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?

lower lip trembled as I

And how did I get here in the first place?

take a breath,” Marley urged, and her expression grew serious. “Finnick is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack House with the Alpha and Luna. They’re

and my vision grew cloudy with

the

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

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, another thought crossed

creased together. “And how did

strange look crossed

Alpha from Anemond brought you here,” she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she

in surprise.

Collins had found

made a little sense, I supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the last face I remembered seeing was

hadn’t hallucinated after

up, but the effort sent another pang of pain through my

him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to

frowned in confusion. “What do you

help. I totally understand the urgency, and I would have rushed there in a second anyway to help you, but he was intense, to

I asked in surprise and she nodded.

she explained. “You were passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

I remarked.

Collins had personally escorted me back

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

all was so

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 care

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 and supported

to stress your body out if you keep moving around.”

I

up in my eyes as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the pain. It was there

is it?” I wondered even though I was scared of the answer.

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

covers away from me and got