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

into me from the side. The force sent me sprawling to the ground. I roared, twisting to see two hunters pinning me down, their knees

this time, the drug hit harder. My vision blurred, the edges of the world growing hazy. My wolf fought against the pull of unconsciousness, his growls turning

I felt it–that flicker. The connection with my wolf stuttered, like a flame about to go

now. Not like

into my chest. I tried to reach for him, to pull him back, but

leave me now, this is a fucking

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was there, but barely

at him. “Hang on until they’re all dead. For Ava. You can’t

wasn’t smooth or naturalit was forceful, almost violent like a door being slammed shut. It didn’t matter. He was

my wolf howled, the send echoing both in my mind and through the clearing. The hunters stumbled back, their

them shouted,

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

hell is this thing?!” someone screamed, but I didn’t

matter. My wolf pushed

the next 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 scream was cut short,

down?!” someone cried, desperation thick in

a demon!” another

reveal bloodstained fangs. The scent of fear in the air was intoxicating, spurring me on as I took them down one

unstoppable force fueled by fury

him. His flashlight shook in his grip, the beam

back!” he stammered, his voice quivering. “What… what sort of monster are you?”

teeth sinking into his neck. The coppery taste of blood flooded my mouth as his body went limp in my jaws.

then it

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

off. My body ached in ways I hadn’t felt in years, but the satisfaction of knowing they were all gone the ones

The satisfaction was bittersweet as