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?

and my lower lip trembled

the words. “What’s going on? Is he alright? And how did I get here in

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

he h-hurt?” I stammered, and my vision grew cloudy with tears as

the

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

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

wondered, and my eyebrows creased together. “And how did I

strange look crossed Marley’s

Anemond brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh. “He was the one who found you out in

gasped in surprise.

had found

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

I hadn’t hallucinated after all?

back quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through my

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 off

frowned in confusion. “What do you

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 urgency, and

in surprise and she

passed out cold, and he handled you so

“Wow,” I uttered.

handle the whole thing,

surprising,” I remarked.

had personally escorted me back

King being in my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant more to me than I could express,

was so

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

out in pain, and I let out a soft

urged. “You’re going to stress your body out if you

I

I suddenly became aware of the rest of the

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

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

my friend insisted. “You’re going to be just fine. It’s just gonna take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make sure nothing is bleeding,

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me