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

nearest line of hunters, something heavy crashed into me from the side. The force sent

harder. My vision blurred, the edges of the world growing hazy. My wolf fought against the pull of unconsciousness, his growls

I felt it–that flicker. The connection with my wolf

now. Not like this.

as panic clawed its way into my chest. I tried to reach for him, to pull him back, but it was Hike grasping at smoke.

me now, this is a fucking bad

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but barely fis presence flickered like a dying flame, and I

him. “Hang on until they’re all dead. For

place, but it wasn’t smooth or naturalit

flood, and my wolf howled, the send echoing both in my mind and through the

them shouted, his voice

of the nearest hunter, blood spraying across the ground as he crumpled to the earth. Another raised his rifle, but was on him before he could fire. My teeth sank into his shoulder, bone crunching under the

thing?!” someone screamed, but I didn’t stop to

matter. My wolf pushed through the numbing effect, fueled by the

hunter, his trembling hands fumbling with a net. He barely had time to raise it before I tore through him, my claws slashing through flesh like paper. His

it going down?!” someone cried, desperation thick in his voice.

demon!”

spurring me on as I took them down one by one. Their

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

stammered, his voice quivering. “What…

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

then it happened.

leaving me hollow. My body shifted against my will, bones cracking and reshaping as I collapsed to the ground in my human

began to wear off. My body ached in ways I hadn’t felt in years, but

shattered weapons, and trampled earth. Not a single hunter had survived. The satisfaction was bittersweet as I realized there was nothing left of their clothing to use. My wolf had torn