Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

80. Underground

AURELIA

I lied to Raiden and I wasn't sorry.

I couldn't bring myself to be sorry even though my heart ached to be with my son or at least see Katie for the first time in days. I felt sorry for my kids but my legs didn't stop moving towards the same place Larisa clawed at my already fragile life. The same place Jess had her last breath.

"Are you sure about this?" Even Inara asked me.

My wolf knew I was determined to check every corner of the forest. I've to find Larisa and skin her alive, bit by fucking bit before anyone else finds her.

"I've no doubts. Killing that bitch is important and I can't put anyone else at risk." I responded the second I arrived in the vicinity. I could feel the strange energy I felt that day radiating, however, I couldn't see the source. I added, giving the control of my senses to my wolf, "I trust you to help me find her."

"I'll help but I don't think we'll find her here. I can't sense her." Inara explained, sniffing the air through my nostrils. "You're right about the strange energy though. It's still here but weaker than it was three nights ago."

Despite my wolf's words, I hoped that Larisa would still be around. Goddess, how I would make that bitch suffer before kicking her into the furnace of hell. That would be my way of protecting everyone I've ever loved from her.

If Jess was gone because of her, she shouldn't remain alive.

It wasn't fair-

I quickly caught myself before tears rolled down my cheeks. I've to be focused if I wish to resolve the mystery of Larisa's hideout.

Clearing my thoughts, I looked around the forest and said to my wolf, "If it's weaker, we should be able to penetrate, right?"

"Absolutely." Inara chimed confidently.

first? Guide me through the process." I practically

simple. I'll release our accumulated spiritual energy and you will let it out. Since Larisa mentioned that she learned and practiced dark magic, our energy would bounce off her darkness and that'd lead us to the

be as clear as possible and I trusted her to guide me as she released our aura. My eyelids fluttered before closing and my mind opened, energy tingling at the tip of

instructed, surprisingly calm while I struggled with containing and getting used to the energy crackling

was similar to the sharpness I usually experience whenever I shift into

sounds that I didn't sense before now, and perceive thousands of scents

Relia. This won't last long." Inara cautioned me, making it known that we'd burn out soon.

ask Inara how I was supposed to do that but I simply inhaled deeply, tasting the different scents on my tongue and listening for any weird sound. If I couldn't see, I might as well use my other senses just like I did the

and doubting that my unsharpened abilities would help me find whatever it was I was supposed to be looking for but all of a sudden, among the thousands of sounds in the forest, I found

I

what's that smell? It's coming from the earth... down below, Relia but also straight

I gasped, "Underground."

entrance on the surface." Inara completed and my legs grew a mind of their own as they began to move forward, carrying me towards nothing until I came in contact with something, an invisible surface. In fact, I collided with it, head-first. "Ouch." I wince, rubbing

her words ringing in my head,

still can't see it," I complained, pushing against what I assumed was the dark

she instructed, sounding breathless. "Find an entrance. You will see as soon as you gain access to the structure. Just go around and find

broke and I immediately felt fatigue kicking against my determination. I didn't have to be told. It

wasting another

to move around

assumed it was the entrance. I pushed against it but while my fingers

Inara

open