Luna Aleksa's Escape
Luna Aleksa’s Escape Chapter 21

*Kingston POV*

This week has been chaotic. We’ve had a few reports of rogues, which is not uncommon for us, but it almost seems as if they are looking for something. Being that our land backs onto the forsaken territory we have patrols stationed on every corner of our territory.

The Forsaken is a group of rogues that according to our intel, all congregate together. It’s almost like a rogue pack, which is unheard of considering rogues are anti pack and often prefer to roam on their own or in the company of one or two others. It is believed that the forsaken even have their own version of an alpha.

With rogue attacks, comes reports and constant auditing of our safety protocols and so on. Not to mention the upcoming Royal Alpha Summit of which I am still trying to negotiate temporary truces between some packs. Further to this, I have been doing some background checks on our new neighbors at the old log cabin. Mason and Kaia’s intel checks were straightforward enough.

Mason was Beta to Alpha Grayson at B***d Moon Pack, who by all accounts appears to be a monstrous leader with a cruel and almost medieval approach to pack leadership, I don’t blame Mason for hightailing it out of there. I wouldn’t want to be part of that either. Mason is also unmated, so there is a chance that if he were to join a pack, he would have a better chance of meeting his fated mate.

Kaia surely enough was mated to an elite head warrior at the Midnight Pack, who from what my sources tell me was a cruel mate, a womanizer, and had a very masogynistic view of what women should be. My sources tell me that if she hadn’t managed to escape when she did, she would most likely have been imprisoned. Kaia was described as kind, fair and ambitious, as well as an up and coming strong female warrior with solid leadership skills, she is also of beta b***d. Sources tell me that her mate took away her warrior status and forced her to stay home and do housekeeping duties. Kaia has some very redeeming traits and we would be lucky to have her as a member of our pack.

Finding background information on Aleska has proved to be a bit more challenging. It seems Lachlan ran a relatively tight ship. Some of the alphas from the alliance he is part of have described him as a womanizer, a staunch believer that she-wolves are inferior and are here to serve rather than to be led.

Sources I managed to replace within the pack described Aleksa as quiet but kind. It is reported that no one saw much of her and the pups as Lachlan tended to keep them upstairs and tended to isolate them from others.

Although when we gathered intel from her workplace, they seemed to share a different version of Aleksa, they spoke of her as having a confident personality with personal integrity and a strong work ethic.

Reports regarding her adoptive parents confirmed that she was found outside a church in the same local town she worked in, and that her adoptive parents were human and elderly.

School records showed she was a straight A student with huge potential, as well as editor for the school newspaper and an up and coming track star, until she had to leave school early to support her adoptive parents, due to illness.

Everything I learn about Aleksa just solidifies what I already feel for her, respect and admiration for her courage and kindness, she puts others needs before her own, and despite coming across as shy and unsure of herself, inside she is actually a confident and focused person. I feel that her experiences over the past few years have suppressed that side of her somewhat.

I had no doubt that if Aleksa joined our pack, she would take some time to adjust, but in time she would be that confident, go-getter that she clearly was before meeting Lachlan, and before being so over controlled.

Aleksa had all the qualities of a great Luna. I had no doubt in my mind, if she was allowed room to grow, she would have been an amazing Luna. That Lachlan is such a fool to have treated her the way he did. He had it all, a beautiful mate, two pups, he should have been grateful with what he had and worshiped them.

I don’t know Aleksa much at all, but what I do know about her is enough to know she is one of a kind. I would let hell freeze before I let him hurt her or her pups ever again. I need to have them close, so that I can protect them.

Just thinking of her ignites the fires within me. I feel the tension building up. I want to see her but I don’t want to overwhelm or scare her. It’s been too long since I saw her last. For days I have been stuck in this office, bombarded with piles of paperwork, constant notifications of emails, the phone has rung constantly for days for many different reasons.

Ah, I need a break. I think to myself. I need to go for a run. In my wolf form. That always helps me replace my chi. I mindlink Asher and tell him to man the fort for the next few hours, I need some fresh air. Asher tells me he’s got it covered, and to take my time.

I walk at pace down the stairway of the pack house and open the double doors which lead to the exterior stairs. I ripped off my clothes and run towards the treeline, not caring if anyone is around, as nudity is completely normal for us werewolves.

I shift into my wolf and I feel the stress start to dissipate. I am running and jumping through the forest. I plan to run the entire territory until I can run no more.

After a while I reached my spot. The Caribbean blue waters cascaded down the rocks and spurt into the surrounding lake, the serenity pool was crystal clear giving a view of the moss and plant covered rocks at the bottom. This was my favorite place to go when I have a lot on my mind. Something about it just calmed me.

I sat there for a while resting by the water when I felt a disturbance in the serenity of the area, something didn’t feel right. I got up on my paws and started exploring the area with haste. The smell hit me first – rogues. You couldn’t confuse that feral odor anywhere. I could hear that a battle of sorts was taking place.

I mind-linked Asher “Rogues on the eastern perimeter, past the waterfall” I tell him, cutting the mindlink when I see Aleksa ahead of me, encircled by two rogues. She looked scared. Why isn’t she shifting I think to myself. The metallic smell of b***d hits my senses then I look down to see Aleksa is hemorrhaging b***d from a large and deep looking wound on her waist. She is clutching her side, and appears to be swaying.

“Get them!” Sabre yells in my mind. “Kill these fu*&ers!” He yells. I didn’t need telling I was infuriated. I jumped up towards the brown and white rogue just as it was launching its teeth at Aleksa’s neck. As I took him out and ripped out his throat I heard Aleksa fall to the ground.

After I was sure the rogue I had in my mouth was no longer breathing I spat a big chunk of his skin out onto the ground savagely and turned to deal with the other rogue. It was gone. I looked at Aleksa, she had lost consciousness. She needed my attention. I would catch up with the other rogue later.

I shifted into my human form and picked her up, I started to run through the woods, taking her towards the packhouse. I don’t think I’ve ever run so fast in human form, and time has never moved so slow. I would have been faster in wolf form but I couldn’t carry her in her current state.

I mind-linked the patrol and informed them that I had taken one out, and that the other one had escaped. They replied that they were on to it and were currently following its scent.

I could see the packhouse ahead of me. I quickly mindlinked the pack medical team to meet me outside and that I had a trauma victim, to get ready for a b***d transfusion. We were two minutes away.

The medical team were waiting in front of the hospital with a gurney and ready to receive Aleksa, everyone had been alerted that she was top priority, and to do whatever it took to save her. I watched as they led her away to the operating theater.

Hours went by and I was getting angrier by the minute. Asher was with me trying to keep me calm. We had received a few updates but there had been no changes to her current condition.

Asher had contacted Mason and explained what had happened, he had left work with Kaia and they had picked up the twins – Liam and Layla.

I had informed my patrol guards that we would be having visitors today and granted them a temporary exemption to enter my territory.

Mason, Kaia and the twins had arrived at the hospital, but the twins were hungry so I mindlinked my sister Quinn to come over to the hospital and help Kaia feed the twins at the packhouse kitchen. Mason was happy to stay and wait at the hospital with Asher and myself.

The surgeon and medical doctor that were attending to Aleksa finally came out and gave us an update on her condition.