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

everything. My wolf, my name, my identity, and all I used to love and cherish. I’d moved far away and came to the Wild Crawler Pack, where I’d lived as someone else ever

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

almost fell asleep at my

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

agreed with her. “Here, come sit down. We still have a

fire and brought me to his pack, he taught me how to be a healer. And

on the stool beside me and

and she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “The kids have been going crazy for days. I swear, they’ve been driving

“The village has been

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. Can’t they read signposts? They are everywhere on the streets. And with how crazy

be more like your Finnick. He’s such a good boy. Mine are little monsters, no matter what

for a moment, and a

quietly. “I didn’t mean to bring

was unable to shift, and therefore, I was

simply gave her an understanding smile. “Don’t even worry about it. Besides, Finnick is too young to watch anyway. If he was of age, I’m sure circumstances

had been five years past since that calamity. I need

where is your sweet boy?” Marley wondered with a

and her children,” I

to watch my son while I ran the clinic. The hours were incredibly long, and my patient list had grown endless recently. Marley

by a peculiar mark on different parts of the patient’s bodies, each slightly raised, red, and warm to

thoughts again, and then beyond us, bells rang out. She glanced up at the

I nodded. “Let’s go.”

her feet, and then we walked out into the front of the clinic, where our next patient was nervously awaiting us. She was a young woman named Anna, and her brown eyes were slightly glazed over. Her skin was pale and coated with a

a moment, I was worried she was ill with the mysterious sickness, but it seemed

and suddenly, a tall man

clothing and the sword at his side

him very well, as he was often sent to collect me on behalf of

it wasn’t, I knew something was wrong. Jasper

right away, Cassandra,” he addressed me hurriedly. “You must accompany me to the Pack House.