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

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

safe. He’s back at the Pack House with

stammered, and my vision grew cloudy with tears

the cave

shook her head. “Finnick is perfectly fine. He’s a little 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

took a long, deep breath. A few minutes later, when I was in a calmer

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

crossed Marley’s

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

gasped in

Collins had found me?

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

hadn’t hallucinated after all?

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

call from him in the middle of the night,” Marley remarked. “When he explained the situation to me, he sounded like he was going

in confusion. “What

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

surprise and she

he was so gentle with you,” she explained. “You were passed out cold, and he handled you so carefully. He helped

“Wow,” I uttered.

whole thing, but

I

me back to my house?

grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant more to me than I could

all was so strange.

were comfortable, and then he left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely different person than

tried to readjust myself in bed, my shoulder cried out in pain, and I let out a soft

urged. “You’re going to stress your body

I

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

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

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

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

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

“Okay,” I agreed.

carefully shifted the covers away from me