Chapter 81 – The Moon Wolf

“You should come and see this, Adrian. It’s urgent”, Nathan said with urgency in his voice. “I have to go”, I said and left the house.

I arrived at the dungeon in record time and saw Nathan waiting outside. the dungeon. The air was thick with worry and I saw warrior’s bodies. lying on the ground. “What happened here?” I asked him as I got closer.

“Fay is gone. The Alpha and Luna of Moonlit pack are dead”. he said. with a solemn face. “Fay is gone? Gone as in dead?” I asked. “Gone as in disappeared into thin air. man”. he said. “I met the warriors’ bodies on the ground when I got here. It was like someone knocked all of them out. When I went into the dungeon, the Alpha and Luna were dead and Fay was gone”. he said.

I pinched the bridge of my nose and slowly exhaled. It has to be that man because there was no scent in the air. I moved towards one of the warriors and checked for signs of life and they were breathing, just knocked out.

I walked into the dungeon and almost retched with the sight in front of me. It was a good thing I did not bring Lola along with me, she’d have relapsed into her numb state.

Their hearts were not removed. they were gutted before they got dismembered. A white note peeked out from the mess on the floor. I walked through it and picked it up. The note read thus:

“Good luck finding the traitor amongst you. I’d come for MY QUEEN soon. Alpha Adrian”. I squeezed up the paper and let out a loud growl before stepping out of the dungeon.

“Find them! Find every single one of them!” I ordered. Nathan and the warriors that were standing around took off immediately. Deep down, I knew they weren’t going to be found but I felt so useless waiting around for my mate to be taken away from me.

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“Adrian?” I looked up to find Lola with my parents. She rushed. towards me and looked me over. “Are you hurt anywhere? Where did you get blood on you? What happened? I was worried when you left without saying anything, we all were”, she gestured to my parents who were looking at us from afar.

She gasped when she saw the bodies on the ground. “Are they dead?. What happened here? Where’s Andrew and Natalia? Where’s Fay?” She fired rapidly and I just stared at her blankly.

She made to enter the dungeon and I pulled her back, holding her against me.

“They’re dead, baby. They were killed”.

Lola’s POV

It was silent afterwards. They were dead. They were killed. It kept ringing in my head over and over again. I did not know how to feel about it. Sure, they were the reason I spent 8 years of my life in pain and agony but I did not wish death on them. I did not get the satisfaction I thought I would get from the news of their demise.

“Baby, Lola, look at me please”, Adrian said as he gently shook me. I shook my head to get the thoughts that were running through it away before looking at him with what was probably numbness. I wasn’t sure he could read any emotions from my eyes.

“Are you okay?” He asked again and I nodded. “Yeah, yeah, I’m totally fine. Let me see them, I want to see them”, I said and tried to enter the dungeon again but he wouldn’t let me. I knew he was trying to protect me so I did not fight against him. Judging by the strong stench of blood in the air, they were probably murdered brutally.

“And Fay? Where’s she? Dead too?” I asked him and he sighed. “Fay is gone. She disappeared into thin air with no traces of her existence”, he said.

I bent down and placed my head in my hands. I should have known that she was the traitor because why was she taken alive? Adrian made to lift me up but I held up my hand to stop him. “I’m good. I’m good”, I said but he didn’t looked convinced.

“We should never ignore our gut feelings, Lola”, Jasmine said in my head. “You’re definitely right. If I had told Adrian immediately I noticed it, she might have confessed by now”, I sighed into my hands before I gently stood up.

“And the warriors? Will they be fine?” I asked him. He looked taken aback for a while before he answered. “I will have the pack doctor check them out. He’s on his way”, he answered me unsurely.

I understood why he was that way. Everyone probably expected me to act out and cry over the fact that they were dead but I couldn’t, I just couldn’t cry over it. I was more overwhelmed by guilt than sadness. I felt like all of it was my fault and I was angry that I ignored my instincts about Fay.

“Are you totally okay?” Adrian asked in my head and I gave him a lazy smile. “Of course, Adrian. I’m perfectly fine”, I replied to him but he still looked unconvinced. “It’s perfectly okay for you to cry, you don’t have to bottle it up”, he said calmly in my head, making me roll my eyes. “What I feel is more of guilt than sadness. If only I had told you. my instincts regarding Fay, we might have caught the traitor”, I told him.

Just then, the pack doctor came and checked out one of the warriors. “It’s Valerian, Alpha”, the pack doctor told Adrian who pinched the tip of his nose in frustration. “I thought the witches banned those when we made a treaty with them”, he growled lowly and the pack doctor bowed before him.

