Kidnapped and Rejected – The Return of Alpha’s Luna by Moon Claw

Chapter 75

The next morning at dawn, all the troops departed from the packhouse and left for Crimson Fortress.

The Fortress was about 800 miles far from the packhouse, which would take them roughly 2 days on the road.

As they headed towards the north, the weather started to get colder, and the daylight

shortened. The wind that gushed through the woods turned from soothing to icy and bitter. Tresses in the northern region were more sparse and stunted. One time when Janet looked up to the sky, she was astonished to find that there was frosting on the tree branches.

The terrible weather was not the only thing they had to face along the way. They also

encountered many refugees from the North.

Many of these refugees were once residents of the Crimson Fortress. But the took their houses and chased them out. Now they had nowhere else to go.

rogues

“It was brutal,” said one refugee to Daran. “They ravaged our city, set our houses on fire, and killed many people. Some of us tried to fight back but the rogues captured them, peeled their clothes off, and let them freeze to death. They said that they wanted to make more of these ‘human popsicles‘…We are just lucky enough to get out of that living hell.”

There was a look of grief and anger on everyone’s face when they heard it.

And Daran asked, “The Crimson Fortress is guarded by a large group of soldiers. Why didn’t they protect you?”

The refugee let out a bitter laugh, “The rogues mingled with residents like us and got passed by the guards easily. Then they started an attack at midnight from within the city. Who would have thought? They looked just like us. There was no way to identify a rogue from the citizens.”

Janet’s face grew dark.

Angelina was right. These rogues were cunning as hell. They might not be as trained as they were, but they were definitely good at pulling dirty schemes.

Daran went to talk to his captains. He was thinking about having a group of soldiers from the main force escorting these refugees back to the packhouse. He also needed to contact the elders and ask them to help these people get back on their feet.

The day was getting dark. So they decided to camp out in the woods for tonight while

Daran took care of those refugees.

After talking to some of the refugees, Janet returned to their camp with a heavy heart.

On her way back, she found Kass leaning against a tree outside of a tent. He seemed to be waiting for her.

About how brutal they were,” Kass spoke up first, his

Janet stayed in silence.

was the first time they spoke to

used to be my

deep grief in Kass’s

are you still questioning

past Kass. But he grabbed her hand and stopped her

keep ignoring me like this?” Kass hissed, “I told you my secret because I trusted you! If I want, I can

you should do is tell me the truth the minute you joined our army! Not wait till you become the captain

you in the beginning, would you still trust me the same? I know you wouldn’t! We all

there is a reason for that? You see

I am not

from the back, “Hey are you guys fighting

found Glen standing a few steps

narrowed his eyes. “Did something

on his behalf, “Nothing. We were just talking about the plan for tomorrow.

But eventually, he chose to say nothing. “Other Gammas and

You head out first. I’ll come over in

hands and

Kass and whispered, “I can’t keep this thing any longer. Tomorrow,

in shock, “He will rip my throat apart within a blink of an eye! And you are

won’t let him kill you. But as the leader, he deserves to know!” Janet snapped. “No. Please don’t do

and walked away hastily. She knew if she stayed any longer, she would

the other 4 Gammas sitting around a campfire. They were having some

dry. I think it is hurting my tongue!” Jeff

a field ration before?” Glen

instant coffee in it. These are complete garbage,” Jeff made a puking face. “Don’t tell me you are

it. Silver Claw is always short on food supplies. Our field ration is

right. It tasted like overnight water with dirty rags soaked in

When she was living under the Diaz’s roof, she had

you were arguing with that soldier of yours, Kass. Did something

her

“Nothing,” Janet replied briefly.

them more information than

on the ground, “I don’t need you to lecture me on how to communicate with

turned cold. They glared at each other across the campfire. The atmosphere gradually tensed