Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 74

AURELIA

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No. No. No.

Jessica shouldn’t have revealed herself so that she could poke the bear. I could have handled Larisa and distracted her long enough for Jessica to arrive with help. She should have gone in search of help.

Heck! We needed help.

Larisa had a gun… not just any gun. A gun with silver bullets and one of those bullets could end Jessica’s life and mine… and Kyle's. Still, Jessica wore her pride like a second skin... like I hadn't been shot by Larisa's men who I failed to perceive until I crashed on my knees.

This was one of the countless times I wished I could access Jessica’s mind like a pack member but spending almost six years in Black Fur Pack wasn't enough to make me an official member—

“You've got guts,” Larisa mumbled, disbelief loud in her voice.

Rather than keep her mouth shut, Jessica snorted, her footsteps sounding closer by the second, “What can I say?” She paused just as she stopped beside me, holding Larisa’s gaze without flinching, “I'm not a spineless wimp.”

Saying Larisa was pissed would be the understatement of the century. She pulled the cold tip of the gun off my head, pointing it at Jessica who remained calm while my son was yanked along with her.

My heart broke and I cried for my son. Since the second Larisa brought him out of nowhere, I wanted nothing more than to tear him away from her and hold him in my bosom. Gosh, I have missed him. Kyle seemed weak, malnourished, and in pain… in a crazy amount of pain. I could just tell that the pain I was feeling right now couldn't compare to the one eating my son away yet Larisa didn't release him as she hissed at Jessica, “Initially, I thought you would be alive to bury your supposed to be Luna but I see you have a death wish.”

Of course, Jessica responded without hesitation but my mind was too foggy to comprehend her responses or the next set of words that Larisa spat her way. Pain took over my senses when I tried to push myself off the floor. Kneeling before Larisa made me look pathetic and defeated but despite my attempts to stand, my knee remained glued to the forest floor and my blood soaked the floor beneath my bleeding thigh.

While Jessica and Larisa bantered, I cursed myself for ripping out one of the arrows even though I did that to keep Jessica safe but now, I realized that I had compromised my chances of saving Kyle before my poor baby collapsed.

I cried internally, “Please, Ina. I need you.”

But again, Inara was quiet. She has been since I felt the tips of the arrows pricking my skin and tearing it to dig deeper into me. Inara’s silence and my dizzy state were evidence that the arrows had introduced poison into my system.

I couldn’t tell what kind of poison and I could only hope that it wasn’t the kind that would take my life right before my son's eyes.