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 him in

bag, and once

a quick scan of the house. It seemed

scooped Finnick into my arms

tight, baby,” I said, and I wrapped my jacket around

further.

out of the

out to light our way. I glanced around and made sure we were

fear.

Finnick let out a soft

he asked, and his tone was

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

he pressed. I

man we saw today. He’s very bad and very dangerous. So we have to go somewhere to keep us safe.”

total lie. Asher Collins wasn’t a good man,

done

him the question I know he

said firmly. “I’m not afraid. Let’s leave.

tried to wiggle in my arms. “Not

to my chest, and Finnick

silent. It was for the best. Finnick would have been fine on foot, but there was a short interval just before midnight

away.

pace

delight, there were no guards. around. I let out a sigh of relief and then walked

brought a flashlight, a compass, and a knife with me. Retrieved them all, and after I put the knife in my pocket, I turned on

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,

many sounds or running into any predators.. Luckily for us, my father

felt pangs of guilt go. through me. Putting Finnick in this much danger wasn’t fair,

began our walk through the

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