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.

down this time but Alpha Tristan announced, "That's enough for the day, ladies." His gruff voice still carried the same amount of

his men to kill me even though I was

just getting started, Alpha." I pouted, smiling sheepishly at the same man who had ordered my death five years

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 warrior in

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 handsome, wealthy, and powerful Alpha of Black

be more grateful to him, after

looked at me, probably thinking about how to grade my performance in the sparring field this morning,

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 see Alpha Tristan watching me closely in a private room in

have killed me or locked me up or even left me to die in the forest but he took me to the hospital, cleaned me up, and let

first word I said to Alpha Tristan who was nothing but a terrifying stranger to me back then. I had jolted off the bed when I touched my flat but stitched belly. I didn't remember pushing out my baby and the thought of

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

with me.

tears in my eyes and with a constant throb in

and saved your lives." Those were his

see them now!" Even now, five years later, I 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 while I recovered. "What's your name and where are you from?" Alpha Tristan had asked

my past that second and answered, "Lia

and with the help of Alpha Tristan and the friends I had made here, I have been able to sculpt Lia into a woman I

was different now. I had