Luna Aleksa's Escape
Luna Aleksa’s Escape Chapter 26

*Aleska POV*

I turn my head and body to see what the noise is behind me, ready to protect my pups with my life. I see half a dozen wolves stalking out of the woods. I push Liam and Layla behind me and I take a defensive stance. “Amber, I need you! Amber!” I plead to my wolf who has been absent for sometime now. I can feel her presence, but she doesn’t speak to me. I shake my head. I guess I’m on my own again. I thought to myself.

The wolf leading the pack shifts into his human form. And I breathe a sigh of relief. And I try to calm my erratic breathing and heart rate down. It feels like my heart is about to jump out of my chest.

It’s Kingston! I feel my cheeks heat up and I look to the side, trying not to gawk at his rather large manhood, staring me in the face. Oh my! I thought to myself. His Beta also shifts and throws him a pair of basketball shorts. Kingston then gives orders to his warriors to check the cabin and secure the perimeter. He moves forward and stops in front of me.

“Aleksa, are you okay? Is anyone hurt?” Kingston asks me with a concerned look on his face. I bit down on my lower l*p and nodded my head. “We are all fine, by the time we got here, whoever was here, was long gone.” I tell Kingston and the others.

At that moment, Mason, Quinn and Kaia walk out of the log cabin. “Alpha” Mason nods to Kingston. “The scent is faint, but I would guess that it was a rogue.” Mason tells Kingston.

“I wonder if it’s the rogue that got away during the attack in the woods. It could have followed your scent through the forest.” Kingston goes on to ask, “Was anything missing?” And he looks at all of us.

“To me it just looked like the place was trashed, I haven’t even had a chance to check, but to be honest we came here with nothing so we don’t really have anything to steal” I say to everyone. Mason and Kaia nod in agreement.

“Maybe he came to finish the job?” One of the warriors asked.

A growl came from Kingston making everyone shudder and the warrior bared his neck in submission.

“Look, it’s clear you can’t stay here any longer, you, Kaia and the pups aren’t protected out here, and Aleksa, your wolf isn’t able to protect you at the moment”. Kingston says. “Come back to the packhouse for now, while we figure out what’s going on.” Kingston says in a manner that sounds more like an order than a request.

“He’s right, Aleksa, I can’t go back to the packhouse, knowing you are all vulnerable out here” Mason says to us. Quinn holding on him to protectively.

I look to Kaia, who is looking at me with a look as to say they’re right, we aren’t safe here. “You know I’ll go where you go, Aleksa. But they are right, the pups are at risk if we continue to stay here” Kaia says to me.

I already know they are right. I would never risk my pups. They needed to be safe and protected, and around other pups, all of which being part of a pack would provide. It was a no brainer and I knew it. I looked up to Kingston.

“Looks like we need to pack a few things, huh Kaia?” I say with a small smile on my face. Kaia looked relieved. I watched Kingston let out a sigh of relief and saw a smirk forming on his face. He gestured his hand towards the house “After you, ladies” I went to pick up the twins in their carseats, but before I could grab Liam, Kingston did. “Thank you!” I said and gave Kingston a sweet appreciative smile and we walked into the log cabin.

I walked into the kitchen to make Liam and Layla a bottle, as it had been a few hours since they ate last and they have had a long day. I grab some fruit pottles and some snacks for them to munch on if they get hungry on the way to the pack. I test their bottles to make sure the temperature is right. That should tide them over for the ride, and hopefully they won’t fall asleep on the car ride over, so that I can give them something a bit more nutritious for their dinner.

I allow myself to think about how nice it would be to get settled somewhere and for my pups to have a normal routine, this way of living is not ideal. It’s not what I had hoped for my pups. Joining the Rocky Mountain pack seems like the logical choice to make. It would be nice to be part of a pack again. I just hope this one is different to the last one we were part of. I guess I was going to have to make a leap of faith here. I feel like I can trust Kingston, he has an honest and genuine aura about him.

