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?

asked, and my lower lip

words. “What’s going on? Is he alright? And how

grew serious. “Finnick is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re taking good care

and my vision grew

the cave

bruised but that’s it. Now, I’m serious, take a deep breath. Doctor’s orders. You’re in pretty rough shape and I don’t want

and took a long, deep breath. A few minutes later, when

bear?” I wondered, and my eyebrows creased together. “And how did I get back here in

crossed Marley’s

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

in

Collins had found me?

I’d lost consciousness, the last face

possible I hadn’t

up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through my chest,

was definitely a 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 was going to bite my head

“What do you

“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 rushed there in a second anyway to help you,

surprise and she nodded.

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

sent a guard to handle the whole

I remarked.

had personally escorted me back to my house?

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

all was

so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than he’d been when we were taking care

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

“You’re going to stress your body out if you keep moving around.”

I

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

how bad is it?” I wondered even though I was scared of

lie, it’s not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make

“Okay,” I agreed.

away from me and got to