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?

asked, and my lower lip

he alright? And how

and her expression grew serious. “Finnick is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and

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

the bear and the cave

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 to hurt yourself

advice and took a long, deep breath. A

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

look crossed Marley’s

her eyes, and she let

in

Collins had found me?

I’d lost consciousness, the last face I remembered seeing was Asher’s.

possible I hadn’t hallucinated after

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

was definitely a surprise to get a call from him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained

confusion. “What do you mean?”

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 intense, to say the

in surprise and

passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you

“Wow,” I uttered.

handle the whole thing, but he wouldn’t let anyone else into the clinic the entire time I was taking care

I remarked.

me

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

was so

Ca ssandra.

definitely strange,” I said. When I tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a soft cry. Marley

“You’re going to stress

I

rest of the pain. It

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

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at

“Okay,” I agreed.

carefully shifted the covers away from me and got to