Longing For My Rejected Luna

Chapter 29

*****Erika's POV*****

"Trouble?!" Both my best friends echoed in bewilderment.

At the mention of a possible trouble in the pack, the influence the alcohol was having over me left in the blink of an eye, even the seriousness in his tone was enough to make me sit up so fast that my head paid a little price for it — slight banging on both temples.

I shook my head to get the headache away but I ended up worsening it. I came down from the bed. "What trouble?"

"Father is back."

"And why is that trouble? He went for a meeting for a meeting...wait!" My heart thudded. "The meeting didn't go well and other packs have declared war on us?"Hoping it was not the case.

We would surely win but I hated the thought of war, it brought a lot of innocent werewolves into the mix. Those who instigated the war usually survived, leaving the innocent pack members to die.

And when it came to war, Iron Claw was not to be trifled with, and every pack in Fangoria would suffer for it. So, I just prayed it was not that worse.

"No, worse." The look on Jace's face was grave. It quickened the beat of my heart.

"Tell me, Jace." I took all of my willpower not yell at him.

He sighed then, his shoulders sagged and his eyes glazed with unshed tears. Kat,

his mate ran to his side and held him. "What is wrong?"

"Father has been poisoned." He growled after uttering those words, punching a wall in my room in anger.

I staggered back, not believing my ears.

had enemies, people who were envious of his pack and

werewolves hated father because he commanded more attention than they did. But was that enough reason to kill him? Was that why they wanted

okay, Rika." A distressed Paula

Take me there now Jace. I want to

comfort and I knew he wanted that too. A reminder we had each other to get through this time. He was our father and only parent, he was all

we walked to where the pack's infirmary was. I gripped Jace tight and he gripped back as well. We both welcomed the need to hold on to each

On a normal day, I would have engaged in a little chitchat with them but today was

left in. Our hospital was the biggest too in the whole of Fangoria, whatever amenities needed to

that other packs did not. Was this why someone would want to kill my father? The only parent I had?

tears away but they

panic fluttered in my stomach as

Your highness." The doctor in charge of the hospital greeted us as soon as we stepped

was the only rooms there and they were for our family.

left my lips. I went to

fell on his cloth, this was not the cloth he'd worn just this morning when I'd seen him. They had adorned him with a

many machines, doctor?" I asked, my voice shaky

side was his mate, Kat and Paula. I

here. My gaze went back to

to suck the wolfsbane

"Wolfsbane? Was all these

lying almost lifeless. The heart monitor beeping irregularly, my eyes fixated themselves on the

he was still

I asked again. Oh Mother of the Moon, please

him heal and

he not saying anything? He exchanged a look with my brother. What were they not telling