ALPHA RYDER'S LUNA

A'S

orning was approaching already, and I was still running. I had been chased like a crimin

ifferent men chased after me. Men who were once my protectors, neighbors, and f

wasn't the best option; I'd be killed before they heard I had

as sure: I was still in the borders of packs friendly to Ravenclaw, and that

the Mooresville Pack. That was to be my safe space; I wouldn't be killed in a rival's

nd tried to remember the direction to th

ustration; I never really paid attention in class, an

d another howled, signaling to

a voice

nt with a child, hungry, and tired from all the running, but I

eet. The pain was out of this world. With both feet stuck in a trap, I could not move. I was bleeding profusely, and my eyes began to shut, but no one was

owing what their retreat meant, then

es fluttered open. I blinked once, twice, or maybe thrice; I w

ide him stood a lady who was about my age, smiling at me. With no one else in the room but th

r 13 days," the lady said as she chastised the hand

y? 13 days? I had been asleep for 13 days?" I immediately trie

y to run immediately she woke," the man called Ryder said, smili

tting her out of the

n groaned; he was acting

ve him a serious look, and without a word, he swiftly

t as I got reliev

how you got her

hroat. "N...o," my voice croaked as I tried to talk.

etty bad, and you passed out. We thought you were not going to make it when we found you lying lifeless

membered. I looked down and saw I had completely healed; my baby was

urging me to drink. I drank it, and

ore in a mutter, but she he

cross our borders? Your dress speaks of your origin; it clearly shows you're from the rival

an outlaw. I've been pursued out of my land," I said s

atted my back, rocking m

e you called

is Maya," I r

always welcome here,'" she gently said as she continued

a doesn't mean much here, does he?" Ryder

the Alpha; he was the alpha of wherever it was

she wants to stay here, she'll have to pay. We already saved her life, and now we're offering her shelt

I'd gone through too much to lose it all and be chased out o

could, her brother beat her to it: "It's simp