Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

74. Spineless Wimp

AURELIA

No. No. No.

Jessica shouldn't have revealed herself so that she could poke the bear. I could have handled Larisa and distracted her long enough for Jessica to arrive with help. She should have gone in search of help. Heck! We needed help.

Larisa had a gun... not just any gun. A gun with silver bullets and one of those bullets could end Jessica's life and mine... and Kyle's. Still, Jessica wore her pride like a second skin... like I hadn't been shot by Larisa's men who I failed to perceive until I crashed on my knees.

This was one of the countless times I wished I could access Jessica's mind like a pack member but spending almost six years in Black Fur Pack wasn't enough to make me an official member-

"You've got guts," Larisa mumbled, disbelief loud in her voice.

Rather than keep her mouth shut, Jessica snorted, her footsteps sounding closer by the second, "What can I say?" She paused just as she stopped beside me, holding Larisa's gaze without flinching, "I'm not a spineless wimp."

Saying Larisa was pissed would be the understatement of the century. She pulled the cold tip of the gun off my head, pointing it at Jessica who remained calm while my son was yanked along with her.

amount of pain. I could just tell that the pain I was feeling right now couldn't compare to the one eating my son away yet Larisa didn't release him as she hissed at Jessica, "Initially, I thought you would be alive to bury your supposed to be Luna

spat her way. Pain took over my senses when I tried to push myself off the floor. Kneeling before Larisa made me look pathetic and

arrows even though I did that to keep Jessica safe but now, I realized that I had compromised my chances of saving Kyle before my poor baby collapsed. I cried internally,

tearing it to dig deeper into me. Inara's silence and my dizzy state were evidence that the arrows had introduced poison into my system. I couldn't tell what kind of poison and I could only hope that it wasn't the kind that would

on, Inaka. Jessica

I need you to heal me. We need to save Kyle. We can't let Larisa's silly games stop us from saving Kyle,

Jessica's words completely.

days I didn't have a wolf within me. What if I never get Inara back? What if- Oh, dear

gasped out loud as the wound on my bleeding thigh stung, sharp pain spreading through my body. It was as if a force was sucking life out of me yet I managed to voice my relief to Inara, "Thank

was mute because I had

it from your body until you created one by yanking one of the arrows and opening a path for me." As soon as Inara

system?" I asked, unable to believe how fast my wolf

wound and neither will I encourage you to remove the other arrows but

Inara's voice drastically became

very conscious of the surroundings, and she sent me a signal I didn't understand before pushing Larisa off the hill with these words,

myself but I soon understood her signal when she fooled Larisa into