bChapter /bb161 /b

bLewana /bPOV

My mind starts to clear the sedation they always pump me full bof/bb. /bThe ground feels bdifferent/bb. /bbHard /band cold. A cold wind caresses my skin for the first time in months. Have they moved bme/bb? /b

“I think she’s starting to wake up“.

“What kind of drugs did they give her? She’s been out for an hour“.

The voices feel familiar, but I’m not sure. I open my eyes and I try to focus. It’s dark and there bis /ba fire nearby. I’m no longer in theb. And I’m not restrained.

I start growling to warn whoever is near me. A figurees running towards me and holds my shoulder supportively, trying to get me to sit up.

“I’ve got your Luna Queen“.

I recognize the scent before I can make out his face. Liam. I just copse onto him and start silently

sobbing as he rubs my back.

He keeps trying to reassure me. “It’s OK. We got you out. We’ll take you home soon“.

Home. He’ll take me to Conrad. Wait.

“Is he not here? Didn’t hee?“.

Heughed a humourlessugh. “He’s sort of knocked out in the back of the van. We’ll exin more

when you’re more with it“.

That’s when I see it. The ck van with the door open at the back. I don’t care how drugged I am or

even if I crawl. I need to see him.

I start to push off Liam with the adrenaline starting to clear the mind fog more quickly. I shakily

walk to the van, but Liam supports me to walk over there, and I get in.

Conrad’s huge frame is on its back, and he’s snoring peacefully. I start to try to wake him up. I need

to know he’s OK. I need to hold him.

b“/bConrad, I’m here. Please wake up“.

I hear the siren song and realise he is under the siren song. bAs /bsoon as Aalto singsb, /bConrad’s beyes /bbfly /b

open. As soon as he sees me, he sits up, grabs me with both arms, and pulls me into his barms/bb. /b

He just holds me in silence while we have a moment together.

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b“/bbMoonlight/b, I missed byou /bbso /bmuchb. /bbI’m /bbgoing /bbto /bbfix /bbeverything/b. bOh /bbGoddess/b, bI /bmissed byou /bso much

bHe /bstarts passionately kissing me from nowhere. I bkiss /bhim back, bbut /bat bfirst/bb, /bbhe’s /bgoing btoo /bfast

b“/bConrad, I know you missed me, but slow down. People are here, and we need to bget /bbhome /b

“I don’t care. Let them watch“.

What. He’s never like this. He starts grabbing me with such force on my legs, I know bit /bbis /bbgoing /bbto /b

leave bruises.

“Conrad. Stop. This isn’t you“.

He starts sucking and biting my neck, leaving marks there. I grab his face and force him to look bat /bollime. /li/ol

I see Jace’s eyes looking back at me, but something is wrong. The normally bright yellow has bswirling /bck circles in the middle. bThat’s /bnot Conrad or Jace.

I grab his neck and apply full force while growling at him. Serenaes forward and knows this fight isn’t over.

“I can see you“.

A smirk crosses his face, and he grabs my hand to remove it. I push him backwards and scramble out

of the van.

Conrad emerges slowly. His eyes have gonepletely ck as he lets out a maliciousugh that echoes around the cave we are in, making everyone in the cave freeze.

He starts pping a loud boom that gets everyone’s full attention.

“Bravo, blessed one. I thought we could have fully corrupted you before you noticed“.

I start my ground and put my full Alpha Aura up. “He is mine. Release him. Now“.

The demonic voice started singing in a mocking tone. “Little light, shining bright. And she’s already lost the fight“.

I use my Alpha Command with such force that loose rocks start shaking free. “I will not let you clim

him. He is MINE“.

“You sure you want him back. You won’t believe the things he’s been up to while you’ve been baway/bb. /bHe was easy to manipte, too. He lost half his soul and was already angry the first bday/bb. /bHe bjust /bneeded a little nudge at the start. And we’ve had him for two months“.

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bI /bbfalter /bbin /bbmy /bbresolve/b. What have they bdone /bbto /bbhim/b? Whatever It Is, I bknow /bwe bcan /bovee it w bhave /bbto/bb. /b

“bIf /byou will not leave him willing, I will force you out“.

“You’re wee to btry/bb, /bbut we are pretty secure here, and we won’t let him hold bback/b“.

I particrly shift into my Lycan form andunch at him full force. He grabs me to swing bme /bbinto /bthe cave wall. I push off with my legs, and when I rebound, I tackle him bto /bthe floor.

Everyone in the cave takes off running for cover, as no one ever wants bto /bget in the middle of two full blood Alphas fighting.

I swing and get a hit to his face, then his left nk, and I try to kick his legs out. I knew this bwas /bing, and jumped over my legs beforending a blow to my face, shattering my cheekbone.

I put my arms up in a defensive stance and keep blocking his blows, which areing bhard /bband /bbfast /b

nowb. /b

I manage to duck one of them and get a spinning kick to the head, but as bI /bspin round to deliver another, he grabs my leg and throws his full force against my body, hurling me to the ground.

I try to get my legs around his to apply pressure to his chest, but he grabs my hands and pins them above my head. He uses all his force and his weight in one hand, breaking my wrist. I cry out in pain, which amuses him.

“Submit, little one. The Shadows will rule the earth, and you can still be our Luna Queen. Come to the darkness and bring reconning to everyone who has wronged you at your mate’s side“.

I think about my options and reliase I only have one left. I turn my head right and watch as his caninese out to mark me with darkness.

As soon as he leans over to bite me, I mp down full force on his neck, marking him first.

A shrill scream echoes around the cavern system as I flood Conrad’s system with light. The shadows leaving his body make him convulse and froth at the mouth, and I manage to roll him over to his back before he copses on top of me.