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 me.”

scowled but said

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

didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”

sent a strange flicker of hope through me, but I

hundred times before. “Because

I blurted out.

to me slowly,

said dryly, “is why you don’t understand

my mouth

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 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

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

I can only reach 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 a pointed

She

is that what’s been causing

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 anchor, it will continue eating at you from the inside and each time the pain will only get worse until it destroys you.”

this? You knew

you knew it. I’m just the part of

her an

being a know–it–all, but I don’t actually know it all. I find things out the same way you do, but I live in your unconscious, and deep down, you already know all these things. You just have a hard time grasping them

blinked at her. “So you didn’t know

second before casually saying, “No, that

so fast I thought they might pop out of

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head at me like I was the most amusing idior she’d ever

old.”

forehead. “One of these days, I swear, I’m

“No, you

hated that she

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

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 him

as if she had all the answers. She didn’t look concerned. If anything she seemed a

know where we’re

She smirked, “Nope.”

stopped walking, “Wait, what?”

more steps before realizing I wasn’t following. With an exaggerated sigh, she turned to face

is not reassuring.”

who wanted to come,” she

in the air, “You dragged me here!”

“Same thing.”

while, we walked in silence again. The more we walked, the more

so lost in them th

almost didn’t hear her

she muttered, side–eyeing me.

bother