The Girl Without A Wolf: The Rejected Luna
Chapter 69

Jane’s stance

It’s been a long while since I last felt any bit of happiness. Ever since the Alpha King separated me from my mate, I’ve known nothing but sorrow and tears.

My heart always raced in panic whenever I got the thought that my Vishal might be dead. I never stopped praying for him, pleading with the moon goddess to keep him safe.

Through all the torture and abuse that I was subjected to by the Alpha King, through all the pain I had to endure, I never stopped praying for the safety of my Vishal even for a second. He was all I thought about, all I dreamt of, and when I heard he was coming for me, my heartbeat kick-started.

I couldn’t contain my joy, knowing he was alive and returned to his pack. My Vishal is alive! That sprang up every bit of hope that was buried inside of me. I could already picture being in his arms, but I didn’t know it would be this soon.

Hearing his voice now felt surreal, and even though I was yet to see his face, I knew it was him. It was Vi. He’s here! Oh goddess, thank you so much. I never expected it to be this soon.

Even though I recognized the voice to be his, doubts crept into my mind and I needed some sort of confirmation that it was truly him.

“Vi-Vi-Vishal?” I stuttered, afraid that it might not have been him, but someone else who has a similar voice to him.

“Yes, Jane. It’s me, I’m alive,” His calm voice said, sending thrills to the numb part of my heart.

My wolf slowly began stirring awake, gradually breaking free from the influence of the elixir the Alpha King had fed me. Being close to her mate was giving her the strength to break free from it.

“Good to see you again, Alpha King,” Vishal said. I could hear a bit of amusement in his tone. “Why do you look like you’ve seen a ghost?”

“Because that’s what you’re supposed to be, a f*****g ghost!” The Alpha King replied.

“Right, because you sent your warriors to hunt me down, and then you sent your Rogue assassin to kill me. I’m sorry to disappoint you, but they couldn’t kill me,”

“What the hell did you do to Luca?! the Alpha King demanded harshly. He was speaking to Vishal in a condescending tone.

” I killed him, but don’t worry, he put up a good fight. I’m just not mapped out to die today,” Vishal replied. The confidence in his tone sent a rush of excitement through my veins. It feels good to see someone stand up to this ruthless Alpha King, just like my Vi was doing.

“Get out of my way right now, or I’m gonna end your life right here!” The Alpha King threatened.

“Put her down,” Vishal said, “I’m more than willing to go toe to toe with you, but let’s keep Jane out of the way,”

“You’ll have to kill me first before you get to take her off my shoulder. And if you think you want to fight me, then bring it on. But Jane stays right here,” The Alpha King finalized.

“She’s gonna get hurt if she stays in the middle of our fight. I thought you said you loved her. Are you gonna be okay with seeing her hurt?” Vishal asked.

“I don’t care about that. I love Jane, but I’d rather she gets hurt than let her go to you. I don’t love the way you do, swindler. My love is a little complex,”

“You’re nothing but a disgusting monster, incapable of love and only knows how to obsess over things that don’t belong to you,”

“I met her first! She’s my mate…”

“You rejected her!” Vishal retorted in a yell, “You didn’t think she was good enough for you. But now that she has a wolf, you won’t let her go? All of a sudden now, you love her? Keep lying to yourself!”

Their endless bickering wasn’t something I should interest myself in right now. My ribcage was stinging from how tight the Alpha King was holding me down on his shoulder. And my breath was coming out short too, I needed to get off his shoulder for me to catch enough air.

I felt someone trying to mind-link me. It was the first attempt to mind link that I’ve gotten since the Alpha King fed me the elixir. The voice of the person tapping into the mind link was shady at first, but then, after a little more attempt, the voice became clearer.

It was Vishal, I can’t believe it. It’s my mate mind-linking me right now. Tears rolled down my eyes and I almost broke into a sob, but I hacked it in. I didn’t want the Alpha King to notice that I was sobbing, he might ask what’s the reason behind it and he won’t rest until he knows why I was crying and I’ll be damned if he finds out that Vishal was mind-linking me.

“Jane,” his calm voice echoed in my mind.

“I missed you so much, Vi,” I mind-linked back, wanting him to hear every beat of what my heart was saying.

“I missed you more, Jane. How are you feeling?”

“Much better now that you’re here, I was so worried about you. Oh goddess, thank you,”

“You don’t have to worry anymore, love. I’m here now and I’ll never leave your side again,”

Vishal was still exchanging words with the Alpha King, and at the same time, he was subtly mind-linking me. It was a very daring thing to do, and I couldn’t help but be more proud of my mate.

“Jane,” he called out again through the mind link,

“Yes, Vi,”

“Listen to me. I need you to break free from his hold. You need to get down from his shoulder. You’re the only one who can get yourself off his shoulder, not me,”

“But how?” I asked him, feeling terrified, “My wolf is still very weak from the elixir the Alpha King fed me, even though she was slowly recuperating now. I need her strength to leap down from his shoulder,”

The Alpha King was a very huge man, towering over 6’6ft, he was tall to a fault. I’ll be needing enough strength to break free from his hold and leap off his shoulder.

“Listen, love. You can do it. Your wolf is a goddess of war. And you’re my feisty queen. Surely, you’re bigger than whatever measly elixir you might have been fed. Mind over matter, love. Alright?”

“But–”

“No more buts, babe. You get down and you run. Ray is on his way to Tower pack, he’s taking the east side of the forest with his warriors, so you’ll run to him,”

“What about you? What’s gonna happen to you?”

“I have to end this with the Alpha King. I have to fight him to death, that’s the only way we can get our happily ever after,”

Oh no, my dearest Vi. What if he gets badly hurt, or worse killed? What will happen to me? I can’t be apart from him again, I love him so much and I never wanna be apart from him.

I was shedding quiet tears as my heart constricted in pain. Just how much longer do we have to be apart for us to be together?

“Hey love, don’t do that. Don’t cry,” He consoled me, “this isn’t goodbye. I’ll return to you in one piece. All I just wanna do is to kill this monster,”

“But what if he hurts you instead?”

“All I know is, I plan on living a long life and I plan on doing that with you. So wait for me, and stop crying, please,”

“Promise me you’ll come back to me, Vi,” I said, still bittered by this separation.

“I promise. I’ll come back, love, and we’ll never be apart again. I promise you that.”

We ended the mind-link, and I braced myself before delivering a deadly blow on the Alpha King’s shoulder.

It caught him off guard so he dropped me quickly, against his better judgment.

He rushed to get me again, but Vi blocked his path and they engaged in a bloody brawl.

“Run!” Vi screamed at me, and I scurried to my feet and headed to the East side of the forest.

I heard beastly howls and I was forced to turn around, a gasp escaped me as I saw Vi and the Alpha King already shifted into their wolf form. They were at each other’s neck, each one going out of their way to brutalize the other.

I turned around again and forced myself to continue running.