Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 217 Nightmares

Sleep did not come easily.

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Darkness swallowed me whole, thick and suffocating. Shadows moved within it, shifting and writhing, until they took shape.

Werewolves appeared, their eyes gleaming, sharp and merciless.They towered over me, circling like predators, their laughter low and menacing.

I tried to move, to fight, to run–but my limbs felt like lead.

Suddenly, the scene twisted; I was no longer trapped in darkness but running.

The forest stretched endlessly ahead, trees blurring past as I stumbled forward. Branches tore at my skin, roots threatened to trip me, but I couldn’t stop.

Behind me, the werewolves gave chase, their snarls growing louder, closer.

But my path was cut short. The ground vanished beneath my feet, and I skidded to a halt.

A steep cliff loomed ahead.

I glanced down, but there was nothing to see–just a gaping void, endless and ravenous.

Footsteps sounded behind me. Sharp. Measured.

I turned. It was a lithe woman, the ends of her heels clapping against the ground as she sauntered up to me.

It was Heidi.

She stood poised, her lips curling into a cruel smile. The light caught her features, twisting beauty into something unnatural. “Caden belongs to me,” she said. Her voice was smooth as silk, yet it coiled around me like a snake. “No one will take him from me. Not even you, Rosaline.”

Then she reached out. And shoved me. I fell.

The pit of my stomach

snapping open. The cabin lights above cast a dim glow, steady and familiar. The hum of the plane’s engines filled the

chest rising and falling as I forced myself to

you alright?” The voices were immediate, layered with

dry.

had felt

Too real.

had I dreamed

past few days?

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Chapter 217 Nightmares

hand to my forehead. Cold sweat clung

sharpened. “You’re pale. Are you sure

though

look.” Hughie rose without hesitation

placed two fingers against my wrist,

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fine. The past few days have worn you

I hadn’t realized I

avalanche, those two harrowing days trapped in the cave, the frantic rush to find Hughie, and the long

an Alpha’s

of lemon water,” Caden said abruptly, his voice calm

polished

drink with both hands.

take a sip. Instead, he turned to me and held out the glass. “You like this. Drink some–it’ll

then

fingers brushed against his palm.

stirred

He remembered?

want some lemon water too.” Heidi latched onto his arm, her voice light, almost

as he glanced at the flight