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?

my lower lip trembled as I choked

And how did I get here

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

he h-hurt?” I stammered, and my vision grew

the cave crashed

little bruised but that’s it. Now, I’m serious, take

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

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

look crossed

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

gasped in surprise.

had found

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

hadn’t hallucinated after all?

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

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

frowned in confusion. “What

sighed again, and she sat down on the chair beside 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 was intense, to say the least. That being said… What he did

I asked in surprise and she nodded.

he handled you so carefully. He helped me get you down on the table and made sure you were comfortable as I started treating

“Wow,” I uttered.

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

surprising,” I

escorted me back to my house?

but the other part of me was grateful that he’d intervened and helped Marley get me home safe. That meant more to me

was

said. “We made sure you were comfortable, and then he left. for the Pack House. It was so strange, Ca ssandra. It was like he was a completely

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

to stress your body out if you keep moving

I

welled up in my eyes as I suddenly became aware of the rest of the pain. It was there in my abdomen, my arm, my head… I was a

bad is it?” I wondered even

she gave me an apologetic look. “The bear’s claws

is sprained.”

My eyes widened.

going to be just fine. It’s just gonna take some time to heal. Now, I’m gonna take a look at your

“Okay,” I agreed.

from me and got to work immediately.