Again lost in my own thoughts, I am snapped out of them when I hear the twins asking for their milk. I look at them with nothing but love in my face and pass them their warm milk. I pick Layla up and Kingston picks up Liam, and we carry them into my room, so that I can pack some things to take with us to Rocky Mountain.

We placed Liam and Layla onto my bed while I grabbed some clothing and shoved it into a bag. I grabbed some toiletries and a few pairs of shoes. Kingston looked at me and said “Just grab what you need for the next day or so and we will get you some new things, don’t worry about the cots, we have some at the pack you can use, I will mindlink someone to set up a guest room for you, with cots and some supplies for Liam and Layla” Kingston says to me.

I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and I can’t stop the tears escaping my eyes. I can’t believe how kind this man is, and what a godsend he is to us all. “Thank you so much, for everything, I’m not sure how I can ever repay you, but I promise I will do my best to try”. I tell him with a grateful and determined look on my face.

“Please, Aleksa, it is my pleasure. This is what we do here at Rocky Mountain. We take care of our own. I don’t want you to feel like you have to pay anything back. I’m just pleased to know that you will be safe in our pack.” Kingston tells me as he looks deep into my eyes. He wipes away my tears with his thumb while holding my chin with his other hand.

This feels so intimate, but at the same time I feel completely safe at this moment, and it feels right. I chuckle a little. “Thank you and sorry for the tears, it’s been a long week”. I say.

At that moment we are interrupted by Quinn, who stops at the door with an amused expression on her face. “Sorry to, uh, interrupt” she says with a huge smirk on her face, “Mason and I were gonna head out, if that’s ok?” She asks us.

“Sure, thank you, for everything, sorry to interrupt your first evening together with all of this” I say to Quinn.

“Oh my goddess, Aleksa, you didn’t wreck anything, it was that stupid rogue no doubt. I’m glad we were here! Let us know if you need us, otherwise, see you at breakfast tomorrow!” Quinn says, waving to us, as she walks down the hallway.

After a few minutes I signal to Kingston that I’m done. “Well I guess that’s it. I have everything we need for now.” I say to Kingston biting down on my l*p, feeling a little sad that I will be leaving this rustic old log cabin that felt a bit like home for a while. I shut the windows and the wardrobe then I turn to the bed.

I chuck my large canvas bag over my shoulders and pick up Liam and Layla, Kingston grabs Liam off me, to help me carry them to the car. I take one last look around and walk through to the hallway.

I think about how we were just getting comfortable in our new little home. But then I remind myself that it was only temporary, it was never going to be our forever home.

We walk through the cabin, the house is empty, so everyone must be outside. As I walk through the front door I see that there is another black SUV waiting outside.

It’s just Kaia and Asher waiting outside, standing next to the SUV. It appears that Mason and Quinn have left. Asher opens the door for me and I start to strap Layla in. While Kingston straps in Liam. We all jump into the car, Kingston signals to the warriors, who shift into their wolves and head into the woods. The car pulls out of the driveway and we head to the packhouse.

We get to the packhouse in no time. I grab my back and toss it over my shoulder and start unbuckling the twins. I let them out of their seats, as they have been in them way to long. I let them have a little run around and then we head into the packhouse. Dinner is finished but Kingston gestures us to the kitchen and we fix up some food for the twins and have a small meal together, before we are all shown our rooms.

Kaia and I are surprisingly on the top floor, the alpha’s quarters. We have our own rooms, but they share a connecting bathroom, which is a huge relief. It means we can still be close to each other and share our space. We had developed such a close bond over the little time we had known each other. Kaia was like a sister to me. I was glad we were doing this together.

Liam and Layla were pretty excited, the room was huge as was the bed which had four large posts, the carpet was lush and gray, the walls a crisp black white shade. There were two separate cots for each of the twins. And a bunch of toys in a box on the corner. That was so thoughtful. The twins fell asleep straight away, so I jumped into the shower, then changed into my nightdress and lay down to rest. The mattress was so comfortable that I immediately drifted to sleep. That’s when my first nightmare began.