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

alright? And how did I get here in the

safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re

h-hurt?” I stammered, and my vision

bear and the cave crashed over me.

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 pretty rough shape and I don’t want you

took a moment 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 state,

my eyebrows creased together. “And how did I

strange look crossed Marley’s face.

here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small

gasped in

Collins had found

lost

possible I hadn’t hallucinated

attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another

night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he sounded like he was going to bite my head

“What do you mean?”

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

surprise and she

you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table and made sure you were comfortable as I started treating

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

I

personally escorted me

grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant more to me than I could express, even if

was

strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than he’d been when we were

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

careful,” she urged. “You’re going to

I

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

even though I was scared

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me and got to work immediately.