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

Is he alright? And how did I get here in the first place?

safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re taking good care

and my vision grew cloudy with tears

bear and the cave

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

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

I wondered, and my eyebrows creased together.

strange look crossed Marley’s

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

gasped in

Collins had found me?

a little sense, I supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the

hadn’t

to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through my chest, so I laid back down. “Wow.”

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

in confusion. “What

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 rushed there in a second anyway to help you, but he was intense, to say the least. That being said… What he did really changed my opinion of

surprise and she nodded.

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

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 way here to your

I remarked.

personally escorted me back to my house?

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

was so

It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person

cried out in pain, and I let out a soft cry. Marley immediately

careful,” she urged. “You’re going to stress your

I

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

I wondered even though

not gonna lie, it’s not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me and