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?

my lower lip trembled as

“What’s going on? Is he alright? And

is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the

vision grew cloudy with

bear and the cave crashed over

“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 I

did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep

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

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. “He was the one who found you out in the woods.”

in surprise.

had

lost consciousness, the last face I

I hadn’t hallucinated after

to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of

“When he explained the

confusion. “What do

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

surprise

out cold, and he handled you so

“Wow,” I uttered.

guard to handle the whole thing, but

surprising,” I

escorted me back to my

house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant

all was so

then he left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra.

bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a soft cry. Marley immediately reached out and supported

to stress your body out if

I

in my eyes as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the pain. It was there in my abdomen,

bad is it?” I wondered even though I

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

my friend insisted. “You’re going 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

“Okay,” I agreed.

covers away from me and got to work immediately.