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?

lower lip trembled as

Is he alright? And

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

my vision

the bear and the

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,

who saved me from the bear?” I wondered, and my eyebrows creased

look crossed Marley’s

she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh. “He was the one who

gasped in

had found

I supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the last face I

possible I hadn’t hallucinated after

but the effort sent another pang of pain

Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he sounded like he was going to bite my

in confusion. “What do you mean?”

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

surprise and

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 comfortable as I

“Wow,” I uttered.

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 way here to

I remarked.

escorted me back to my

house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and

all 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

bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out

to stress your body out

I

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

is it?” I wondered even though

not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make sure nothing is bleeding,

“Okay,” I agreed.

covers away from me and got to work