Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 284

CASSANDRA

The fight was far more brutal than I’d expected.

When we’d left Erika, Finnick, Lila, and Raven behind and headed toward the gate surrounding Vlokwell, I’d known that we were getting ourselves into a mess of trouble, but I didn’t know how bad it would be.

The guards of the gate were far more difficult to defeat than anticipated, even with our numbers.

We had all shifted into either our wolf forms or at least partial forms, and even as wolves, it was a struggle to win against Kaleb’s men.

As Asher and I fought off one of the men, Rayden and his men took on another. It was a flurry of motion and movement, and it had taken all of my efforts to remain focused on the fight. Thankfully, Asher and I were a great team, and we managed to take our guard down after a little while.

The others, though, weren’t as lucky.

Rayden had nearly lost his left arm fighting with a large, burly wolf whose claws seemed as long as swords. Luckily, Helene reacted swiftly before those deadly nails could cut too deeply into the Alpha of Wild Crawler’s shoulder and plunged her poisoned knife into the guard. Rayden was completely taken aback, as was the guard, and when the wolf fell to the ground dead, his eyes widened, and stared at Helene in shock.

“Thank you,” he said to her as he fought to catch his breath.

Helene nodded at him, and then we continued on.

In addition to the pair of guards up front, there were guards stationed at the checkpoints ahead, but once we had broken the gate, the other guests seeking escape cheered. They had maintained their distance at first, unsure of how things would work out, but once they knew we were the good guys, so to speak, morale was boosted, and the guests joined our fight.

The influx of numbers helped our cause, and we quickly managed to pass all of the checkpoints.

A few of the men went back to grab Erika, the children, and the box containing Raven, and once we were all reunited, we left the horrible castle in the dust.

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Cars arranged by Rayden and the Alpha of the Red Stone Pack were waiting for us outside of Vlokwell, hidden behind a host of thick pine trees. We all piled into the vehicles, and once they began to drive away, I finally released a heavy exhale of relief.

We had done it.

We had survived somehow.

Well, at least mostly.

wounded. I had some cuts on my arms and shoulders, and Helene had some bruises forming on her arms and shins. Thankfully, Erika, Lila, and Finnick

all exhausted, and as the cars drove off the road at a fast speed, I looked back

to finally leave behind. I wasn’t sure where Kaleb had gone, but I also didn’t care. All that mattered was that we were free from the confines of his

continued driving and soon darkness fell. I drifted in and out of sleep, never knowing what time it was, until finally, the sky began to brighten again, revealing the dawn. The car came to a stop soon

driver stepped out of the car and held the doors open for us. I took a deep breath and then carefully got out of the vehicle. My muscles ached as I stretched and I grimaced

We had arrived ar

porch. He was a tall, middle-aged man with pale blonde hair

and he bowed. “Welcome. Please, allow me to escort

you for

and I was pleased to see that all of the rooms within had been arranged nicely for us. It wasn’t a big house, but it was cozy and comfortable. After all we’d been through in Vlokwell, I would have happily

shack or worse.

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different rooms, and once everything was arranged, the wooden box was brought into the house. Rayden’s men pulled Raven out,

limit her movement once

secured Raven’s wrists so she couldn’t escape or use sorcery once she awoke. When we

but her breath was steady. She stayed with Erika,

still needed to be sorted out, I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep, but as I lay in bed and watched Finnick’s chest rise and fall, my eyelids grew

off into dreamless

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took a moment to focus, and when it did, I

I asked

side, propping his head up with his hand.

morning,” he

replied with a

so Erika decided to go out