The Alpha and His Contract Luna novel Chapter 25

Nothing else registers in my mind. Don’t ask me how, but I feel her fear. I feel her pain. Maybe it’s a mother child connection. I don’t know but that alone makes me pump my legs harder to get to her.

I feel Raya growl in my head. I don’t know why she was growling but a part of me hoped that it was because our pup was in trouble. Because our pup needed us.

My heart was beating wildly as I ran across the lawn. I scented the air and caught her scent. I continue following it while all kind of scenarios plagued my mind. Each one worse than the other.

I hear her scream again and my heart drops. Where the fuck were the warriors?

“Raya? Please give me a boost” I plead with her.

She groans. I thought that she would ignore me. That she would turn me away but she doesn’t. I feel the rush of energy as she gives me some of her speed.

Within minutes I am on the outskirts of the forest.

“Iris?” I call.

Her scent wasn’t as strong here. There were other scents mixed with it. Those didn’t bother me as much as the fading scent of rotting flesh. Fuck!

“Iris? Where are you baby?” I shout hoping she would hear me.

The mixture of scents was messing with my nose. I couldn’t get an exact lock down of hers. I was getting frustrated when I heard a tiny whimper to my right.

I change directions and head that way. Following the sniffles.

“Iris”

She wasn’t answering even though I knew she could hear me. I still called her. This was my way of letting her know that I was coming for her. That I wouldn’t leave her.

Finally after what seems like forever I break through a field. It wasn’t that big but she looked so small in it. She was curled into herself in a squat. She had her head between her legs and her hands were covering her ears.

The sight broke my heart.

“Baby,” I approach her slowly.

Once I place my hand on her shoulder she starts fighting me. Her eyes were closed as she screamed. Her hand hitting me anywhere they could land.

I engulf her in my arms and hold her tightly. Caging her flying fists.

“It’s me my darling, It’s your mommy…it’s okay you’re safe” I soothe her.

As if my voice finally penetrates her mind, she calms down and just begins to cry. Her tears soaking my t-shirt.

I pull her away from me and look at her. She looks completely terrified. I mean out of this world terrified. She’s shaking and she looks lost.

“Tell me what happened honey…tell me what scared you” I say gently.

She tries to speak but nothing comes out of her mouth. She keeps opening and closing her mouth. Words completely failing her.

Finally she’s able to say something and what she says freezes me.

“I-I s-saw a big big m-monster” she stutters her words so low I had to lean in to catch them.

I frown. My heart was beating wildly but I had to make sure that I didn’t misunderstand her.

“Monster? What did it look like?”

She looks at me with those penetrating green eyes. “Like a huge dog. It-it had r-red eyes”

My heart drops to the floor. That means that the red eyed wolf (like we’ve grown to call it) had been here. That explained the foul smell I scented earlier. No one needs to tell me why it was here. If what we guessed is true then it was after me.

I go to speak but then Iris screams again and clutches me tightly. Her scream is full of renewed fear. I stand up and bring her behind me. I was terrified that the red eyed wolf had come back but I was wrong.

I sigh in relief when I recognize Kai’s glowing eyes. I turn to look at Iris. She’s cowering behind me and she has gone back to shaking. I realize what this might mean to her. She doesn’t know about werewolves so she’s terrified especially after seeing the red-eyed wolf.

“Please go change, she’s scared and tell the warriors to back off” I tell Kai.

He stares at me then gives a wolfish nod. He yelps, commanding the warriors that had surrounded us to fall back. Once they do, he turns around and goes into the cover of the forest to change.

I face Iris who’s look of fear has been slightly been replaced by curiosity.

“Y-you talked t-to them and t-they l-listened”

I was going to answer her when I noticed blood running down her arm. I kneel down and gently grasp her hand.

“Did it hurt you?” I ask her, feeling my heart breaking.

I hated seeing the wound. I couldn’t imagine the pain she was in right now. She was just a child. Why would it attack her?

“Come let’s go to the clinic.” I say just as I feel Darren behind me.

“It’s okay…it doesn’t hurt so much now and it will heal soon” she whispers looking down.

I look at Darren in question, only to find him looking at me too.

“What do you mean, Iris?” Darren asks.

“I always heal really quick. Any time I hurt myself it just heals. Nanny used to say I’m a freak of nature because of how fast I heal. She said I was abnormal.”