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?

and my lower lip

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

serious. “Finnick is perfectly safe. He’s back at the Pack

and my vision grew cloudy with tears as

the cave crashed over

Now, I’m serious, take a deep

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 back here

crossed Marley’s face.

and she let out a

gasped in surprise.

Collins had

I supposed. Before I’d lost consciousness, the last

possible I hadn’t hallucinated

but the effort sent another pang

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

frowned in confusion. “What

get to the clinic-to help. I totally understand the urgency, and I would have rushed there in a second anyway

in surprise and she

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

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 into the clinic the entire time I was taking care of your injuries. Then he carried you himself all the way here to

I remarked.

me back to my

I felt strange about the idea of the Alpha King being in my small house, but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and

was so

Ca ssandra. It was like he was a

bed, my shoulder 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

I

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

I wondered even though I

she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched your stomach up

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

gonna take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and make

“Okay,” I agreed.

the covers away from me and got