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 trembled as I choked out

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

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

and my vision grew cloudy with tears as

the bear and the

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

the information to sink in, and when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took

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

look crossed Marley’s face.

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

gasped in surprise.

had

supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the last face I remembered

possible I hadn’t hallucinated

found me,” I repeated back quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent

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

confusion. “What do

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

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 treating you.”

“Wow,” I uttered.

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 remarked.

me back to my house?

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

was so strange.

for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different

readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out

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

I

of the pain. It was there in my abdomen, my arm, my head… I

I wondered even

lie, it’s not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up pretty badly, and

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and

“Okay,” I agreed.

shifted the covers away from me and got to work immediately.