Luna On The Run!

Still Luna Ariel’s POINT OF VIEW

“Luna, Luna, please wake up!”

An urgent voice jolts me out of my sleep. When I finally opened my eyes, I saw a young girl standing in front of me. Her face looks worried, but that changes to joy when she sees me awake.

“Come quickly, there is a car outside. I will take you to the border,” she insists.

I stare at her in astonishment, why would she want to take me there?

“Who are you? And why are you taking me to the border?”

“I’m Fiona, the Head Warrior sent me to look after you. But he had to leave urgently and went in his wolf. He left his car here, the keys are still in it,” she replies urgently. “Come on, let me freshen you up. Then we can go”.

She helps me up slowly so that I do not feel dizzy. I feel like I have been asleep for months. My knees feel like jelly and my back is stiff.

“How long have I been lying here? I feel like I haven’t moved for ages”. The girl nods sympathetically. She helps me to my feet but holds me tight until I regain my balance.

“About three days. You woke up occasionally to let me feed you, but then you went back to sleep. Are you pregnant, Luna?” It sounds more like an observation than a question.

I nod and take a step. Luckily my strength increased and more followed. Fiona runs to the bathroom and comes back with a wet cloth. She wipes my face clean, then pulls my hair back and fixes it with a ribbon.

“I don’t have any other clothes for you, so you’ll have to come with me like this. With any luck, we will reach the border before the head warrior returns. There are urgent matters there, and I don’t expect him back until tomorrow. She supported me as we walked, and soon we reached a set of stairs leading to the upper ground.

I blinked at the bright light but soon got used to it. A few meters away, I actually see an SUV, I recognize it as the one Zane often travels in.

The girl helps me into the passenger seat and buckles me in.

Then she gets behind the wheel. The engine roars to life as she presses the starter. We follow a sheltered road through the jungle. The road is very bumpy, so we can’t go very fast.

“We’re going to the west side, there is the border with Eclipse Howl. If we cross the border, the border patrol will notice immediately and come to us. Then we will be saved.”

Fiona sounds so excited, it seems she is really looking forward to getting out of Midnight Moon.

“Fiona, why are you helping me? And you seem to be looking forward to leaving the pack, while Kensley trusted you with the Luna. So you are not a low ranking.”

The girl shakes her head.

“No, I am not low-ranking. I am the illegitimate child of the king’s cousin. Alpha Zane sheltered me when I left the kingdom because I couldn’t stand the way my father lived there with his mate,” she reveals. “My mother was human and his mistress. She became pregnant and he took us to the kingdom until he met his mate and banished my mother from his life. She died of grief a year later, and I was raised by his sister. When I was old enough, I left. So I am half Lycan.”

Curious, I stare at her, seeing a deep sadness on her face. If I were not in this predicament, I would take her in my arms and comfort her.

“I want to find my mate. I have a wolf, so my Lycan genes have overtaken my human side. To be honest, I thought Alpha Zane or his Beta would be my mate, but that turned out not to be the case,” she explained. “I wanted to travel to Eclipse Howl to look for him, but I couldn’t get permission because of the tension between the packs. So when I heard that Luna was from that pack, I tried to contact you. I asked Kensley to meet you, and he brought me here.”

“In my pack? The Alpha is my mate, but the Beta, Jace, is still mateless. So is Head Warrior Alvin. Maybe one of them might be your mate, they are both great lads.” She smiles dreamily as she maneuvers the vehicle through the forest.

And then we see the lights of the big city ahead, and we burst into cheers.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Once on the tarmac, Fiona finally accelerates. We fly down the road, impatient to reach our destination of freedom.

“I thought you were taking me to the West Side, girl,” I reminded her.

And then it happened in slow motion. A superfast Ferrari tries to cut us off at the pass. It suddenly passed us on the right and when it tried to merge in front of us again, the driver seemed to lose control of the car. Fiona tried to avoid a fatal collision by jerking the steering wheel, but the car before us turned on its axis a few times and slammed into the crash barrier, knocking us into the valley.

I don’t know who screamed louder, Fiona or me, as we hit the ground and saw the world upside down. All I could see was Fiona’s horrified face.

I struggle to stay conscious, despite the excruciating pain in my legs and shoulders.

“Fiona, Fiona, are you all right? Stay awake, don’t give in to the darkness,” I beg her. She blinks slowly and I breathe a sigh of relief.

“I can hear the ambulance sirens now. Stay with me, don’t fall asleep. We’ll be saved in no time”. Another movement. And then I felt hands pulling me out of the car.

“Don’t worry, we’ve got you. You’ll be fine,” I hear an unfamiliar voice whisper. He is human and smells only of antiseptic. He must be one of the paramedics, so I feel relieved. Then I am placed on a stretcher, a breathing mask is put over my nose and I feel a needle in my arm.

Now I can close my eyes and sink into a long rest…