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 I choked out

Is he alright? And how did I

He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re taking good care of him.”

my vision grew cloudy with

the cave crashed over

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

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

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

look crossed

she let out a small sigh. “He was the one who found you out in the woods.”

gasped in surprise.

had

supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the

hadn’t

Alpha found me,” I repeated back quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through my chest, so I laid back down. “Wow.”

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

frowned in confusion. “What

sat down on 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

in surprise

at the clinic, he was so gentle with you,” she explained. “You were passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

I

had personally escorted me back

King being in my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant more to me than I could express, even if the idea of

was so

“We made sure you were comfortable, and then he left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It

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

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

I

of the rest of the pain. It was there

bad is it?” I wondered even though I was scared

great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up pretty badly, and your shoulder

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

“You’re going to be just fine. It’s just gonna take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look

“Okay,” I agreed.

shifted the covers away from me and