Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 1 Emergency

CASSANDRA

“For the glory of Wegalla Empire, you must die!” Intruders snarled at me as I knelt on the floor.

“Please let me see Asher. Please…” I begged.

“How dare you speak the name of our king!” The soldiers growled and grabbed my hair, forcing me to raise my head. They were like shadows towering over me.

“Please. I need to talk to him. I’m pregnant. I have his baby!” I cried.

The head soldier snorted. “Baby? You think you’d be qualified to deliver a baby for our king? Filthy whore! He won’t come to you anymore. Don’t you understand? He’s with Lady Adalyn. Now drink it!”

“No!”

He pulled me harshly, gripped my face and pried my mouth open. Mysterious liquid flew down my throat.

Burning. I began to gag.

“Die! You wretched moron.” They spat at me before slamming the door. And I heard the click of the lock.

I struggled to move, but my eyes felt swollen, and my legs were strengthless. The smell of smoke quickly filled the room.

Fire engulfed me.

*****

My mind wandered as I stared out the window. The sky was a perfect clear blue, and the air was filled with the sound of children’s laughter. A smile formed on my lips at the sound.

Far beyond me, the pups, accompanied by their parents, made their way toward the forest not too far away from where I sat. It was finally time for the annual hunting festival, and the pups chattered and giggled with excitement as they tugged at their mother’s and father’s sleeves.

I remembered their innocent happiness well. When I had been a pup myself, I’d been infinitely impatient and raced far ahead of my father and brother, urging them the entire way to move faster. I’d been so excited to get a glimpse of the hunting group I wished to one day be a part of. I was eager to find my place amongst the Pack.

I’d been grown for a long time now, and yet, these pups had more freedom than me.

the deadly inferno, I’d lost the ability to shift into my wolf form, my life had changed

love and cherish. I’d moved far away and came to the Wild Crawler Pack, where I’d

was starting to feel the familiar ache of loneliness, the sound of footsteps rang out behind

Cassandra, I almost fell asleep at

breath. She ran her hands through her thick dark hair. Her light green eyes were slightly bloodshot, but her small

understand completely,” I agreed with her. “Here, come sit down. We still have a while

was my assistant here at the clinic. Fiver years ago, when Emmett saved me from the fire and brought me to his pack, he taught me how to be a healer. And Marley had been my first patient. Shortly after I helped heal her, she decided she wanted to help others as well,

beside me

strand of hair behind

“The village has

cared more,” Marley admitted. “But the festival really doesn’t interest me much. Visitors from other packs are troublesome. Can you imagine? I was stopped by them three times this morning for the question – ‘How to get to the forest?’. Gosh.

heavy sigh, “I wish they could be more like your Finnick. He’s such a good boy. Mine are little monsters,

a moment, and a

she said quietly. “I didn’t mean

and therefore, I was not allowed to enter the forest,

it. Besides, Finnick is too young to watch anyway. If he was of age, I’m sure circumstances would

past since that calamity. I

sweet boy?” Marley wondered with

the Luna and

watch my son while I ran the

an unsure origin I had yet to place. It was accompanied by a peculiar mark on different parts of the patient’s bodies, each slightly

a good place for him,” Marley interrupted my thoughts again, and then beyond us, bells rang out. She glanced up at the clock. “Looks like it’s time for our next

I nodded. “Let’s go.”

Anna, and her brown eyes were slightly glazed over. Her skin was pale and coated with a slight sheen of sweat, and her arms were wrapped around herself as she shivered. Marley and I escorted her to a room and sat her down on a

sickness, but it seemed to just be a common cold. I prescribed her some medicine, and after she gratefully

began to say, and suddenly, a tall

his side indicated his rank. I

was Jasper, one of the Alpha’s guards. I knew him very well, as he was often sent

something was wrong. Jasper was always friendly with Marley and me when he came to the clinic, but

Cassandra,” he addressed me hurriedly. “You must accompany me to the Pack House. It’s