Chasing The Rejected

Chasing The Rejected Luna

-DELILAH-

Those few hours were probably the worst moment in my life. We were all seated at the waiting area while we

watched as the nurses ran back and forth with bandages soaked with blood.

“How’s my son and daughter in law?! How’s my grandchild?!” My mother tried asking but all the doctor could tell

her was that they couldn’t determine their conditions and the more she wasted their time, the more at risk

Damon and Clara were.

That pretty much stopped my mother but they didn’t calm her. As a matter of fact, that didn’t calm any of us.

“It’s okay, Damon and Clara are strong” Luca murmured as he pulledinto his hold and in that moment, | let

the tears flowed down my cheeks freely.

“Damon wasn't breathing, Luca. He... and Clara, she...”

“It's okay, take a deep breath. They'll get through this, they have to” He murmured the last sentence mainly to

himself.

We had defeated Sebastian and his allies but yet, it felt like we had lost. | couldn't even begin to phantom how

much pain Damon had been put through and the fact that | wasn’t able to do a thing to help them killsand |

know it kills everyone else especially Luca.

Luca suggested we go get drinks for everyone since no one has eaten or drank anything since the fight started

and because waiting like this gaveanxiety, | followed him.

“Seat here” He murmured as we got to the vending machine. He madesit down then placed a kiss on my

cheek before going towards the vending machine.

| just sat there, watching him with different things running through my mind.

Dimitri had run off after seeing the state of Damon and Clara. He was beating himself up for knowing he had

done nothing to help, none of us had.

“It’s not your fault you know? | know you're blaming yourself for not being there for Damon but there was

nothing you could do. You had to fight for the people...”

“I could have also fought for him, for Clara. | promised him that | wasn’t going to let anything happen to Clara

and yet... when the tcame, | couldn’t even protect her” He replied and | frowned.

“We had to fight off the enemies and...”

“Let’s not talk about this please?” He murmured and | pursed my lips then nodded.

| knew that Luca and Dimitri were blaming themselves the most. Dimitri hadn’t shown up until later with Clara's

uncle. He had tried running towards Damon immediately but was immediately attacked by the enemy while

Luca, Luca had tried everything to get to them but the enemy knew he was one of the strongest fighters there

and thus, they attacked him the most. Not to mention that he was also trying to protect me.

“Here, drink this” He murmured as he handedan energy drink. | thanked him as he sat besideand we

drank our drinks in silence.

“We should probably get back to the others. I'm sure your mother needs you” He murmured and was about to

stand up when | grabbed onto his hand.

“I need you so stay withfor a

while, justand you” | said then moved closer and wrapped my arms around him. His body tensed under my

touch but later, he succumbed inte it.

We both needed this hug but | felt like he needed it more. Even though Damon was my brother, Luca and

Damon's connection was on a different half.

If Clara was Damon's other half, Luca was his soul mate. It hurtto know that he was blaming himself for not

being able to protect him, for not protecting them.

After a while, we returned back to the waiting area and | immediately went to my mother who was still crying

and tried my best to comfort her. Hours passed and still, we didn’t hear anything. Clara’s uncle arrived soon after

and so did Dimitri who looked disheveled.

There was nothing else any of us could do except wait and that was exactly what we did.

After a while, the doctor cout and immediately, my mother and | rushed towards the doctor with the rest

behind us.

“Please tellit’s good news and they're both fine” My mother uttered but by the look on the doctor's face, it

didn’t seem like it was good news.

“I don’t know where to begin. Mr Donovan received severe hits to the head and quite frankly, the chances of him

surviving are slim ....."

“No...” My mother murmured as she placed her hand over her mouth.

“What are you fucking trying to say?!” Dimitri boomed and was about to pounce on the doctor but Damon held

him back.

“We tried everything we could, we

stopped the bleeding and everything but the hits, they were just too much and they hit vital parts of his brain.

We are done with the surgery but b

has slipped into a coma. Right now, we cannot guarantee if he’s going to wake up or not, it all depends on him”

The doctor announced and immediately, my mother Began bawling out her eyes and my father immediately

grabbed her while | held onto Luca as | cried on his chest.

“Mr Donovan is a fighter, all we can do is pray for now. On the other hand, Mrs Donovan has awakened” The

doctor announced and immediately, we all turned to him with wide eyes.

“Really? And... and the baby?” | questioned softly and he sighed.

“She took most of her blows to her stomach. The baby is a fighter as well but the more it fights to stay alive, the

lower chances Mrs Donovan has at surviving. The decision has to be made, we either save her or the child” The

doctor informed us there was a pin drop silence before Clara's uncle grabbed the doctor by the neck.

“How dare you suggest something like that?! You're going to save both of them or I'm going to fucking kill you”

He threatened and fear flashed through the doctor's eyes.

“Trust me, we are doing everything we can but they cannot both live. I'm so sorry but the decision has to be

made immediately before it’s too late”...