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?

Finnick?” I asked, and my lower lip trembled

And how did I get here in the

perfectly safe. He’s back

and my vision grew cloudy with tears as

and the

her head. “Finnick is perfectly fine. He’s a little 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 you to hurt yourself

sink in, and when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep breath. A few minutes later, when I

me from the bear?” I wondered, and my eyebrows creased together. “And how did I

strange look crossed

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

in

had found

I’d lost consciousness, the last face I remembered

it possible I hadn’t hallucinated after all?

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

night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to

“What do you

down on the chair beside me. “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

asked in surprise and she

at the clinic, he was so gentle with you,” she 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

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

I

personally escorted me back to my house?

part of me was grateful that

was so strange.

then he left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than he’d been when we were

tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a

urged. “You’re going to stress your body

I

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

how bad is it?” I wondered even

great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up pretty badly, and your

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

take some time to heal. Now,

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me and