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

Chapter 87

Glen and Veronica were kept in a severely guarded house that they temporally used as a prison cell.

When Daran and Janet walked in, a doctor was examining Veronica’s condition. She was awake already but looked very tired and wan.

“How is she, doctor?” Janet asked.

“If she swallowed the whole pill, she would be dead by now. The good news is that half of that pill isn’t enough to kill her. But the bad news is that it damaged her throat, permanently.”

Everyone rounded their eyes in shock.

“Are you saying that she can’t talk again? That she lost her voice?” Glen asked urgently.

The doctor sighed, “I am afraid so.”

Glen held Veronica’s hand at a loss. The couple looked at each other with tears gleaming in their eyes.

Jared stepped out of the crowd, “Glen.”

Glen quickly cast a glance at him and then looked down. There was a shameful look on his face.

“Alpha Jared…” he said in a quivering voice, “I don’t know what to say…I am sorry…for everything…”

“You should be.”

Jared crossed his arms, looking grim and serious.

“Us Silver Claw men are all very proud of how dedicated we are to our partners. But that is no excuse for you to betray your own men! Alpha Daran was right about one thing: You can’t make up for what you did with a simple apology. You have to take responsibility.”

Glen’s shoulders slumped.

He looked down–hearted.

“You can kill me and toss my body to the wildness to feed the wild animals. I am fine with that,” he said in a defeated tone. “But please set Veronica free. It was my idea to take the Rogue King’s offer. Not hers.”

Tears rushed down Veronica’s face.

She shook her head hastily, trying to say something in tears. But her throat was destroyed. She could only make a few muffled sounds that nobody could make sense of.

“Or maybe there is an alternative way,” Janet said.

She walked up to Veronica and placed her hand on top of Veronica’s, “You were trying to save your loved ones. I get it. Now you can do the same thing by giving us information about the Rogue King.”

Veronica looked at her.

Suspicion flickered across her eyes.

“With such information, we will conquer the Rogue King and rescue your family out of his hands. I can’t promise that you won’t be punished after that. But at least in the meantime, you get to spend more time with Glen.”

Jared echoed, “Janet is right. So what do you say, Glen? Do you prefer to be executed tomorrow? Or enjoy some quality time with her while correcting your own mistake?”

Glen looked hesitated.

turned to look

no matter what,” he said in

cried in silence. Shakily, she planted

and made a hand gesture, asking for something

write with.

her a piece of

over and handed Veronica a pad

Then she started writing.

Rogue King. Man.

the word

believe that the Rogue King is a man. We get it,” Daran said deeply. “Anything else? Have you heard about the

Veronica nodded.

pair of high mountains with steep cliffs and a gap in

from the Great Canyon, she drew

drew a

wrote down three words beside that

The Grace Ruin.

“The Grace Ruin?”

looked closely at her hand–drawn map,

Rogue

Veronica nodded.

pointed at that winding road to the North and then

1. it.

and Janet exchanged a look of

were all gathered by the Great Canyon,” Janet said in a low voice. “Because that is their only way back to their

Ruin is not their

is not their

his head with a

heard about this place. It was once called the Graceland, a beautiful and fertile highland. Until the rogues took it and

do we do know?” Steven asked cagerly, “Shall we take our best

Janet frowned with worry.

of sending the

still tired from the latest battle.

most importantly, they still knew too

that they would fall right

was thinking about how to voice out her concerns when

our horses

while glancing around the

come back very soon. Let them come to us this time. And we will take the chance to learn more about them. Until then, I don’t want to send any more men deep into the Rogue

out a small sigh of relief

exactly what

amazing how Daran and she could connect to each

do this

they all left and went back to

by the door before

could ask you out for dinner

was caught off guard by his proposal. And Daran was walking right behind

“Where to?”

in an

remind you that the whole city was burned to the ground? And there was not a