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 as

on? Is he alright? And how did I get here

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

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

the bear and the cave crashed over me.

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

for the information 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 was in a calmer

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

look crossed Marley’s face.

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 the

in surprise.

had found

I supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness,

it possible I hadn’t hallucinated

the effort sent another pang of pain through my chest,

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 or something.”

frowned in confusion. “What do

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

passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

I

personally escorted me back

a moment, I felt strange about the idea of the Alpha King being in my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that

all was so strange.

Marley said. “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

When I tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a

going to stress your body out if you

I

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

I wondered even though I was

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

be just fine. It’s just gonna take some time to heal.

“Okay,” I agreed.

the covers away from me and got to work immediately.