The Alpha King's Contracted Luna (Ava and Grayson) novel Chapter 250

Chapter 250 

-Ava’s POV- 

The moment my eyes snapped open, my hands flew to my stomach, instinct kicking in like a force of nature. As if cradling my belly could somehow protect the tiny lives growing inside me from whatever damage falling through an endless void might have done. 

“They’re fine,” My own voice–her voice–assured me, “We didn’t actually fall. It just felt like we did.” 

I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding, “Where are we?” I muttered, rubbing my arms against the unsettling chill in 

the air. 

“The In–Between.” She stated drily, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. 

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I frowned at her tone and I opened my mouth to clap back at her for stating the obviou and I didn’t appreciate not knowing the clear path and having me dropped here without any warning. I barely got the first syllable out before something cut through the eerie stillness around us. 

A long, bone–chilling howl and not from a werewolf. 

I stopped moving but my other self didn’t. She was beside me in an instant, grabbing my arm and hauling me up the rest of the way, “Okay, time to move,” She said, eyes scanning the shifting landscape around us. 

I swallowed hard, ears straining as another howl joined the first. Then another. And another. 

“We need to find him and get the hell out of here,” She muttered. 

“No argument there,” I shot back, glancing around at the never–ending fog and warped, shifting ground beneath us. “But how exactly are we supposed to do that?” 

She gave me a look. “I don’t know. You’re highly connected to him. I was kind of banking on you instantly feeling him.” 

I stared at her, my brain short–circuiting. 

“You don’t have a clear plan?” I shouted, panic seeping into my voice as the howling grew impossibly loud, like it was coming from everywhere at once. 

She turned to look at me, dead serious. “I have one right now.” 

A pause. 

“Run.” 

And just like that, she grabbed my wrist, yanked me forward, and we ran. My lungs burned as moved, my feet barely keeping up with the force yanking me forward. The ground beneath us was as unstable as the swirling mist around us, shifting like we were running across something alive–something that didn’t want us here. 

The howls only got louder, coming from everywhere and nowhere all at once. 

“What the hell is that thing?!” I shouted, breathless, my heart hammering against my ribs. 

“I have no idea!” My other self yelled back, which–frankly–was not reassuring. 

I turned my head for just a second, trying to see if anything was actually chasing us. My eyes searched the fog, my heart pounding so hard it felt like it was trying to escape my chest. But there was nothing. No shadowy figures. No monster lurking just out of reach. 

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Just the fog. 

And that sound. 

It wasn’t coming from a creature at all. The realization hit me like a punch to the gur. The howling–it was the wind. A chill ran down my spine. Wind wasn’t supposed to sound like that. 

It was alive, hungry, like it was searching for something for someone and it was getting closer. 

My chest tightened, my legs screaming for rest, but stopping wasn’t an option. The ground was changing beneath our feet, shifting like liquid one second, hard as stone the next. The mist curled around us, thick and suffocating. It felt like it was watching us. 

Then the ground tilted. 

It happened so fast I barely had time to react. One second, my feet were pounding against the unstable surface. The next, the ground beneath me vanished. 

I let out a sharp scream as I lost my footing, my stomach lurching. My other self let go of my wrist, and in a flash, I was falling. 

No–sliding. 

The ground had become a steep slope, smooth and slick like glass, and I was careening down it with no way to stop myself. My hands scrambled for something–anything–to grab onto, but the mist was thick, the world around me shifting too fast to comprehend. 

“Ava?!” 

Her voice sounded distant already. 

“AVA?!” 

“I’M HERE!” I screamed back, twisting my body to try and slow my descent. It didn’t work. If anything, I went faster. 

The wind shrieked around me, a wailing cry that sent terror straight through my bones. It wasn’t just noise–it was pulling at me, trying to drag me with it then the slope ended. 

For a single, horrifying second, I was weightless and just as suddenly. I hit the ground hard, pain jolting through my body as I tumbled forward, rolling until I finally skidded to a stop. 

A sharp gasp tore from my throat as I sucked in a breath, my entire body aching. My hands immediately flew to my belly, panic flooding me. My heart was hammering so hard it felt like it was rattling inside my ribcage. 

I pressed my palms flat against my stomach, focusing–listening. 

Nothing felt wrong. No pain. No sharp cramps. 

A slow, shaky breath of relief then I remembered my other self. 

“Hello?!” I shouted, sitting up quickly, my voice echoing through the endless fog, “Ava?! Other self?! Where are you?!” 

Silence. 

I pushed myself to my feet, my pulse still erratic. I turned, scanning the mist, but I couldn’t see anything. I couldn’t even see the slope I had fallen from. It was just me all alone. It barely had time to form a thought when the howling started again. 

Louder. 

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It was everywhere, closing in. 

I stumbled backward, gripping my arms. The force of it whipped through the air, making my hair whip around my face. The ground beneath me shifted again, warping like liquid. 

“No, no, no- 

I turned, preparing to run but the wind slammed into me. It wasn’t just air–it was weight, an invisible force that wrapped around my body like icy fingers, pressing against my skin, pushing me. No pulling me.