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 as

he alright? And how did I get here in the first place?

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

h-hurt?” I stammered, and my vision grew

bear and the cave crashed

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

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

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

look crossed Marley’s face.

Alpha from Anemond brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh.

in

had found me?

lost

possible I hadn’t

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

surprise to get a call from him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he

frowned in confusion. “What do

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 I would have rushed there in a second anyway to help you, but he was intense, to say the least. That being said… What he did really changed my opinion

surprise

he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table and made sure you were comfortable as

“Wow,” I uttered.

I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. He could have sent a guard to handle the whole thing, but he

I remarked.

me

me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant more to me than I could express, even

all was so

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

out in pain, and I

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

I

welled up in my eyes as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the

even though I

an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up pretty badly, and your shoulder

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make sure nothing is bleeding, okay?”

“Okay,” I agreed.

away from me and got