Luna On The Run!

Luna Ariel’s POINT OF VIEW still

Zane effortlessly picks me up and puts me in the back of a vehicle.

At the wheel is Kensley, his Head Warrior. I look around but can’t see the Beta anywhere. After a while, the car stops with a jerk and I fall into Zane’s chest.

“Ariel, I don’t know why you keep running away from me. I’m your mate, for God’s sake. Why can’t we make our relationship work?” He scowls at me.

“I have no intention of letting you go until you give us a fair chance. It’s unfair of you to let me down. We are in this together and we have to make something of it,” he growls. I shake my head, but before I can say anything, I feel a sting in my arm.

Startled, I look up at Zane. “My pup!” echoes through my head.

But when I try to shout it out, my tongue feels thick. I can’t get a word out. And then my eyelids flutter down, a darkness enveloping me.

When I slowly opened my eyes again, I realized I was lying on a bed.

My body feels heavy, so I stay still and let my eyes wander around. As far as I could make out my surroundings, I am in a bedroom, but it is not mine. There was just a bed and in the corner, I could see a door, which I thought must be the toilet.

Gradually the memories come back.

When I was close to the border, Zane suddenly appeared and took me with him.

I wonder how long I had been unconscious. Gorgio must be waiting for me, what will he think if he doesn’t see me? Will he know that Zane took me against my will?

And that Beta he trusted so much. If Eric is really on our side, he must have told Gorgio what happened by now. Oh dear God, I don’t want to imagine what my mate will do next, I just pray that my father will mediate and calm things down again. This impasse in our triangular mating must be broken. The mating with Zane means nothing, it is one-sided, whereas Gorgio and I love each other.

And then I think of my pup. Zane injected me with an unknown substance.

My hand goes to my stomach, a tear leaves my eye. I will never forgive Zane if anything happens to my pup, he had no right to stop me, I am still a free soul with my own decisions to make. I refuse to be a prisoner here.

“Luna.”

I stiffened, thinking I was alone in the room all this time. Stiffly, I stay in place, not wanting to turn in the direction of the voice. Then I hear a murmur and a moment later someone is standing in front of me. I recognize the scent as Zane’s Head Warrior. When I don’t look up, he pulls a chair over to my bed and sits down at my eye level.

“Zane had to go back to the pack for business. I’m staying here to keep you safe,” he indicates. “Tell me, who helped you get to the West side? The car was in the garage, someone must have prepared it for you. Was it Eric?”

I refuse to answer.

“Am I a prisoner, Head Warrior? What crime have I committed?” I bite at him with renewed fury. “Let me remind you and your Alpha that I am still the daughter of the Alpha King. You have no right to arrest me or keep me here against my will. Only the warriors of the Alpha King are allowed to do that. You are unauthorized”.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

The man looks at me unperturbed as if my words mean nothing.

“Alpha Zane is your mate and that gives him more power than your father and his title. You belong to the Alpha and now you are dealing with a misunderstanding. As soon as he gets back, you will talk it out and everything will be fine.”

I try to sit up but slip back into the cushions. When I want to reach for Era, I realize that she is weak. Then I remember the choke around my neck. My hand moves to it, it is still there. When I yank it, it barely gives way.

“It won’t come off. Only a witch can break the spell. Leave it on.”

I look at the man with eyes wide open, I can’t believe this is happening to me. No mind link, no wolf. This makes me a complete human. My eyes shoot red, my anger is boundless.

“Take that off, damn it! How dare you? If my father finds out, you’ll be as good as dead. Not to mention my mate. Do you all want to die?” I growl.

He still stares at me.

“Zane will decide when to take it off. And now, Luna. Answer my question. Was it Eric, the Beta, who helped you escape? He was the last one you had contact with before you left the packhouse.

“I owe no accountability to you or your Alpha. How many times do I have to tell you that I don’t want to be in Midnight Moon? This damned mate bond with Zane doesn’t work for me, I don’t feel connected and I don’t want to waste my time. I have a mate waiting for me,” I blurted out. “Besides, where am I? Why am I here?”

“This is an underground bunker. It was built to shelter wounded warriors during the war,” he explains. The Head Warrior stands up and positions the chair against the wall.

“There is a girl here who will serve you until Zane returns. Get some rest, we will come back later to question you. We need to know who the traitor in our pack is.”

I turn my face away from him and close my eyes.

I hear him leave, locking the door behind him.

Shit, Zane is serious about this whole detention thing. When he gets back, I have to tell him this is outrageous. I am an Alpha princess and should not be treated like this.

If only I had my wolf, I would teach them a lesson. They really needed the choker to hold me back, otherwise, they’d be dead meat by now.

Exhausted by everything, I fall back into a deep sleep…