Chapter 90
Conrad POV
I stare daggers into Valerie for interrupting me while Cordelia stands as defiant as ever. That bitch needs to suffer for everything that she has done. Why would Valerie even waste her breath trying to save her?
Lady Valerie stands with her hands towards both of us and then turns to Cordelia. “Apologies for interrupting but my date with Alpha King is scheduled for tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have another commitment. I know that, as per the rules of the ceremony, times cannot be changed unless the Alpha King himself is incapacitated, but they can be swapped. I am sure you have prepared a wonderful spread as usual so why not enjoy that with your father and I will have my date with Alpha King now. That way he is well rested and in a better mood for your date with him tomorrow“.
Cordelia thinks about it a huff. “Well, it’s not like you were going to win anyway. You can have it here and I will see you tomorrow handsome“.
She blows me a kiss and I shudder at the thought. I turn my attention straight back to my sleeping mate.
Valerie turns to Liam. “As this is technically my date, do you think some food can be provided for both of us“. She stares at Liam who understands she is trying to get me to eat. I haven’t eaten in 6-7 hours at this point and for a wolf my size, she knows I should be starving but I’m just sick with fear.
I growl at her for trying to look after me like a mate. “I’m not hungry“.
“Well, if you don’t eat something, I going to tattle–tale on you to Lady Lewana the second her eyes open. From what I’ve seen of her, she will be disappointed that you’re not staying at top strength for the pack while she is down“.
Dam it. I suppose I can force food down. She has done it for me before when we first met.
Liam comes back with some of Mary’s cooking for all of us. All finger food so I can eat without letting go of my moonlight
hand.
About an hour after the meal, she starts to stir. She slowly opens her eyes and I can see her searching for me.
“Moonlight, it’s OK, it’s OK. I’m here“.
I pull her to my chest while Valerie calls the medic over. They come over with some water to give her a drink. As soon as the water touches her throat she goes back to work.
“How are the soldiers. Did the treatment work“.
The medic looks shocked but answers. “Yeah. I think so. I mean, nobody’s dead and they are all awake now. I don’t know about the long term though“.
She then turns to Liam. “Boarders were secured as soon as I went down“. 1
“Yes. They all left as soon as you took the darts.
Anger starts surging in. It should be me in this bed, not her. I start to growl at her. “Why did you take the darts. It should have been me who got hit. Not you“.
She looks at me a loving expression and raises a hand to hold my cheek. “It was the only way to get them to leave shadow.
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Alpha’s always protect pack”
Liam looks at her confused. “What do you mean“.
“I could hear them discussing battle plans. They could see where I was and were aiming away from me. They planned to shoot Conrad to weaken the soldiers and the pack so they could breach the border, kill all in the way, and take the she- wolves they wanted. I saved Conrad and damaged their primary target by taking the darts. They had to retreat if they wanted to save me and try again later“.
I’m still so mad at her and proud at the same time. “But they didn’t know you could be saved. I didn’t know“.
“I always promise to come back to you. Don’t 1“.
1 grabbed her face and crashed into her lips to kiss her. That’s when the silent tears fall. Everyone looks away as they don’t want to witness the Alpha crying like a pup.
Jace comes forward as he needs to check on them to. He whispers with a shaking voice, “I need to see the pretty eyes and make sure your both OK“,
Serena comes forward, but only just. She has very little strength before disappearing. She cradles me weakly to her chest and wipes the tears from my face while I steel my resolve again.
“What exactly are we giving everyone“. We turn and see the head medic looking very axious and a bit lost.
“The IM injection is a wolfsbane antibody serum. Sort of a cross between a treatment and a vaccine. The IV is silver- specific chelation therapy. My research showed they were promising but I haven’t been able to test on a wider group yet“.
Everyone is stunned. I didn’t even notice all the soldiers and their families listening. One soldier speaks up from his bed.
“You did all this for us. Even after everything…..“. He didn’t need to finish. We all knew what he meant.
“Even as I was hiding in the human world, I knew who I was. Everything in my life had been taken from me. My mother at birth, my mother who raised me, my pack, my childhood, my safety, my freedom. I was determined not to lose myself. I wanted to make sure they could never take that“.
“You really are our Luna Queen, aren’t you“.
She freezes again while she tries to think of an answer. “We will just have to wait til the end of the ceremony and go from there“.
Lady Valerie dramatically rolls her eyes. “Let’s be honest. It’s just a formality at this point. The descions has clearly been made“.
“A rogue shouldn’t be on the throne. If they don’t accept me, we know civil unrest could break out among the packs. That’s why we need to wait for the end of this ceremony and see the reactions to the results“.
Valerie starts loudly and comically laughing. “That’s what you’re worried about“.
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