Luna On The Run!

Luna Ariel’s POINT OF VIEW

After blinking several times, I am finally able to open my eyes fully.

I look ahead, all I see is a blank white wall and in the background I hear the faint beeping of machines. Gradually, the memories began to come back to me. My flight from Midnight Moon while Gorgio, my mate, waited for me at the border. The kidnapping of Zane just as I was about to shift, the choke around my neck and the needle in my arm. Three days later, I regained consciousness in a bunker, where I met Fiona, who helped me escape, but to the wrong side of pack land. We were supposed to go to the western border but ended up on the highway to Human Town.

And then the crash. A speeding car cut us off.

Fiona! I try to sit up, but a splitting headache sends me back into the pillows. I hold my head and breathe deeply until the pain is bearable. Then I slide out of bed, grab the drip stand and roll it out of the room. In the corridor, I see nurses walking up and down, all human.

A few times I stopped a nurse, hoping to find out where my friend was, but they waved me off and hurried on. Nobody has time, there are emergencies everywhere. I decided to go back to my room. But when I was halfway there, I heard voices coming from one of the rooms. My name is mentioned several times.

I try to use my were-hearing, but it doesn’t work.

I carefully push open the door and see Fiona lying on a bed. Her head is bandaged and one leg is raised. As soon as I’m inside, she sees me standing there, her eyes staring at me with worry.

“Luna Ariel! Are you all right? I asked the nurse about your condition, but she couldn’t answer me”. She tries to sit up but is still weak. Two people are standing by her bed with their backs to me.

I walk toward her and when I am in front of her, she beckons me with her eyes.

As I turn, I see the face of King Jasper. My eyes bulge and my mouth falls open in shock. I hadn’t expected him to be here at all. My mouth opened and closed like a fish on dry land.

“My King, I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you. It’s no disrespect, please forgive me,” I stammer as I bow to the man. There is anger on his face now, he stares at me disapprovingly.

“Luna Ariel. Are you so above my authority now that you couldn’t sense me?”

Fiona tries to apologize on my behalf, but the king waves her away. He stares at me expectantly, his wolf ready to teach me a lesson.

“My King, please. You are the strongest Lycan there is, there is no one higher than you. But there is a choker around my neck that suppresses my werewolf abilities. And only a witch can remove it and free me. Please forgive me,” I beg.

The man’s expression changes instantly and he focuses on the band. I feel his Lycan scan my neck and detect the spell. Anger flashes in his eyes, fangs protruding from his lips. “Who did this? Luna Ariel, I want to know who put that band around your neck. This disrespect is unheard of and I will not tolerate it. Not to an Alpha Princess, not to Luna or any other female,” he snapped.

“I don’t know exactly who put it on, but it was on Zane’s orders. And they injected me with an unknown substance that knocked me unconscious. When I regained consciousness, I met Fiona and we were able to escape.” I have no intention of saving Zane’s ass. I had warned him that preventing me from leaving his pack was against all the rules, but he refused to take me seriously.

“Sir Walter informed me that you have agreed to spend three months with the Alpha in Midnight Moon to get your mating on track. Unless I am mistaken, only a few weeks have passed. What is all this?” he demands to know. “Were you trying to get out of all the arrangements, Luna Ariel?”

I blush, I know I have acted against agreements. But being separated from Gorgio for so long was terrible. My pup and I longed for him.

Embarrassed, I stare at my toes.

“My king, I have rejected Zane, but he won’t hear of it. Our mating hasn’t progressed. It hurts me not to be with Gorgio. I had no choice but to flee from that pack.” I look up and see the King staring at me thoughtfully.

“My wolf tells me that you are pregnant, Luna Ariel. Is it Alpha Gorgio’s pup? Is that why you want to go back?”

I nod. “I was near the border where Gorgio was waiting for me. But somehow Zane found out I was leaving and stopped me. I still told him to treat me according to my status.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Now I see the King’s eyes change colors. His dark blue orbs turn pitch black and then blue again. His wolf is fighting for supremacy.

“I cannot condone what you have done, Luna. But I understand your actions. My Queen had the same behavior when she was pregnant with our cubs. She was clingy and always had to make sure I wasn’t too far away.” He sighs, but his aura is much friendlier now.

“I came here to visit my niece after I was told she had been in an accident. I never expected to meet you here,” he continues.

The other man with the King steps forward.

“Let me help you to your room, Luna. What’s important now is that you recover from this whole ordeal. We saw your car and it didn’t look pretty.”

“Wait. Did you say that the choker has frozen your Were abilities? That means your wolf can no longer heal you. I cannot accept this, this is going too far. Alpha Zane will have to explain his reasons to me,” he says harshly, shaking his head. The King clearly has no intention of letting this go unpunished.

The other man helps me to my room, where I fall onto the bed, exhausted…