Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 77

AURELIA

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“Let her be!” I shouted despite the commotion around me. “Leave her to me.”

I recognized them as Raiden’s men but how could I ever leave Jessica to them?

“We’ve to take her so you can focus on getting the boy to the healers. There’s no hope for her but your son is still breathing and you need to get treated–” One of Raiden’s men voiced with a bit of frustration and concern.

“How many times do I have to tell you that I can fix her? I can fix all of these so just leave us alone.” I barked with tears streaming down my face and I held on to the hope that despite the time that had passed, Inara and I could find a way to make Jessica’s heart start beating again.

Yes, there was a fucking hole in the middle of her head and blood was leaking out of her in a way that made my heart constrict. Kyle was unconscious and my back still ached from where the arrows were of course still poking out. No one would rip them out.

“Alpha! Alpha!” I heard someone screaming from behind me and that scream reminded me of Raiden and the fact that he took a bullet for me.

My mind raced back to him and I recalled some of the words he and Larisa exchanged before she disappeared again. I didn’t hear all of it as I tried very hard to block Larisa’s bitching voice out so I could concentrate on bringing Jessica back but I failed at both.

I thought I could save Jessica first and then help Raiden before Larisa could finish me off but as I turned my face towards the last place I saw Raiden, I found him in Andrew and Jake’s arms and he was just as limp as Kyle.

My heart thumped, “Is he dead?”

Inara was the only one who could answer my question and her voice spreading over my restless heart, “He will die if we don’t hurry. A touch from you will help me gain access to his body. We can still save him, Relia. I hate to be the one saying this but we can’t let him die.”

I sobbed, “But we can’t save Jess? Why can’t we save Jess?”

Raiden men stared at me, hoping that any moment from now, I’d accept the help.

While Inara answered defeatedly, “Jess died the second the bullet went through her head. We can’t raise the dead but we can at least try to save Raiden and Kyle–”

“She can’t be dead, Ina. I can’t let her die.” I cried out loud, ignoring the eyes on me.

Inara mumbled, her sorrow colliding with mine, “She is gone, Relia. Jessica is gone. I’m sorry.”

How do I move on from this traumatic reality? I thought to myself as my wolf’s words resonated through my head. It’s no doubt that Jessica died because of me. She gave her life for me– no. she trusted me to save her.

Larisa was right.