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?

lower lip

I the words. “What’s going on? Is he alright? And

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

I stammered, and my vision grew cloudy

bear and the cave

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

heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep breath. A

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

strange look crossed

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

gasped in surprise.

Collins had

Before I’d lost consciousness, the last face I

I hadn’t

the effort sent another

him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he sounded like he was going to

in confusion. “What

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

I asked in surprise and

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

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 house.”

surprising,” I

Collins had personally escorted me back to my

small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened

all was so

strange, Ca ssandra. It

strange,” I said. When I tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a soft cry. Marley immediately reached out and supported

“You’re going to stress your body out if you keep moving around.”

I

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

bad is it?” I wondered even though I was

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me and got to work