*Melian POV*
I wish my mates were here to go to this scan with me, but what they are doing is important. I remind myself it's just a scan to check my face, but being afraid of small spaces is getting the best of my nerves. Something feels wrong, not physically, but like something is about to happen. I just don't know what it is or if it's going to be something bad.
Ruby, dances around the question when I ask her if she knows, and she goes to lie in the back of my mind. I close my eyes as they move me into the machine, and follow their instructions. It's hard to take a deep breath, but I do my best. The scan only took a few minutes and before I knew it, I was being wheeled back into my room.
Before we even got to the door, the scent of green tea, peaches and blueberry pancakes filled my nose. My mates were here. Being pushed through the door, I saw them standing by the window. I felt pure excitement as I saw their faces. "Hi!" I almost shouted and they started to walk towards me. The technician told them that he needed to get me settled and asked the Alpha's to give him just a second. They nodded their heads and he helped me back into my bed. He stepped away and left the room.
The twins could see I was struggling to get comfortable, so they came to my rescue. "How was your day?" I asked them. Each of them kissed my forehead and they sat down on either side of me. "Babe, it's much better now that we are back here with you. It's honestly been kind of a rough one," Loki admitted. I bit my lip and lowered my head. "I'm sorry. You shouldn't have to deal with my mess. I'm sure you have lots of pack duties to handle instead," I whispered. Liam lifted my chin and said in no uncertain terms, "Stop it, Melian. There is nothing more that we would rather do, including pack duties, than to clean up 'your mess'. It's not just your mess, it's OUR mess too. We are a team, remember?" I nodded my head, but I still felt bad.
They told me that we would discuss what happened today after Rebecca got back with our dinner. I told her that we had ordered her some OJ and more of her favorite eggs and reminded Becca to get ketchup. She let out a belly laugh and thanked us for remembering. "OUCH! I didn't think laughing could hurt this badly, but here we are," she snickered. Rebecca finally returned with our food and the guys moved the table and chairs closer to my bed so we could eat together. Enjoying our meal and conversation, I looked up to seeing Loki with tears in his eyes. Concerned, I called his name, "Loki? What's wrong? Please talk to me."
He sat his fork down and hesitated to meet my eyes with his. Loki was the toughest of the two and something broke him. "Babe, I will be fine. I promise you. It's just...I'm just...struggling with what I heard today. Let's finish our dinner and we will all talk, OK?" He said with a slight smile. I smiled back and asked Rebecca where Jason was. She told me that he had left again with some of the elite warriors to try and find Thomas and Scott. Just as she was getting her words out, Nick, the twin's Gamma, came rushing in. "Alpha's, Luna, they're here already," he informed us. I looked confused and asked, "Who's here already?" Liam took my hand and said, "The Royal Council." I mouthed the word "OH" and they snickered at me. If I wasn't nervous before, I am now.
The twins and Nick left, and Rebecca cleaned up our dinner mess. An orderly had come to help her straighten the furniture back and she came to sit with me. "Mel, don't worry. You aren't the one who is under investigation. The questioning may have it seem that way, but they just want to hear your side. Please tell them every single detail, even the hard stuff." I nodded in agreement and asked her to help me to the restroom so I could clean up a little. I will get a shower later. She perked up and grabbed the bag she had brought for me and took it into the bathroom.
Grabbing the wheelchair, she pushed it over to my bed and helped me into it, and wheeled me into the room and shut the door. She took some dry shampoo out of her bag and ran it through my hair to freshen it up, and put it in two braids. She found a washcloth and got it wet and proceeded to wash my face, legs and feet. She then handed me some medicated feminine wipes and told me to clean up my lady areas, but to be careful due to the stitches.
I couldn't reach the area because of the way I was sitting, so I asked her if she could do it. I was so embarrassed, but I didn't have a choice. She cupped my face and told me she would and not to be embarrassed, because she knew if the tables were turned, I would do it for her. She was right. She helped me put on a clean sleeping shirt that she had brought for me, and the front of it made me giggle. It had a huge sloth hanging from a tree on it, and had the saying 'Just hanging around' written in big green letters. I loved sloths, and Rebecca knew it. Once I was dressed, she pushed me back into my room.
She grabbed some fresh sheets out of a cupboard and changed my bed. "Can't put you into a dirty bed after you just freshened up now, can we?" We both laughed and I got back into bed. She helped me get comfy and then pulled the recliner close to my bed and we video chatted my niece, Trinity. It really made my day seeing her and I thanked Becca for doing that for me. We turned on the TV and decided to watch a murder documentary about John Wayne Gacy. We were deeply concentrating when the twins came in with three others following them. I clicked the TV off and sat up the best I could.
"Mel, these are members of the Royal Council, and they would like to speak to you if you are up to it," Liam spoke. I nodded my head and the female of the three made her way to my bed with her hand extended out. I shook her hand and introduced myself. "Hello, my name is Melian Carter." She smiled at me and placed her hand on my leg, then introduced herself, "It's nice to meet you Melian. My name is Iris Becker. I am the head Elder of the Royal Council. These are my colleagues, Declan Murphey and Jasper Collins. We are here to make sure that something like this never happens again. Not to you, or any other wolf. Male or female."