Heartbroken

CHRYS

“Jayden!” I ran over to his side, making sure to avoid bumping into the pot that was boiling with no fire. I knelt in front of my mate and placed both hands on his cheeks.

“Jayden?”

He grumbled, with his eyes still tightly closed. He scrunched his face up in pain as he muttered some inaudible words and groaned once more.

“Hold on, let me untie you.” I ripped the chain Gordon tied him with, grateful it was an ordinary one, unlike mine. I bet Gordon didn't expect him to wake up until the end of the ceremony. That was why he didn't tightly secure him.

With the chains gone, I sat on the ground and placed his head on my lap, stroking his cheeks. “Jayden? Wake up, I'm the one.”

He stirred once more and groaned inaudible words with his eyes still tightly shut. He repeated his actions once more before his eyes fluttered open. He stared up at me with a confused expression on his face before he instantly shot up, only to wince.

“Are you okay?” I rose from the floor I was sitting on a