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

scowled but said

before I hesitated. Then, softer this time, I asked, “Do you really think we can get him

didn’t hesitate.

hope through me, but I

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

are real?” I blurted out.

me slowly, her face blank. I immediately regretted interrupting.

said dryly, “is why you don’t understand anything. You never

clamped my mouth shut.

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 in order to move on. If they refuse, the universe forces them to go. But Grayson… he is still there. Which means he is holding on. We just need

nodded, absorbing that information, “If you knew he was still here this whole time, why

state of unconsciousness. And in case you haven’t noticed, you haven’t been sleeping.” She shot me a pointed look, “You’ve

She

I changed the subject. “The essence… is that what’s been causing me pain?”

miss a beat, “Yes. You were born with it to end the curse of the Blackwood bloodline or it was transferred or whatever. But you are not meant to carry it alone. You are supposed to bond with a Blackwood–your anchor. Without an anchor, the power inside you has no balance. It has become 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

knew all of this? You knew everything

knew it. I’m just the part of you that understands

gave her an

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

didn’t know Grayson was stuck for a

casually saying, “No, that I did know. A

fast I thought they might

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was the

old.”

“One of these days, I swear, I’m going to ignore you”

grinned. “No, you

that she was

I wasn’t sure where we were headed, and

started spiraling. What if we were 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,

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

where we’re

She smirked, “Nope.”

stopped walking,

she turned to face me, “Look, I told you already.

is not

to come,”

my hands in the air, “You

“Same thing.”

silence again. The more

so lost in them

didn’t hear

again,” she

didn’t bother