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 trembled as I choked

he alright? And

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

vision grew

the bear and the

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

took a moment for the information to sink in, and when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep

the bear?” I wondered, and my eyebrows creased

crossed

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

gasped in surprise.

Collins had found

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

it possible I hadn’t hallucinated after all?

attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another

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

frowned in confusion. “What do you mean?”

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

I asked in surprise and she

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

shook her head slowly. “I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it 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. Then he carried you himself all the way here to your

I remarked.

escorted me back to

part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get

all was

and then he left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was

my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a soft

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

I

as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the pain. It was there in my

even though

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

away from me and got to work