a slight laugh, still a bit nervous from almost spilling the secret, "Well, I should let you rest --"

"So who are you," Lilith didn't comply. She looked at Edmund with that calm and insightful look, "Edmund Gaumond?"

"I'm..." Edmund hesitated, "I was there when the accident happened, so I called the doctor and took you here."

Well, none of that was a lie. Edmund told himself. He was not going to be that sloppy again.

"Ohh, thanks." Lilith blinked as the alert in her eyes diminished a little, "I'm really grateful."

"No problem." Edmund shook his head, "I'm glad I was there."

"I think I should go home now." Lilith sat up again, "I'll pay you back, I promise."

"You don't have to worry about the bill," Edmund frowned a bit, "But you can't go just yet. I think it's better if you stay a few more nights for observation."

"I thought you are not a doctor." Lilith curved her lips, but the smile didn't wipe away the caution in her eyes.

"I'm just delivering the doctor's order." Edmund stood up from the bed and backed away, hoping it could help her feel a bit safer.

"Sooo..." Lilith looked up at him with a polite smile and a cautious tone, "Can I leave here, if I insist?"

Damn it. Edmund cursed in his mind.

He scared her.

He didn't want to mention the murderous witch at the crash scene, or the fact that he was a werewolf for the sole purpose of not scaring her, yet mission accomplished well still.

"Yes, of course you can." Edmund chose to surrender, deciding that going against her will right now won't do too much good.

He needed time with her, and a good excuse to keep her near.

Lilith nodded slightly with her eyes fixed on him, trying to decide whether he was just lying.

"I'll take you home if that's what you want." Edmund tried a smile to ease the tension, "Just--"

"Mr. Gaumond." The door opened all of a sudden and Buster rushed in, "Can I talk to you for a second?"

Edmund turned to look at Lilith.

She hugged her knees and sat up straight as if saying she would "be good", with a polite smile on her face: "Please, don't mind me."

"Don't go anywhere." Edmund said with his eyes fixed on Lilith.

The idea of using his alpha command on her was not the most pleasant, but it was too dangerous out there for her to leave his protection right now.

Although, right now the most dangerous person in her eyes might just be him.

Edmund sighed at this thought as he followed Buster out the door, and Buster could barely wait for him to close the door--

"Boss, you can't let her go home!"