The Luna's Second Chance Mate novel Chapter 9

KADEN

I froze when I saw her eyes glow in mine. I knew what it meant or at least what it might mean but when my wolf confirmed by saying "mate," I was very surprised.

Even after she fainted, her breaths were still heavy and jagged. She must have been running for a long time, but from what? Or whom? There were so many things going through my mind all at once and all of a sudden, my hunting now felt very unimportant.

I put a stray strand of hair on her face behind her ear and my fingers brushed her face and my wolf grunted something inaudible. Now that was strange. My wolf barely ever made a sound not to talk of grunting or mumbling. I mostly sensed it when I was angry. Now all of a sudden it was speaking freely.

Ignoring all of this I lifted her from the ground. She was surprisingly light for the way she looked. She must have been out cold because she didn't move a muscle even as I carried her. My steps changed from a walk to a stride, then a jog. I could hear her heartbeat but it was very faint.

I took the shortest route back to the pack. I didn't enjoy taking this path, I preferred the longer path, it meant more exercise and gave me more time to think. But right now I needed to get this mysterious "mate" of mine revived. And if anyone could do it, it was Anna.

On the way, I wondered who exactly this person was. I knew one way or the other I'd still find out but right now I was very curious. Was she perhaps a lone wolf? No. She was running. Lone wolves didn't exactly have a lot of company. She might be a rogue from a different pack but right now it didn't really matter. She was in my territory and therefore under my laws.

The guards opened the gates when they saw me coming from a distance.

"Welcome Alpha." They all bowed.

"Hmmph." I grunted impatiently. "Where's Annalise?"

"In her chamber, my lord." Jackson, the captain of the Watch, replied , eyeing the unconscious person I was carrying. "Erm… alpha, Is she…?" He blabbed, staring stupidly.

I didn't have time for foolish questions.

"Tell Anna to come to my quarters. Let her know it's urgent and get back to work."

"Erm y-yes alpha." He hurried off.

I went straight home, because I didn't want to draw any attention from the pack. I set her gently down on the bed. She was still unconscious.

Anna, the pack doctor, appeared inside just a few moments later. Jack must have told her everything in detail because it seemed like she had run all the way.

"My lord." She bowed quickly. "Jackson was telling me something very interesting, said you had someone with… " She was cut off when she saw the unconscious lady on the bed near me.

"I don't know who she is. I just bumped into her this morning."

"In the woods?" She asked, moving towards her.

"Yes. She was running from someone or something then bumped into me and fainted. You will treat her."

"I will do what you command alpha but may I speak?" She asked with a tune that suggested I was going to receive a lecture.