His Rogue Luna is a Princess (Mia and Derek) novel Chapter 103

Chapter 103

ELENA

“Where’s Aiden?!”

The question ripped from my throat, wild and raw. It wasn’t a question, really. It was a scream. A plea

Aplea. Acommand wrapped in

terror.

My voice echoed across the wreckage of the room–the overturned furniture, the broken glass, through the blood that still hovered in a haze over the bodies of the dead.

Derek turned fast, already pivoting to Brock and Joe, his eyes feral with urgency.

“I told you to get the boy!”

Brock’s brows furrowed, scanning the room again like he expected to find Aiden hiding behind a piece of furniture. “I didn’t see him!”

Joe looked stunned “1–I thought he was with you.”

Time stopped

My blood turned to ice.

And then In

I didn’t wait for anyone to tell

anyone to tell me what to do, didn’t ask permission or wait for backup. I just ram, barefoot across broken tile, down the hallway where I’d last seen him.

“AIDEN!” My voice cracked on the second syllable, the sound shattering against the sterile white walls.

Behind me, Derek’s voice boomed through the halls like a war drum. “Scour the villa. Find the child. NOW.”

I ran into the kitchen where Pierce had originally taken him. Saw the sandwich he’d made for Aiden, one large bite taken out of

The dead rogue on the floor on the other side of the countertop.

Half blind with fear, I continued on through the villa

I didn’t stop

1checked every room I passed, throwing open doors with shaking hands,

An office–empty.

A bathroom nothing but gleaming chrome and towels folded too perfectly to have been used.

A bedroom. Then another. Beds made. Drawers closed. As if no one had ever stayed here. As if my son had never been here at all.

‘AIDEN!” I screamed again, the panic rising up my throat so fast felt like I was choking on it.

I shoved open one more door–and froze.

The storeroom.

Where they held us.

I stepped inside, my heart punching hard against my ribs.

The room was exactly as we’d left it. Blanket still rumpled. The vent above the cot still slightly ajar.

I dropped to my knees beneath it.

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“Aiden?” My voice was shaking “aby, are your up there? It’s okay–It’s ufe now. Please come down.”

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My voice cracked again. “Please.”

The silence deepened.

My hands began to tremble as the air thickened in my lungs. I tried to breathe, but it came to fast–too shallow. My chest was tightening, my fingers tingling. The edges of the room began to till and blur.

Breathe. Breathe, damn it.

I pushed myself to my feet, staggering toward the window. Flung open.

A gust of warm, salty air hit me.

And then-

Aflicker.

Movement

A shift in the palm fronds across the pool deck. The tiniest rustle of green.

Not wind. Not wildlife.

Someone,

I didn’t think. I just moved. Running full out, Nox howling inside of me.

Down the hallway. Around the bend. Through the shattered front door. Around the outer path toward the pool.

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