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?

I asked, and my lower lip

“What’s going on? Is he alright? And how did I get here in

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

I stammered, and my vision grew cloudy with tears

the

head. “Finnick is perfectly fine. He’s a little bruised but that’s it. Now, I’m serious, take a deep breath. Doctor’s

my friend’s advice and took a long, deep breath. A few minutes later, when I was in a calmer state, another thought

wondered, and my eyebrows creased

strange look crossed Marley’s

a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh.

gasped in

had

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

hadn’t hallucinated after all?

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

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

in confusion. “What do you mean?”

the clinic-to help. I totally understand the urgency, and I would have rushed there in a second anyway to help you, but he was intense, to say the least. That being said… What

I asked in surprise and she

handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table

“Wow,” I uttered.

with my own 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.

surprising,” I

personally escorted me back to

my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that

was so

Ca ssandra. It was like he was

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

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

I

of the rest of the pain. It was there in my

wondered even though I was scared of the

apologetic look.

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

be just fine. It’s just gonna take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a

“Okay,” I agreed.

shifted the covers away from me and got to work immediately.