Chapter 11 Alpha King found her?

CA SSANDRA

When I awoke, my vision was blurred, and my head swam with incoherent thoughts. As I fought back the dizziness, my eyes began to adjust, and images of the Moon Goddess and the Holy Moon appeared.

For a moment, I stared at them and wondered if this was the afterlife.

Had the bear managed to take my life? Was I… dead?

Suddenly, the room came into focus, and I recognized the mural I’d painted on my ceiling long ago. I wasn’t dead. I was in my bedroom, tucked tightly into bed.

How had I gotten here?

Suddenly, I felt the soft touch of a warm hand on my arm. When I glanced over, I caught sight of Marley.

“Oh Ca ssandra,” she gushed in pure relief, and her pale green eyes glittered with tears. “You’re awake!”

It took me a moment to register everything. I blinked a few times and then I smiled up at my dear friend. “H-hi, M-Marley.”

The effort of speaking hurt my throat, but I was so relieved to see her that it

didn’t matter.

“I was so worried, Ca ss,” Marley continued on, and she wiped a tear from her cheek. “So extremely worried.”

She then took my hand in hers.

“I’m sorry to scare you,” I managed to say. I wanted to comfort her further, but when I attempted to squeeze her hand, a sharp pain shot through my entire body.

When I winced, she pulled her hand away quickly.

“Oh, Ca ss,” Marley uttered, and her eyes widened. “I’m so sorry, that must have

hurt!”

“It’s… it’s okay,” I said through the pain, and then a thought crossed my mind.

Where was my Finnick?

I glanced around the room, but my son was nowhere to be found. Panic flooded through me, and my heart rate increased exponentially. Had he made it out of that cave? And how had I ended up here anyway?

Finnick?” I asked, and my lower lip trembled as I choked out

words. “What’s going on? Is he alright? And

is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the

h-hurt?” I stammered, and my vision grew cloudy with

bear and the cave crashed

Now, I’m serious, take a deep breath. Doctor’s orders. You’re in pretty

sink in, and when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep breath.

eyebrows creased together. “And how

look crossed Marley’s

Alpha from Anemond brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh. “He was the one who found

in

Collins had

supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the

I hadn’t

back quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through my chest, so I laid back

was definitely a surprise to get a call from him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he sounded like he was going to bite

in confusion. “What

was super short-tempered with me and ordered me to get to the clinic-to help. I totally understand the urgency, and I would have rushed there in a second anyway to

in surprise

passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table and made sure you were comfortable as I

“Wow,” I uttered.

eyes. He could have sent a guard to handle the whole thing, but he wouldn’t let anyone else into the clinic the entire time I was taking care of your injuries. Then he carried you himself all the

I remarked.

personally escorted me

part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and

all was

was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than he’d been when we were taking care of his son.”

tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I

have to be careful,” she urged. “You’re going to stress your body out

I

my eyes as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the pain. It was there in my abdomen, my arm, my head…

even though I

gonna lie, it’s not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up pretty badly, and

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

going to be just fine. It’s just gonna take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make sure nothing is bleeding, okay?”

“Okay,” I agreed.

shifted the covers away from me and got to

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