His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 107

Alice

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'Alice, I love you, babe. Now listen carefully. When I say run, just run !' Lucian spoke in my mind.

'But Max...'

'We'll save him too, don't worry. They don't know we are here as the wind is in another direction, but they will soon know. So just do as I say, babe, please.'

'I will dear.' I replied.

Jordan gave me a suspicious look, I ignored him and kept my head down. I wasn't certain if I could shift, pregnant wolves can't. But my wolf assured me that she could take over anytime.

'Run' Lucian said in my mind.

My wolf took over. Breaking the restraints, I ran into the forest. The sound of gunshots rang through the forest. I looked up to see Lucian's choppers hovering over the trees. They were shooting at Stuart and his men. I stopped running, Max could get caught in the crossfire. I returned towards the group I had just escaped.

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Lucian -

I felt Alice's pain run through me, the rest of the pack felt the same. I immediately turned and started rushing off in the direction it came from. Rage coursed through me. With dread, I realized that Alice was running back to save Max.

I saw her entangled with 2 wolves, usually, I would have let her fight them out. She was a strong Alpha but for some reason, I felt extremely protective of her. Growling, I jumped on them. I ripped off the throat of the first one and kicked the other one so hard he bashed his skull on a tree and fell limp.

"He is hurt," Alice said through our mind link. She was sniffed around the limp body of Max.

I was furious by the fact that she had disobeyed me and instead of coming to me, she was worried about Max! But that is how she was, kind and considerate. I ran up to her and rubbed my forehead with her. Something smelled off.

"Alice, are you ok? Are you hurt?"

"I am fine, Lucian, thank god you arrived in time." She spoke through the link.

I commanded a few of my betas to take away Max.

"Alice, come with me," I commanded her.

She followed me.

"We cannot let Stuart escape, Lucian."

"I know love, but first we need to escape the crossfire."

I heard a thud and immediately turned around to find a black wolf growling over a sprawled Alice. He had suddenly jumped on her.

"No!" Mad with fury, I lunged at the black wolf. He was expectedly strong, but I managed to push him off Alice.

"Are you ok, love?" I asked, running to her.

"He is Stuart, don't let him go, Lucian." She screamed back.

I sensed the advancing Stuart, and I had no choice but to turn away from my love to handle Stuart.

I felt relieved though when I saw Alice stand up with a little help from Rick. Furthermore, I was scared that she might have broken a few ribs due to the impact. She seemed to be doing ok now, though. My happiness was short-lived, Stuart continued circling us. I was going to end him.

Stuart made the first move and charged towards me. I stopped and allowed him to collide with me. I just wanted to check his tactics and the actual strength of his wolf. I was stunned to be hit with a force comparable to alpha and was knocked back.

"Lucian, be careful, he is strong," Alice warned in my mind.

The impact was strong, but I managed to stay on my feet. Was this an effect of the things he had been injecting himself with or was there something more that I didn't know about? I was puzzled, but I had to come up with a solution quickly.

I focused on Stuart and shivered from the adrenaline that coursed through me. I was more than ready to get rid of him for good. I was done playing with this bastard and wouldn't let him escape again. Our entire existence was at stake because of him. The sounds of fighting and gunfire boomed all around us, and I mentally commanded Damon to take away Alice from the mayhem. She was in pain, I could feel it.

Stuart ran at me again to ram me against the ground. However, I was prepared, I quickly manoeuvred and jumped out of the way of the charging male and managed to rake a claw on his right side. Blood filled the air with a tangy scent that left my wolf craving for more.

Stuart roared and stared at me with murder in his eyes. I shifted into my hybrid human form.