Chapter 51

Gavin’s POV

The hospital is on fire!

“How bad is it?” Gavin asked, rushing out of his office and toward the front entrance of the packhouse.

“It’s burning to a crumble,” Beta Seth explained, following closely behind him. “They are trying everything they can to put it out, but it seems like it won’t die.”

“And the patients? What about the hospital staff?”

“Some got out,” Seth said just as Gavin reached his car. Gavin snapped a look at his Beta, urging him to continue. “Most did not.”

Gavin didn’t have the time to drive to the hospital; instead, he shifted into his wolf form and sprinted through the crowded streets of his town. He could already smell the burning of the building in the distance.

The smoke grew intense the closer he got to the hospital. The dark clouds collected in the sky as the smoke got thicker.

He could hear the screaming of those still inside the building; his heart instantly sunk into his stomach. There was no way he was going to be able to get in there and save everybody.

The Pack fire department was already there along with the police department. They were trying hard to get in and out, rescuing one or two that are close to the main entrance. They were also attempting to put out the fire with water and sand but to no prevail.

“Where are we in this situation?” Gavin asked the chief of the fire department, Richard.

“Not looking good, Alpha,” Richard admitted. “There are still so many victims inside…”

Gavin looked up at the building; a building that once stood tall and strong in the center of the town, representing health and life, was no a prison of death, crumbling before his eyes.

What was he going to do?

…

Erin’s POV

He was so mad at me; my heart remained heavy in my heart as I curled up on the bed in the guest room. I pressed my knees close to my chest and allowed a few stray tears to escape from my eyes.

I knew it was probably a bad idea to tell him the truth about why I broke things off with him, but there was a part of me that figured he deserved to know the truth.

After all these years, I didn’t want to keep lying to him anymore.

How could he not see that this only benefited him in the long run?

Still, my heart remained heavy.

It’s been a little over an hour since my fight with Gavin.

I was sick of all the fighting, and I was sick of feeling like crap every second of the day. First Henry and now Gavin.

I grabbed my phone and glanced at it; I was expecting at least one phone call from Henry but there was nothing. I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe he really was done with me.

I wiped my eyes of any stray tears and shoved my phone into my pocket as I made my way out of the room. My stomach was beginning to growl; I realized I hadn’t eaten all day.

I was sure Gavin wouldn’t mind if I helped myself to something in the kitchen.

As I reached the kitchen doors downstairs, I could hear some murmuring coming from the living room area. I knew there were a lot of packhouse workers that lurked around, so I wasn’t surprised there would be someone, or a few people, in the living room.

However, telling from their frantic murmuring, they sounded worried.

I poked my head into the living room and saw a couple of young women huddled together as they watched the television.

It seemed like it was a live broadcast of the news, and the news anchor was talking quickly. I couldn’t understand what was being said because of the constant murmuring, but then the broadcast flashed to a familiar building.

The workers all gasped in horror.

“Is that the hospital?” I asked, narrowing my eyes to the television.

On the screen, a building that looked very much like a hospital was in flames. Huge amounts of flames and smoke engulfed the entire building. I could see people jumping from windows and the frantic cries of the victims.

The workers all turned to me with misty eyes; they didn’t have to speak to confirm my question.

It was the hospital.

Soon, Gavin appeared on the screen.

The news reporter was asking him questions that he was dismissed; he was barking orders to the fire department to get inside and save more people but the flames were too much for anyone to handle regardless of the gear they had.

My heart plummeted into my stomach.

Gavin knew I could manipulate water; I could put this fire out easily. Why hadn’t he called me yet?

Just as I thought of that, I could see the perplexed look on Gavin’s face from the television. It was like an idea was surfacing in his mind. He turned away from the news reporter, dismissing her altogether and I see him pulling out his phone.

Soon, my phone started to buzz in my pocket. I grabbed my phone and left the room quickly.

“Hello?” I said quickly; I was already rushing toward the front entrance.

“I need your help,” Gavin said. “There’s been a fire at the hospital and—”

“I’m on my way, Gavin,” I said; I hung up the phone and shoved it back into my pocket before leaving the packhouse.

…

The flames were intense when I arrived; more intense than it was on the television. Gavin stood in the center, staring up at the building that was crumbling before our eyes.

It seemed the fire department had given up on trying to put out the fire.

All those victims in that building; broke my heart knowing how badly they were suffering.

“Is Susanna still in there?” I asked, peering up at Gavin who had a grave look on his face.

He nodded once and my heart fell into my stomach.

I didn’t like Susanna, but she didn’t deserve to die like this. None of them did.

I had to do what I could to help them.

I made my way through the crowd of people that were gawking and crying; I took myself to a secluded area so I wouldn’t be spotted by others. I didn’t want them to know what I could do.

I glanced up at the sky, watching as the white, fluffy clouds began to darken. I was filling them with water from the ocean. They grew larger as more water began to fill them; soon, a overshadow cast fell upon the town and everyone stared into the sky with a frown, unsure of what was going on.

“What’s happening? It was just sunny a moment ago,” one of the said, staring up at the large and dark clouds.

“It looks like it’s about to pour!”

“Will that save the hospital?”

“Has the goddess blessed us with her presence?!”

The moon goddess has nothing to do with this, I thought to myself. Well, at least not in theory.

She was the one who had given me my abilities; so, I suppose in a way, this was her doing.

Soon, the clouds burst, and it began to downpour. Everyone gasped as they got soaked from the rain. The hoses from the fire truck began to burst as well and spray its contents at the hospital as well. The fire hydrants on the street corners also burst and regardless of the direction they were facing, the water made its way to the open windows of the hospital.

Even my vision was blurred from the amount of water that was spraying all over the place.

Everyone had fallen silent and soon, the rain stopped.

I lowered my hands and wiped the water off my face, peering up at the building.

The fire was now gone.