The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 149

Chapter 149

Grayson’s POV

The crack of a gunshot ripped through the air, and I felt the sharp impact of something grazing my side. My wolf snarled in fury, his instincts roaring to the surface. The pain only fueled us as we circled the clearing, the hunters tightening their formation around Ava’s cage.

“Stay back!” one of them barked, his flashlight trembling in his grip. The scent of fear rolled off him in waves.

My wolf ignored the command. I bared my teeth, a guttural grow rising in my chest as I crouched low, ready to strike. The hunters hesitated, their confidence faltering.

“Is that thing even a normal wolf?” another muttered, his voice tinged with doubt.

“It doesn’t matter!” the leader snapped. “Focus! Take it down before it gets any closer.”

Another tranquilizer dart whizzed past me, narrowly missing my neck. My wolf growled, surging forward despite the heaviness in my limbs. The tranquilizers were wearing me down but my determination to reach Ava burned hotter than the drug’s numbing effects

Ava’s scent was everywhere, sharp and filled with the coppery tang of blood. My eyes darted to her cage again. She wasn’t moving, her fur matted and her breathing shallow. The sight sent a fresh wave of anger crashing over me. They had hurt

Another dart hit my side, this one embedding deep. I stumbled but didn’t fall, shaking it off with a snarl that made the nearest hunter flinch.

“Why isn’t it going down?!” one of them shouted, panic creeping into his voice.

The leader cursed under his breath. “Use the nets! Take it alive if we can!”

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Two of them moved swiftly, flinging a thick, reinforced net in my direction. My wolf twisted mid–lunge, narrowly avoiding it. I snapped at the closest hunter, my jaws closing inches from his arm. He scrambled back, tripping over a fallen branch. “Stay on it!” the leader barked, his tone sharp with authority. “We’re not losing this one!”

More hunters moved in, their weapons raised, forming a wall of bodies between me and Ava. My w wanted blood. He wanted to tear through them, to protect what was his.

Iv wolf’s

rage

boiled over. He

from the side. The force sent me

drug hit harder. My vision blurred, the edges of the

a haze of pain and rage, and then I felt it–that flicker. The connection with

now. Not like this.

panic clawed its way into my chest. I tried to reach

you’re about to leave me now, this is a fucking bad time,”

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moment, then the faintest response a low, guntural growl of pante. He was there, but barely fis presence flickered like a dying flame, and I could feel

they’re all dead.

felt the bond between unap back into place, but it wasn’t smooth or naturalit was forceful, almost violent like a door being slammed shut. It didn’t matter. He was back, and that was all

and through the clearing. The hunters stumbled

of them shouted, his voice cracking with

they could react. My claws raked through the chest of the nearest hunter, blood spraying across the ground as he crumpled to

is this thing?!” someone screamed, but I

dart hit my back, the needle barely piercing my thick hide. It didn’t matter. My wolf pushed through the numbing effect, fueled by the unrelenting need to protect Ava.

I tore through him, my claws

it going down?!” someone cried, desperation

demon!”

spurring me on as I took them down

another, but it was useless. My wolf and I were one, an unstoppable force fueled by fury and bloodlust. I ripped through

over roots and fallen bodies as I stalked toward him. His flashlight shook in his grip, the beam dancing wildly across the clearing.

he stammered, his voice quivering. “What… what sort of monster are

him, my teeth sinking into his neck. The coppery taste of

then it

against my will, bones cracking and reshaping as I collapsed to the ground in my human form. Pain exploded through me, and I let out

as the adrenaline began to wear off. My body ached in ways I hadn’t felt in years, but the satisfaction of knowing they were all gone the ones who had hurt Ava-was worth every ounce

survived. The satisfaction was bittersweet as I realized there was nothing left of their