Why My Mate Cries
Chapter 88

REID’S POV

The following day, I went to ask Charlotte to treat Aliyah’s wounds in our bedroom. She tried to talk to her and had inquired about the things her family and Samarra did to her, but Aliyah was not in the mood to answer her. During the entire time of aiding her wounds and putting on gauze over her legs that were bitten, she was quiet. Her eyes were only glancing over at the flowers that were displayed on the balcony. It was like her outlet that made her breathe.

“Aliyah, I know you are going through a tough time, and I understand you have no courage to speak right now, but in order to treat you further, I need to know how you had a miscarriage,” Charlotte explained as she spoke carefully to her after treating her wounds on the legs. “Aliyah.”

However, Aliyah did not say anything, as if she had not heard Charlotte’s plea at all. I was leaning my shoulder against the doorframe as I watched them speak—or Charlotte speak—and I had to step forward to them to get the pack doctor’s attention.

“Are you done with her wounds?” I asked.

Charlotte turned her gaze on me, and then let out a sigh of defeat. Seconds later, she tucked Aliyah’s blanket up until her neck, and then finally stood up to speak with me. We both went out of the bedroom, and I looked at Aliyah one more time before I joined Charlotte in my private living room.

“What really happened, Reid?” she asked in her worried tone. “Why did she have a miscarriage?”

“It was the witch’s doing,” I replied as rage filled me. “She might have tortured Aliyah and purposely killed the baby inside her womb. Aliyah did not go into detail, but it happened when she tried to escape the land. The witch did something that made her severely bleed.”

Charlotte’s mouth fell open, and she covered it with her hands while she looked at me in great terror. I breathed in heavily, trying to keep my emotions under control despite the fact that I wanted to breakdown and mourn for our loss. I just couldn’t do it right now because Aliyah needed me and I had to be strong enough for her to rely on me.

“I am sorry for your loss, Reid,” she uttered, her voice sounding miserable. “It must have been really difficult for you when you learned about it. I can’t even imagine how Aliyah’s heart was broken into pieces because of this tragedy. However, I hope she can try to speak about what really happened so I can provide her with advanced treatment.”

I let out a low growl in frustration, and then replied, “Please, let’s give her some time to cope for a little bit. She’s going through a lot right now. I will keep an eye on her, and if there is anything strange that happened, I will call you up here to check.”

Charlotte could only nod her head in response. “That will be good. Please make sure that she takes the medication religiously so that her body will recover quickly.” She then exhaled. “It seems that her body suffered trauma all over again. She nearly returned to being skin and bones…”

I nodded. “I will.”

She tapped my arm and offered me a smile. “I know you’re not feeling better. Try to pass all of your work to Klaus temporarily so that you can mourn, Reid. No one’s going to judge you for that.”

I felt that seemed to be the best thing I had to do right now, so I could also take care of Aliyah during this time. When Charlotte finally went out of our home, I went back to the bedroom to see that my wife had fallen asleep with tears on both sides of her eyes. A great amount of sadness struck my chest as I stared down at her. Moving my hand, I went to brush my thumb against her cheeks to wipe her tears and, deep down, asked the Moon Goddess to shower her with strength to be able to get through this difficult time.

After that, I went out to speak with Klaus and the members of the council about holding a meeting. I had to do what I promised Aliyah, for I didn’t want to further break her heart.

“We’re going to deploy two dozen warriors, which will be led by Lucas. Food and other stuff have been prepared all night so they can leave as early as today,” Klaus informed me while I sat on the throne in front of my members.

I nodded my head in response. “Very well. Ask Charlotte to see if she can let some nurses come with Lucas since there are a lot of injured people in the Silver Moon.”

“I will do it immediately.”

“Lucas.” He walked towards me, ready to take an order. “I want you to try to find the witch’s body once you arrive there. I can’t sit here knowing that her body is lost when it was supposed to turn into ashes after we burnt her.”

“Are you having doubts that she’s already dead?” Klaus asked with his furrowed brows.

I shook my head. “I’m torn between feeling relieved and nervous. Although I know that no one can survive the fire burning the skin, with a sharp object pierced in the chest area, I want to make sure that her body will be found,” I explained.

“Well, yeah. Now that you mentioned it, that sounds concerning,” Klaus said.

“Don’t worry, I can handle it,” Lucas assured us.

I also contemplated whether or not I should tell them what happened to Aliyah. But in the end, so I could protect my wife, I decided to announce what we were going through.

“Aliyah and I had a miscarriage,” I announced as I held on to my remaining strength.

Everyone in the meeting hall gasped, and most of them looked at me with an empathetic look on their faces.

“I hope you give us some time to move on from this trying time. Your Luna is still grieving… and so am I,” I added. “However, I can assure you that I will still take responsibility for our pack’s important affairs, but regarding other things, I will have Klaus handle it for the time being.”

When the meeting was over, I walked to the nearby lake to seek something that could give me inner peace, as I needed time to be alone, to think, and to compose all my strength. I checked out the sky, only to realize that there would be rain coming any moment. Even the weather seemed to be grieving for our loss too.

I honestly felt lost, but it wouldn’t help Aliyah to cope if I showed her that I was struggling like her. I sighed and then shut my eyes for a moment. A few minutes later, I decided to return to the pack house so I could check on her.

A light rain fell as I walked home. When I was in front of the pack house, I saw Aliyah standing on the balcony. She looked pale and very much like someone who was in mourning. Her gaze caught me that I had to flash a little smile, but she didn’t return it. Instead, she entered the bedroom as if my presence had made no difference.

All I did was breathe out, and blink my sadness away.

This grief may take some time….