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.

I do first? Guide me through

let it out. Since Larisa mentioned that she learned and practiced dark magic, our

released our aura. My eyelids fluttered before

I struggled with containing and getting

similar to the sharpness I usually experience whenever

the floor, hear sounds that I didn't sense before now, and perceive thousands of scents from the

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

simply inhaled deeply, tasting the different scents on my tongue and listening for any weird

abilities would help me find whatever it was I was supposed to be looking for but all of a sudden, among the thousands

hear those..." I breathed to

didn't disappoint me when she replied, "Heartbeats." She added, "And what's that smell? It's coming from the earth... down below, Relia but also

I gasped, "Underground."

until I came in contact with something, an

my head,

see it," I complained, pushing against what I assumed was the dark force

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

I didn't have to be told. It was clear that I didn't

wasting another

to move around the

fingers. It took a few seconds for me to find a loose part and I assumed it was the entrance. I pushed

a w-window." Inara stuttered.

lunge upward, blindly jumping through the space my fingers found. Instinctively, my eyes closed and didn't open until I crashed against another hard surface. "It really was a