Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

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

he alright? And how did I get here in the

a breath,” Marley urged, and her expression grew serious. “Finnick is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re

vision grew cloudy with tears as memories

the cave crashed over

a little bruised but that’s it. Now, I’m serious, take a deep breath. Doctor’s orders. You’re in pretty

when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep breath. A few minutes later,

the bear?” I wondered, and my eyebrows creased

look crossed Marley’s

brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let

in surprise.

had

I’d lost consciousness, the last face I remembered seeing was Asher’s.

I hadn’t hallucinated after all?

attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang

in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he sounded like he

frowned in confusion. “What do you mean?”

me to get to the clinic-to help. I totally understand the urgency, and I

I asked in surprise and

cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table and made sure

“Wow,” I uttered.

it with my own eyes. He could have sent a guard to handle the whole thing, but he

I

Collins had personally escorted me back

a moment, I felt strange about the idea of the Alpha King being in my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d

was so strange.

for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It

to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a soft cry. Marley immediately reached out and

she urged. “You’re going to stress your

I

welled up in my eyes as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the pain. It was there in my abdomen, my

is it?” I wondered even though I was scared of the

and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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 work immediately.