Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

13. My Buried Past

AURELIA

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*FIVE YEARS LATER*

"This is just the beginning, Lia. Get your ass up!"

Alpha Tristan's voice echoed through the sparing section of the field. My ringing head and sore muscles protested as I pushed myself off the floor.

"Clear your head and focus on your opponent. She won't go easy on you just because you have fallen a thousand times in the last fifteen minutes." His voice hit my eardrums again and again, I obeyed him, forcing my gaze to stay focused on the fierce brunette who had used my body as a mop to clean the field floor since we started sparring fifteen minutes ago.

The fierce brunette, Jessica, smirked at me, "Listen to the Alpha, Lia. Going easy on you isn't an option in my cookbook."

"I can only hope killing me during training isn't in that book of yours as well, Jesi." I retorted with a plea but amusement flashed through Jessica's eyes as she threw another punch my way.

I dodged.

Yet I found my body crashing to the floor again before I could protect my legs from Jessica. "Gosh, you're fast." I lamented, getting up before Alpha Tristan interfered.

"You can't keep giving me the chance and expect me not to take it, Lia." Jessica countered with a shrug and a smile that told me she was pleased with herself.

I would take her down this time but Alpha Tristan announced, "That's enough for the day, ladies." His gruff voice still carried the same amount of authority it did the

he ordered his men to kill me even though I was in labor and this close to bleeding to

getting started, Alpha." I pouted, smiling sheepishly at the

Tristan's brown curls bounced with every step he took closer to Jessica and me, his muscular body taking up the space but I wasn't surprised when he returned my smile with one of his mesmerizing ones. "Take it easy, Lia. Jessica is still the best female

bowed her head in respect to Alpha Tristan before she said to me, "To take my crown, you have to regain your strength." Jessica's eyes lingered on Alpha Tristan's frame but she soon excused herself to join the other warriors in the field. I knew she had a thing for Alpha Tristan who had never looked at any woman with affection since I opened my eyes in the hospital room and saw him

was I kidding? He hardly looked at any woman even though he was a handsome, wealthy, and powerful Alpha of Black Fur Pack except one who had him wrapped

couldn't be more grateful to him, after all, I owed

Alpha Tristan looked at me, probably thinking about how to grade my performance in the sparring field this morning, my mind floated through memories and

sa-sake, s-save my ba-ba-" I had begged him before I lost consciousness on the rough floor of his pack border five years ago and even though I assumed that would be the end, I discovered it was just the beginning when I regained consciousness and opened my eyes to

killed me or locked me up or even left me to die in the forest but he took me

to Alpha Tristan who was nothing but a terrifying stranger to me back then. I had jolted off the bed when

moved closer to me, pinned me to the bed, and said to me, "The babies

had a man been that gentle with me. It

had muttered to him with tears in my eyes

them. You were passed out but the healers performed a cesarean surgery and saved your lives." Those were his exact words as he reassured me

still wonder why Alpha Tristan had been so careful with me as he led me to the strange room with tubs that had my babies' tiny bodies. Since they were born prematurely, they had to stay in the incubator for days

I buried my past that second and answered, "Lia and the place

Lia was born. As the years went by and with the help of Alpha Tristan and

was different now. I had become a