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 at

in a low voice. “This

she planted a kiss on

she turned to face the crowd and made a hand gesture, asking for something

write with.

piece of paper and pen!” Janet

rushed over and handed Veronica a pad and a

Then she started writing.

Rogue King. Man.

underlined the

it,” Daran said deeply. “Anything else? Have you heard about

Veronica nodded.

drew a pair of high mountains with steep cliffs and

from the Great Canyon, she drew a road winding

a large city and a castle in

wrote down three words

The Grace Ruin.

“The Grace Ruin?”

closely at her hand–drawn map, “Is it the rogue’s

Rogue King

Veronica nodded.

the North

1. it.

Janet exchanged a

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

Ruin is not

is

his head with

once called the Graceland, a beautiful and fertile highland. Until the rogues took it and turned

we do know?” Steven asked cagerly, “Shall we take our best men and go snatch

Janet frowned with worry.

the idea of

still tired from the latest

still knew too little about the

feeling that they would fall right into his trap again

to voice out her concerns

hold our horses

deeply while glancing

soon. Let them come to us this time. And we will take the chance to learn more about them.

out a small sigh of relief

exactly what she

amazing how Daran and she could connect to each other

even do this with

about this. So they all left and

the door before she

I could

walking right behind Janet. He heard what Jared said and his face darkened

“Where to?”

said in an ironic

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