Jayden and Rose were now beside us and everyone seemed to understand what a Valerian is except me. “What’s a valerian?” I asked. I do t want to be in the dark on matters concerning the pack anymore. It was frustrating.

“Baby, it’s a type of plant that can easily knock werewolves out when inhaled. When the werewolf world and the witches had problems then, the valerian was used on werewolves by witches to protect themselves since they do not have suoer strength or speed to fight against. werewolves”, Adrian explained.

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“So someone used a plant that has been banned on our warriors?” I asked out loud and the pack doctor nodded. “That rogue definitely wasn’t lying, they have a witch on their side”.

“How can it be countered then?” I asked. “The hop plant”, he said. “The hop plant? That’s also a thing?” I rubbed my temples. Gosh, I feel so stressed out.

“Where do we get it?” Adrian was the one who spoke up. “The same way the valerian was gotten. Witches”, the pack doctor said. “What will happen to the warriors if the hop can’t be gotten?” I asked even though I knew the answer deep down inside me.

“They will pass away in their sleep”, he said. “Serena. Contact Serena and get the warriors to the hospital. I’ll try to see if I can help them with my powers till Serena gets here”, I sprung into action and in a twin kle of an eye, cars that would convey the warriors had arrived and they were taken to the hospital.

“Serena?” I asked Adrian before entering the car. “We’ll meet her there”, he said before we headed towards the hospital. We’ll deal with Fay’s disappearance later. I have to save my pack members first.

My pack members. It sounded so amazing. Not only did I find a pack that accepts me, I became their Luna. I have to protect them, if that’s the last thing I do before leaving this world. I thought about seeing the Moon goddess but ever since she joined Jasmine and I, she hasn’t called me back into the garden. On the other hand, I don’t want to see her because it would mean leaving my mate for some days. It would mean leaving the pack at the hands of the enemy since he’d be vunerable.

My thoughts were interrupted when we got to the clinic and I saw Serena standing in front of it. “Serena”, I greeted her when I reached where she was standing. “Luna”, she bowed her head but I waved her off. “What’s going on? Why are you standing outside here? Do you not Have the toy glimt on are the warriors and componding to a Tasked people du som all wall with me sibonds Mut they wess Hall muge and do ems to be not sending to wore but the magic used ow how to undis the valerim effect This tonger than the neromal valveman”, the and calin 7ll the anger in me hull up sill a escaped are best in the form of a loud rund how rate uking cool of my bod Yomise go to be adding me Lola’s POV

“They’re all going to die? All of them? You’re a motherf ucking witch, this should be speciality and you’re telling that I’m going to lose that amount of pack members because you’re not competent enough?” Jasmine snarled in her face but Serena remained unmoving.

“Jasmine, you have to calm down. I’m sure we can find a way around this”, I tried to reason with her but she was blinded with rage and frustration, well mainly with frustration. I was frustrated too but not to the extent of taking out on Serena, she was just trying to help.

“Well, she’s supposed to be the one to know what to do and she already said she can’t. What are we supposed to be able do?” She asked and I sighed. “Just let me be in control and take care of the situation”, I pleaded with her before she reluctantly allowed me to be back in control.

“I’m so sorry for that”, I apologized to her and she bowed lightly. “I understand where she’s coming from, Luna”, she said softly. All of these interactions was being watched by Adrian, Jayden and Rose but they were mute and did not input anything, it was like they were. putting the whole situation in my hands.

“What do we do? I can’t keep losing pack members because of this motherf ucker. Who will I rule over if he kills off my whole pack?” I asked her, no, I pleaded with her. “There’s a solution but I don’t think you’d be able to do 15

she “If it involves taking care of my pack members, I’d do it a blink of an eye”, I assured her., Adrian put a hand on my shoulder and looked Serena in the face. “What exactly will she be doing? I’m not putting her O

in harm’s way”, he said amd I rolled my eyes. Like he’d be able to stop me.

The urge to protect my wolves was the most important thing on my mind at that point. “What am I doing, Serena?” I asked, completely disregarding what Adrian said. “Baby, you’re not going to be doing it if it’s too dangerous”, he Said in my head and i scoffed. “Watch me do it. They are in that condition because they were protecting OUR pack, YOUR pack, and I should just watch them die? You’ve got to be joking with me”, I told him before putting up the wall to block him out.

I made the mistake of putting down the wall to the pack mindlink and almost got dizzy from the different thoughts going through their heads. Most were grieving for their sons and mates that were part of the warriors, making the rage in me to intensify.

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