Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

11. A Hefty Price

AURELIA

Hiding in plain sight has always been one of my few talents. Although I have always been singled out, I have also perfected the act of blending in and making sure I was not seen by the prying eyes of anyone who could prey on me...

And by anyone, I meant everybody that I had come across in the past months, including Alpha Raiden's men.

Alpha Raiden...

For someone who doesn't give a shit about me, he was quite persistent to find me. I knew he was sending his men out to every corner and small town so he could trap me again and punish me. That was his style.

But I beat him this time. After all, I had survived the harsh world that I found after I escaped the Dark Moon Park. I survived for eight months, moving from one rogue territory to another, from one small dangerous town to another. I discovered that there was a whole different world beyond the territory of Dark Moon Pack where I have been all twenty-one years of existing as my pathetic self.

"Move it!" Someone snarled behind me, breaking my chain of thought and causing me to stagger. "It's a dangerous place for a pretty pregnant woman to be walking alone at night, don't you think?"

"I'm not alone." I stuttered, holding my belly as I pulled Dakota's old coat around me to shield my baby bump from the world.

"You wish." The man behind me snorted before walking ahead of me, blending with the dark and leaving me to navigate the familiar path with my terrible eyesight.

Actually, I did wish I wasn't doing this alone.

I wished I could have a partner who would experience this with me and support me while our baby grows in my womb. I wished I didn't have to walk alone at night, carrying bags of junks. I have come across many refugees in the past months and most of them had their mates traveling the brutal world with them. I have settled in towns with some of them but at the end of the day, we all had to move and go our different ways because being together for anything longer than two months would attract rogues or even Alphas who didn't want any refugee group to grow stronger and likely stage an attack.

in a small town with less than twenty wolves around, I was grateful to be here with

house in the middle of a town where dangers loom around like air itself. The Goddess knew that I didn't know where I was

world and lifestyle aren't what I want for

a few weeks left to find a pack that would be willing to accept someone

promise you that." I whispered to my baby, caressing my belly after I laid on

my legs for the past few days. I didn't want to be seen in town so I preferred walking at

arms of sleep, resting even though I was still conscious of my surroundings. Letting

words to myself just like I have been

least that was what I

in my sleep due to the commotion outside, and before I could even

A rotten smell invaded my nose, that one word resounding in my ears just

was having a bad dream but I knew better than to keep them close because

sweetheart." The foul smell attacked my nostrils again and while I struggled to make out the face of the person whose strength could hold a heavily pregnant woman in the air like I weigh nothing, the feminine voice boomed

in the darkness of my temporary home. She was here to kill me. I didn't bother to ask why nor did I ask her who placed a price on my head. "Spare me. For my baby's

as well and I have nothing to worry about- I thought to myself despite my

mental note of the woman's strong physique, my eyes scanning her with every step she took towards me. "I'll never go back there and you can claim the price on my head but please don't kill me." She could have the money. Alpha Raiden sure has

shouldn't be pregnant. How are you-" Her voice broke and she stopped walking when my back hit the wall, trapping me. Her fingers settled on my belly,

on to hope as those fingers accessed me but all hope was lost when the woman before me began to laugh heartily. My eyes widened in shock when her fingers dug into the skin of my stomach, hurting me as she announced, "Even better, sweetheart. Ripping the baby out of you and taking its body along with your

Us?

She wasn't alone?