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.

to him? I knew father had enemies, people who

was that enough reason to kill him? Was that

okay, Rika." A distressed Paula

me there now Jace. I want

a hand and I took it, mostly for comfort and I knew he wanted that too. A reminder we

took. I stepped out of the mansion and we walked to

passed nurses and other medical practitioners in the hospital, both of us ignoring their bows and greetings. On a normal day, I would have engaged in a little chitchat with them but today was not a normal one. From the beginning of this day, it had been filled with

whole of Fangoria, whatever amenities needed to survive

Was this why someone would want to kill my

tears away but

on strong, panic fluttered in my stomach as fear squeezed

in charge of the hospital greeted us as soon as we stepped feet

the hospital, that was the only rooms there and they

forward as a panicked cry left my lips. I

bad? Droplets of my tears fell on his cloth, this was not the cloth he'd worn just this morning when I'd seen him. They

many machines, doctor?" I asked, my voice

was his mate, Kat and

here. My

wolfsbane from his system." The

"Wolfsbane? Was all these

lying almost lifeless. The heart monitor beeping

was the evidence he was

I asked again.

him heal and do

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