The Alpha's Beastly Luna

Chapter 6

(Lumi)

I felt my body aching with pain. The sound of a fire crackling nearby was the only thing I could hear as warmth seemed to surround me.

Then came the screams. The faces of all of my pack mates filled my mind as the fire licked at their flesh, engulfing everyone I knew and loved.

"Lumi, you need to fight. Don't let him claim you. You must fight with everything you have!" My mother's voice echoed through my mind as I tried to wake up from this horrible nightmare.

That's when I let out a gasp before jolting up in bed.

A dream... it was only a dream.

I felt my hands start to tremble as I lifted them slowly, going to brush my hair away from my face.

Glancing around, I realized I was now in a tent.

There was a small lantern in the corner, revealing the makeshift bed I was on along with a wooden camping chair across from it. The space I was in was rather large as I tried to understand what was happening.

Then it all came rushing back to me.

'Cascadia, are you there?' I rushed, looking for any sign of my wolf as I felt my stomach twisting into knots.

'Cascadia, please, I can't do this without you. I need you. Please don't leave me.' I choked into our link, waiting for a response when I was met with nothing but silence.

That's when the sound of walking began approaching from outside.

"We are still two days out from Shadow Claw. Has there been any word on the fire?" The voice of the man who caused all of this spoke outside of the tent, making me lay back down quickly and shut my eyes.

"It has been ruled an accident. No survivors were found, and the barriers are no longer intact."

Those words pierced right through me. The last moments of being in my pack played through my mind as the realization of what Alpha Kassius has done set in.

No... It can't be true.

I placed my hand over my mouth, stifling the sob that threatened to escape me as I felt like I was drowning from this pain.

My family... my friends... my whole entire life, gone.

"Have all the preparations been handled for the mating ceremony? I want this done immediately. No one is to touch or look at my mate without permission." Kassius growled, the dominance and possessiveness in his voice making me sick as I felt my heart start to beat rapidly.

The pain was almost too much to bear as my hands reached out, gripping the blankets tightly as my body began to flood with pain.

It's hurts. It hurts so much. How could I have lost everything?

Nothing is left... absolutely nothing is left for me. What is the point?

'Lumi.' A small voice whispered, as a sense of relief immediately flooded through me. My wolf, she wasn't gone. I wasn't alone after all.

'Cascadia, make it stop. Make it all go away. I want our family back. Please, Cascadia, bring them back.' I felt my silent tears streaming down my cheeks, the fear that Kassius might find me like this the only thing keeping me from screaming out.

'If we shift, I don't know if you are strong enough to shift back Lumi. This pain...' She began, making me shake my head no.

'Please, Cascadia, we have to get out of here. We can't let him mark us. We can't be his mate. I can't bear to live like that. Not with the man who took everything from us.' I rushed, feeling so pathetic. Why couldn't I have fought back sooner? Even Sasha stood up to him, and the sacrifice she made to do that would haunt me forever.

I should've fought and been killed instead of cowering back and letting him get away with this.

"She should be waking soon, have the next sedative brought over by the pack doctor."

"Alpha, the doctor, well, he didn't survive the injuries inflicted after your outburst from the last injection-"

"Well, he shouldn't have given it to her so roughly! f**k, just bring the sedative and I will do it my damn self."

Suddenly I heard the tent unzip, making me shut my eyes once more before sinking into the bed and trying to calm my racing heart.

'Lumi, if we do this, you will need to let go completely. It might take a while until we can shift again.'

'Please, Cascadia, we can't live this way. I don't care about the risks, I want him dead. I want him to pay for the crimes he committed.'

Kassius walked towards us when i noticed his Alpha aura seemed even stronger than earlier. Or maybe we just feel weaker without our pack.

I could feel Cascadia began to come forward, hoping he wouldn't sense it right away as I tried to take my racing heart.

'I love you Lumi, promise to hang on. Don't you dare leave me after we shift.' Cascadia pleaded, making me swallow hard.

I have heard stories about feral wolves. Their wolf side losing the human inside of them and unable to shift. It would be just as lonely for Cascadia if she lost me like I would suffer if I had lost her.

'I promise, you won't lose me. Please, Cascadia, make him pay for what he did.'

And with that, I let go. I let my wolf take complete control as I slipped into the back of my mind, welcoming the darkness that surrounded me.

"Goddess, look at you. You are magnificent. ' Kassius's voice trickled through the darkness. A brief image of the Alpha standing before us flashed in front of me as we now towered above him.

Cascadia let out a low growl. The look on Kassius's face making a small spark of happiness rise up inside of me as hesitation filled those cold gray eyes.

"Little beauty, let's not do something you might regret." He began, taking a tentative step back as Cascadia lowered her head, getting into a predators stance as she saw her prey right before us.

That's when I noticed Kassius's eyes cloud over, letting us know he was linking his pack mates as Cascadia knew she needed to act now.

'He took everything from us.' She hissed, stalking closer to him as I saw his hands start to unzip the tent slowly.

"You belong with me. You are supposed to be mine. My mate, my Luna. It's our destiny, and nothing can stop this. Nothing will keep you from me. I will never stop hunting for you, Lumi."

That's when Cascadia attacked. Her body flung forward as she swiped her large paw out, slashing down Kassius's face and chest.

"f**k!" He yelled, stumbling back as we came barreling outside.

Kassius's clutched his face, the gash dripping blood as Cascadia went to finish him off, but before she could, we were surrounded.

"Don't hurt her! I just want her sedated! She is your future Luna, remember that!" Kassius snarled, his body starting to morph right before our very eyes as his black wolf appeared.

That's when Cascadia looked around, noting there were at least 12 wolves surrounding us as we knew we were out numbered.

Without hesitation, she went for Kassius once more, seeming not to care about the others as she latched onto his shoulder before biting down, hitting the bone.

I heard his wolf cry out, clearly in pain as that sound was like music to my ears.

I have never wanted to hurt someone so badly in my life.

That's when I felt the first prick. A needle was wedged into our back as a man ran up, taking this time to try and sedate us.

'Lumi, we need to run. This might be our only chance.' Cascadia rushed, her voice echoed around me. I could already feel the sedative more than she was apparently.

'Kill him Cascadia. We need to kill him' I mumbled, not caring at this point if we survived. As long as he was dead, nothing else mattered.

Cascadia slammed Kassius's wolf to the ground, going for the throat when another syringe stabbed us in the back.

'Lumi, we have to go. I won't let them take us again. This is our only chance to run.'

And with that, she bit Kassius one last time, making his body go limp as I prayed to the goddess it was enough to kill him, and then she ran.

Cascadia ran as fast as she could and as far as she could until the exhaustion eventually caught up to her. And me... I let that darkness surround me, relishing the quiet as those memories of what I had witnessed were all I had been left with. I was living in a nightmare, one I knew would never end.

And now... there is nothing left.