Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

82. Flesh and Bones

AURELIA

"I came here to fetch you," Andrew responded after he recovered from what I presumed was the smell and the sight of those behind me. "Alpha Raiden asked me to come after you after he realized that you were missing."

Fuck! Raiden knew I wasn't with Katie. How did he find out?

"How did you find me or this place?" I finally asked the question in my subconsciousness.

Andrew's eyes shifted from one dark corner of the basement to another, shock glinting in his eyes. "Raiden told me you'd be around here but I didn't expect to see a hut or whatever this place is. I've never come across this structure. It was never here."

It was clear to me that Andrew was still trying to wrap his mind around the very existence of this place and he further confirmed it when he said, "What the hell is this place?"

Iris's weak voice broke out, beating me to respond, "A dark place Larisa created to keep innocent people... just to use them as leverage."

Andrew's brows furrowed and he stepped closer, tilting his head to the side to have a better view of the people behind me. He gasped audibly, "I-iris?" That was more of a question than a statement.

"In the flesh. Wrinkled and smelly but still me, Drew." Iris answered with familiarity and fondness.

"How is this possible? You left the pack and cut any means of communication-" Andrew began.

of communication, Drew and Ronald and I never made it out of the pack. We fell into Larisa's trap and she has been keeping us here for the past-" Iris's voice broke and she seemed to be lost in thought. "She lost track of time,

to complete her statement as Andrew crouched before her and pulled

would say the same, child, but anyone would miss the outside world if they have been

impatient. If I was in their shoes, I'd want to escape this place as soon as possible. Realizing this, I voiced to Andrew, "We

with tears in his eyes. It'd be inhuman not to feel sad after discovering

was about to tell Andrew about my desire to peel Larisa's skin off her body but I changed my mind as this wasn't the place. "Let's

to the cells. He stretched out his fingers to access the metals before I could warn him about

Ronald is here." I quickly babbled to divert Andrew's attention. Fortunately, my efforts paid off. Andrew forgot about the cell as he remembered that Ronald was

clue, five

like chainsaws and blankets for the people. More people were let out and the total number overwhelmed me. I couldn't believe Larisa would go to these

legs and I pondered on the thoughts that were zapping through her mind. "There's no one here but there are rotting pieces of flesh and bones." A warrior announced from

to tighten and seeing her

tried to calm her. "Stay

I'd been asking myself if Kyle was also kept here but I sacrificed my needs to stay with Iris while Andrew oversaw the extraction of Ronald's remains. "Please take Iris out, Aurelia.

bother to resist

people crying and hugging. I saw broken family members struggling to

to come for them," Inara mumbled into my head, each word carved out of pure

pack has become after you left." Iris