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.

said about the rogues. About how

Janet stayed in silence.

was the first time they spoke to one another

them used to be my daily

deep grief in Kass’s brown

you still questioning my loyalty?”

sighed and tried to walk past Kass. But he grabbed her hand and stopped

hissed, “I told you my secret because I trusted you! If I want, I can still keep you in the dark as I have done in the past! Would you

truth the minute you joined our army! Not wait till you become the captain and

still trust me the same? I know you wouldn’t! We all see how

think there is a reason for that? You

I am not

from the

Glen standing a few steps away from them while looking at

Glen narrowed

answered on his behalf, “Nothing. We were just

flicker of doubt appeared in Glen’s eyes. But eventually, he chose to say nothing. “Other Gammas and I are cooking dinner,” Glen smiled. “You

nodded, “Sure. You head out first. I’ll come

waved his hands and disappeared behind the

back to Kass and whispered, “I can’t keep this thing any longer. Tomorrow, I will tell Daran. He will decide

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

But as the leader, he deserves to know!” Janet

Janet didn’t let him finish and walked away hastily. She knew if she stayed any longer, she would turn

4 Gammas sitting around a campfire.

these cookies are so dry. I think it is hurting my tongue!” Jeff

had a field ration before?” Glen

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

Claw is always short

right. It tasted like overnight water with dirty

it either. When she was living under the Diaz’s roof, she

us that you were arguing

up. Steven was staring at her

“Nothing,” Janet replied briefly.

to give them more information than they need to know,

you to lecture me on

each other