Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42: 42-They Lied.

Haiden:

We sat on a large fallen tree trunk, our legs hanging down. Where her legs were in the air, while mine stretched out because I was tall. I placed my hands on the trunk beside my body and stared into the distance.

"Let’s just say I think pregnant women aren’t treated well under our ruling," I said, trying to be vague. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Anyway, you need to rest, because in the next few days, I’m pretty sure someone will slay the monster. And if not, we’ll still board the train. I’m taking you back there because I’m not going to let you come back here again. They should have thought this through. They can’t force a pregnant woman onto a train to fight monsters. We’re not criminals being punished. We are their people. We are their crusaders," I hissed, pointing into the distance.

She gave me a reassuring look before getting up and heading into her nest. She joked that she felt like a bird sitting on her eggs.

The day passed slowly. Then finally, it was the day we were supposed to return to the train. We hadn’t heard from anyone else, hadn’t come across any other crusaders. So I knew I had done the right thing by following her and keeping her safe. By now, we had run into quite a few wild wolves, and they had tried to attack her more than once. I guessed we had ended up in a region where they were more abundant.

But that morning, I woke up to complete silence.

Usually, she’d be awake, humming while watching the birds in the trees. I walked to her nest and stood outside, impatient.

"Sadie, are you okay?" I called.

"Sadie!" I repeated, getting more anxious.

There was no response. I had to go in and check. The minute I stepped inside, I froze, she was gone.

"Sadie!" I screamed, stepping out, spinning around, searching. "Sadie!" I yelled as loud as I could.

She was just gone. It didn’t make sense. Every day, she woke me up, and we spent the whole day together. But now, she was nowhere to be found, and I was losing my mind.

"Can you track her scent?" I asked my wolf, panicking.

"No. She’s not our mate. I can’t," he nearly screamed back at me. He sounded panicked too. We had become so connected with her.

"Listen, we need to find her. She’s pregnant. She can’t be far. What the hell happened to her?" I said, trembling.

Then the worst thing happened. I turned, and saw my squad mates rushing toward me.

And there she was. That face I hated so much. The one that made me want to punch myself the moment she came near me. Clementine stopped when she saw how hostile I looked, but the others kept going.

"We need to go," Ian said, his tone urgent.

"No. I’m staying. I have to find her," I said, pointing at the spot.

"Are you crazy or what?" Troy shouted, clearly panicked, probably because the train was getting ready to leave.

"She was here. She was here when I fell asleep. But now she’s gone," I said, pointing at her nest.

I saw Clementine tilt her head, stare at the nest, then glance around the little space we had made into a home over the past few days.

"Where did she go?" she asked.

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