Page 135 of My Only Luna

It is at that moment my ears pick up the low hissing of what I came here for in the first place. My eyes widen slightly, turning towards the forest, my stomach twisting.

Shit.

“Get the kids inside,” I order. “Now.” Rafael, who was about to rush into the forest, hesitates.

“Are you sure you’ll be able to manage it?” he asks.

“Yes, so trust me on this one. Get the fuck inside so I don’t have to take care of all of you,” I growl. He nods, his face paling. I run into the forest as fast as I can as they usher the other children inside.

If anything happens to the pup… that will be on me.

Fuck.

Elijah

Scarlett, Indigo, Aaron and Ifollow Kiara’s scent, the reminder of the rogue attack from two years ago at the forefront of my mind. I try to squash the thought, focusing on finding Kiara. Something feels off, and I’m not about to ignore that.

We go deeper and deeper into the forest, shifting at some point as panic swirls around us when suddenly I hear her soft voice.

“Mama, is that you?” We slow down, relief flooding me as I scan the surroundings, trying to find her. That’s when the putrid smell of decay, rotten eggs, and infected blood fills my nose, and then the ominous feeling of another presence ahead.

What is that?

“You won’t get near that thing,” Alejandro says quietly. I growl quietly as he blocks my path and I look ahead at the darkness behind him. “I’ll bring her back. Stay here or she might just die.”

I’m about to argue when he shifts.

My blood runs cold as I stare at what he has become. He didn’t shift into a normal wolf, but a beast, towering far above us. Black fur covers his muscled body, and he stands on two legs. He’s a mix of a wolf and a man. Claws, red eyes and teeth that are far too dangerous. His face looks like one of a werewolf from a horror movie.

He looks at us for a second, his red eyes glowing before he runs off into the darkness.

Fuck… what the hell is he?Indigo questions weakly. No one speaks. Only one word describes the thing that he has shifted to.

A Lycan.My voice sounds shocked, riddled with disbelief.I don’t move. It all makes sense. The killings back in the forest all those years ago when we attacked Zidane’s pack. Was he behind Daniel’s murder too, like Scarlett thought? The speed and strength he always had as a boy. It all makes sense now.

The four of us exchange looks. I know he’s capable of saving Kiara from whatever is out there, but this revelation has shaken me.

An Alpha of Alpha’s?Indigo asks through the mind-link, her voice shaking.

There hasn’t been one in existence since the Lycan King three hundred years ago,Aaron says through the link. No one speaks.

Should we go after him!? Kiara!Scarlett asks after a moment, her heart racing in fear for our child’s life.

I think he’s far more capable, I say. My tone clipped and cold, knowing I am just standing here, not knowing what is happening with my child, but not wanting to jeopardize Alejandro either.

I don’t like nor trust him, but he is stronger, and he is her best shot. I don’t know what’s out there, but I think he does.

I tense, hearing her faint laugh, followed by the sound of her soft voice. “Mama? Daddy?”

Scarlett brushes against me and I rub her neck, knowing it is just as hard for her to just stand here doing nothing as it is for me.

I can’t just stand here!

I know, Kitten. But look at him, he’s something far stronger than us and whatever is out there, something tells me he’ll be better at dealing with it than us.Even if that is the hardest thing to do. To stand by and do nothing.

Alejandro

I move as fast aspossible. Ever since the odd deaths of pups and pregnant women that have been put down to rogue attacks, I have been searching for this thing. However, when the body remains showed that they have been eaten, I realised it can’t be rogues.

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