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?

where’s Finnick?” I asked, and my lower lip

alright? And how did I get

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

I stammered, and my vision grew cloudy

and the cave

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

when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long,

and my eyebrows creased together. “And how did

look crossed Marley’s face.

from Anemond brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh.

in

had found me?

sense, I supposed. Before I’d lost

hadn’t hallucinated

quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain

to get a call from him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to

confusion. “What do you mean?”

she sat down on the chair beside me. “Well, he was extremely angry. He 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

asked in surprise and she

was so gentle with you,” she explained. “You were passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table and made sure you were

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

I

had personally escorted me

the Alpha King being in my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me

was

Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than he’d been when we

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

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

I

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

wondered even though I

apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me