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 trembled

on? Is he alright? And how did

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

vision grew cloudy with tears as

the bear and the cave crashed

He’s a little bruised but that’s it. Now, I’m serious, take a deep breath. Doctor’s

to sink in, and when it did, I heeded my friend’s advice and took a long, deep breath. A

creased

strange look crossed Marley’s face.

she replied with a roll of her eyes, and she let out a small sigh. “He

in

Collins had

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

it possible I hadn’t

found me,” I repeated back quietly. I attempted to sit up, but the effort sent another pang

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

in confusion. “What do you

me. “Well, 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

I asked in surprise

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

“Wow,” I uttered.

seen it with my own eyes. He could have sent a guard to handle the whole thing, but he wouldn’t

I remarked.

escorted me back to

of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant

was so strange.

left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was

definitely strange,” I said. When I tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in

have to be careful,” 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 my

it?” I wondered even

gonna lie, it’s not great,” Marley replied, and she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws scratched

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your stomach and

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me