The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 248

Chapter 248

-Ava’s POV-

“Hey, wait up!” I shouted, trying not to slip as I hopped from stone to stone, attempting to catch up with her–or rather, catch up with me.

This was beyond weird.

I had seen her before this other version of myself. And usually, whenever she appeared, it was for the sole purpose of taunting me, throwing cryptic nonsense my way, or making my life significantly more frustrating. But this time, she wasn’t here to mess with my head. At least, not yet,

She wasn’t showing me something painful. She wasn’t sneering at me with that all–knowing smirk. No, she was simply… walking. Leading me somewhere.

And that was what made this entire situation feel wrong.

Okay–not as wrong as the fact that I was currently having a full–blown conversation with myself,

I finally caught up to her, panting slightly, and she let out a dramatic sigh, shaking her head like she was personally offended by my lack of endurance.

“We’re inside your unconsciousness, genius,” She said flatly, “Do I have to teach you everything? You could’ve just thought of a car to get us there faster. It would’ve appeared. All you have to do is focus on what you want.”

I paused, staring at her,” “That works?”

She gave me a slow blink, as if deeply disappointed in me.

I exhaled and shut my eyes, focusing. A car. I need a car.

Silence. I cracked one eye open. Nothing.

I frowned, confused, only to find her standing there, biting her lip–struggling not to burst into laughter.

Then she lost the battle.

She doubled over, laughing so hard she had to grip her stomach, “Oh my goddess, you are so gullible.”

My glare could have melted steel, “That’s not funny. I actually believed you weren’t going to be a pain in the ass this time.”

She wiped an imaginary tear from her eye and rolled her shoulders, completely unfazed by my death stare, “Yeah, well. You should know better by now.”

I exhaled through my nose, forcing myself to let it go before I actually punched myself in the face–literally. Instead, I followed as she continued walking through this endless, fog–covered terrain.

After several minutes of silence, I sighed, “How much longer until we get there?”

She shrugged without slowing down, “No clue. But we will know when we are there.”

I gave her a look, “That is the least helpful answer you could’ve given me.”

A smirk played at her lips. “Try summoning a car again. Maybe that will get us there faster.”

I groaned, “You’re the worst.”

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you’re still following

but said nothing.

little further before I hesitated. Then, softer this time, I asked, “Do you really think we can get him back? Even though it’s been

hesitate.

me, but I swallowed it down, “How?

this a hundred times before. “Because when people like us die–werewolves,

are real?” I blurted

me slowly, her face blank. I

why you don’t understand

my mouth

muttering under her breath before continuing, “When supernatural beings die, they don’t immediately pass on. They go to the In–Between–a place between your world and the afterlife. There, they have to accept that they are dead

still here this

you when you are in a deep state of unconsciousness. And in case you haven’t noticed, you haven’t been sleeping.” She shot me

didn’t argue. She wasn’t wrong.

the subject. “The essence… is that what’s been causing

too much for your body to handle. The longer you go without binding to one, the worse it will get so not only is the fate of the realm riding on us not failing, if you don’t get its anchor, it will continue eating at you from the

hard, “And you knew all of this? You knew everything and didn’t tell

you knew it. I’m just the part of you

her an unimpressed

out the same way you do, but I live in your unconscious, and deep down,

her. “So you didn’t know Grayson

for half a second before casually saying, “No, that I did know. A

so fast I thought they might pop out of

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out laughing, shaking her head at me like I was the most amusing idior she’d

old.”

smacked my forehead. “One of these days, I swear, I’m going to ignore

grinned. “No, you won’t.”

hated that she

headed, and she wasn’t offering any explanations. My mind

already too late? What if Grayson had moved on, and I was walking into nothing? I had spent the last week drowning in guilt and pain, convinced I had lost him forever. And now, suddenly, there was a chance to bring

my other self, the one walking beside me, as if she had all the answers. She didn’t look concerned. If anything she seemed a

you even know where

She smirked, “Nope.”

walking, “Wait, what?”

she turned to face me, “Look, I told you already. We’ll know when

is not

to come,” she

in the

“Same

no use arguing with myself–literally. For a while, we walked in silence again. The more we walked, the more my mind filled with thoughts I wasn’t sure

lost in them

didn’t hear

overthinking again,” she muttered,

didn’t bother denying