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 lip trembled

And how did I get here

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

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

the bear and the cave crashed

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

and took a long, deep breath. A few minutes

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

crossed Marley’s

brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let

gasped in surprise.

Collins had

I’d lost consciousness, the last

possible I hadn’t

the effort sent another pang

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 or something.”

frowned in confusion. “What do you mean?”

again, and she sat 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

I asked in surprise and she nodded.

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 comfortable as I started

“Wow,” I uttered.

my own eyes. He could have sent a guard to handle the whole thing, but he wouldn’t let anyone

surprising,” I remarked.

Collins had personally escorted me back to my

of the Alpha 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

all was so

“We made sure you were comfortable, and 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 taking care of

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

to stress your body out if you

I

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

wondered even though I was scared of

and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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.

away from me