Fated for Forever(26)

can before he turned Ashby on his side. With tears in his eyes, he stuck his fingers down his mate’s throat.

He did it twice more before Ashby was able to vomit a small amount of liquid. He prayed that it made the

difference.

“Is there anything we can do?” David asked timidly from the door, Daniel standing behind him.

“Can you sit with him? I need to call Arkadia,” Gabriel said, grabbing Ashby’s phone from the

nightstand. They nodded and eased themselves onto the bed on either side of Ashby, who seemed to be

having difficulty breathing. They rubbed Ashby’s back gently and moved his hair out of his face.

Gabriel turned the phone on and went into his mate’s contact list. He scrolled through until he found the

contact he was looking for. Looking at the smiling face of Rebecca Arkadion on the contact profile he

pressed Call. After a few rings a soft voice answered the phone.

“Ashby? Why are you calling so late? Is everything OK? Why do I feel so dizzy?” she asked, sounding

sick.

“This is Gabriel, I’m afraid…” His voice failed him as his throat choked up.

“Gabriel! Where’s Ashby, why are you on his phone, what has happened?” Rebecca began rapidly firing

questions. Clearing his throat he tried to speak again.

“Ashby has been poisoned, it was cyanide. Is there anyone you can ask about treating a poisoned

shifter?” Gabriel asked hurriedly.

“What! I knew something was going happen!” Rebecca cried into the phone before dissolving into

sobs.

“What? What the hell is going on! Who is this?” Gabriel heard Aleks demand when he suddenly came

on the line.

“Aleks, Ashby has been poisoned, how do I treat him?” Gabriel asked. The low sounds of grief coming

from Rebecca was almost his undoing.

“Hold on, I’m on my phone…Ma, I need you over here now, Rebecca has received a shock. I’m not

sure how this is going to affect the baby, I have a feeling it’s going to be a long night,” Aleks said to his ma

from his own cell phone.

“OK, I’m back. What is his state?” Aleks asked in a steady voice.

“Before losing consciousness, he was complaining that he was dizzy, he is having trouble breathing, and

I can’t wake him,” Gabriel explained as Roman came up behind him. “Report,” he said to Roman holding

the phone away from his mouth.

“One of their pack is a medic, he’s on his way. ETA should be ten minutes,” Roman said, watching

Gabriel pace the floor with Ashby’s cell phone.

“Gabriel, do you have any idea how much he ingested?” Aleks asked. Gabriel turned to the twins.

“What did you three have downstairs that could have been poisoned?” Gabriel asked.

“All we had was water. David and I finished our bottles, but Ashby only had half of his,” Daniel

explained wiping his eyes.

“He had about half a bottle of water. When we got upstairs I got him to vomit maybe two to three

ounces,” Gabriel said, waving Baptista over to his side when he appeared in the doorway.

“He may have a fighting chance. But whoever did this knew about shifters. Certain poisons and drugs

we just piss out. Cyanide is one of the few that actually hits us harder than humans,” Aleks explained.

“I can get Doc Claybourne out there, he can be there in about an hour,” Aleks said.

“Send him. I have a wolf pack medic on his way that should be here in about five minutes. But I want a

doctor to examine him as well. I want to take every precaution. Mating with me will give him immortality

but he is still vulnerable to shifter weaknesses,” Gabriel explained.

“Of course you do, he’s your mate.” Aleks’s voice became slightly muffled as if he turned his head.

“No we are not going to Purgatory, you can barely stand. You better get that sassy ass of yours back in

bed. We’ll visit him when he’s feeling better,” Aleks said gently to his mate.

“Call us with any and all updates. As you can hear, my mate is not taking this well, she and Ashby are

extremely close. She’s getting the effects of the poison through their bond,” Aleks said, his voice sounding

stressed.

Suddenly it struck Gabriel exactly how this could also impact the Arkadions. Could Ashby dying hurt

the young Alpha Mother?

“They’ll be OK,” Gabriel said with a shaky voice.

“There’s no other choice,” Aleks replied.

“I’ll call as soon as his condition changes.”

“Doc is on his way.” Aleks said and then the call ended. Gabriel turned to Baptista who stood beside the

shaking Micah.

“Just tell him what you told me,” Baptista said gently. Micah nodded.