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?

I asked, and my lower lip

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

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

h-hurt?” I stammered, and my vision grew cloudy with tears as

the bear and the cave crashed over

serious, take a deep breath. Doctor’s orders. You’re in pretty

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

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

look crossed Marley’s

with a roll of her eyes, and she let

in surprise.

Collins had found me?

lost consciousness, the last face I

I hadn’t

attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through

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 you mean?”

clinic-to help. I totally understand the urgency, and I

I asked in surprise and

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

it if I hadn’t seen it with my own 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 was taking care of

surprising,” I

me

but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home

was

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 been when we were taking

out in pain, and I let out a soft

“You’re going to

I

became aware of the rest of the pain. It

even though I was scared

it’s not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make sure nothing is

“Okay,” I agreed.

carefully shifted the covers away from me and