Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 9 Attack

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When I entered my son’s room, I half-expected him to be awake, but he was

fast asleep.

He had his arms wrapped around his favorite teddy bear, Teddy, and for a moment, I didn’t want to wake him up. He seemed so peaceful, and I was about to put him through so much stress.

But not as much as I would be if we went to Anemond.

So, I leaned down and gently touched his arm.

“Finnick,” I whispered, and when he didn’t rouse, I said his name again. After a moment, his nose crinkled and his eyes blinked open.

“Mommy?” he said, and he yawned lightly.

“Sorry to wake you, baby,” I said, and I gave him my most apologetic smile. “We have to go.”

“Go?” he repeated back in a confused voice. “Go where?”

“I’ll tell you on the way there,” I explained. “For now, we just need to get ready,

okay?”

Finnick nodded, though his gray eyes were concerned. I pulled the covers aside and helped him down. We walked over to the closet, and we got him dressed.

After I zipped up his jacket, I picked out a couple of fresh sets of clothes and packed them in a small backpack.

“Put this on,” I instructed him.

“Can Teddy come?” he asked hopefully, and he glanced over at the stuffed bear he’d left on the bed. I studied the toy carefully. We were running low on room, but Teddy was his favorite toy. I couldn’t ask him to leave it behind when I was already asking so much of him.

have to put

Finnick agreed. We carefully put Teddy in his bag, and once he was

and I went downstairs, and after we were fully dressed, I did a quick scan of the house. It seemed like I had

into my arms

baby,” I said, and I wrapped my jacket around him to conceal

further.

out of the

glanced around and made sure we were alone. Luckily, everyone else seemed to be asleep. I held Finnick tight and then took

fear.

Finnick let out a

to the forest, Mommy?” he asked,

said. “I’m so sorry we have to go there, I know you don’t like it.

do we have to go?” he pressed. I considered my

He’s very bad

lie. Asher Collins wasn’t

done to

question I

not afraid. Let’s leave. I’ll protect

wiggle in my arms. “Not before we pass the

to my

there was a short interval just before midnight when

away.

pace and

delight, there were no guards. around. I let

reached into my pack. I’d brought a flashlight, a compass, and a knife with me. Retrieved them all, and after I put the knife in

flashlight to see. I used the light to check the compass. I wasn’t an expert navigator, but I knew enough to get us through. We needed to avoid the forbidden section of the forest, so I had to find us a shortcut that would get us out of Wegalla, If I

I needed to take every precaution to keep us safe. Now that I couldn’t shift, I needed to keep my wits about me and keep us from making too many sounds or running into any predators.. Luckily for us, my father had taught

guilt go. through me. Putting Finnick in this much

walk through

two of us were too afraid to speak. We continued on for an