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 trembled as

And how did I get here in the first

expression grew serious. “Finnick is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re taking good care of him.”

stammered, and my vision grew

the

shook her head. “Finnick is perfectly fine. He’s a little bruised but that’s it. Now, I’m serious, take a deep

friend’s advice and took a long,

from the bear?” I wondered, and my eyebrows creased together.

crossed Marley’s face.

her eyes, and she

gasped in surprise.

Collins had found

lost consciousness, the last face

I hadn’t hallucinated

back quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang of pain

middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained

frowned in confusion. “What do you

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 and she

with you,” she explained. “You were passed out cold, and he handled you

“Wow,” I uttered.

she shook her head slowly. “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 wouldn’t let anyone else

surprising,” I

escorted me back to my

my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and

all was

strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than he’d been when we were taking care of his son.”

cried out in pain, and I let out a soft cry. Marley immediately reached out and

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

I

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

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

the covers away from me and got to