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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still

scowled but said

walked a little further before I hesitated. Then, softer this time, I asked, “Do you really think we can get him back?

didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”

voice sent a strange flicker of hope through me, but I swallowed

like she had already explained this a hundred times before. “Because when people like us

real?” I blurted

slowly, her

you don’t understand anything. You never let

my mouth shut.

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 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 to reach him before he gets shoved into

still here this whole time, why didn’t

in case you haven’t noticed, you haven’t been sleeping.” She shot me a pointed look, “You’ve been running on fumes. Your body finally gave out, and that was

didn’t argue. She wasn’t wrong.

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

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

all of this? You knew everything and didn’t

smirked. “Technically, you knew it. I’m just the part

an unimpressed

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 didn’t know Grayson was stuck for a week?”

for half a second before casually saying, “No, that I

thought they might pop out of my head, “A vampire?!”

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

old.”

out a groan and smacked my forehead. “One of these days, I

“No, you

that she was

us. I wasn’t sure where we were headed, and she wasn’t offering any explanations. My

moved on, and I was walking into nothing? I had spent the last week drowning in guilt and

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

you even know where we’re

She smirked, “Nope.”

stopped walking,

I wasn’t following. With an exaggerated sigh, she turned to face me, “Look, I told you already. We’ll know when we

is not

to come,” she pointed

in the air, “You dragged me

“Same thing.”

silence again. The more we walked, the more my mind filled with thoughts I wasn’t sure I

was so lost

didn’t hear her speak.

again,” she muttered,

didn’t bother