My Omega Queen Chapter 23: My Omega Queen

POV: Grace

“Something’s very, very wrong.” This thought wouldn’t leave me alone during Emily’s fight. She was getting utterly beaten by Rachel right in front of everyone that just yesterday witnessed their training session and Emily’s easy win. I could read complete confusion in her facial expressions as well, so I assume she ran in the forest to compose herself and find a way to win.

“Hahaha! Look at her, she’s running away!” said one of Rachel’s lackeys.

ega, Rachel!!”

from their inner group started laughing.

idn’t realize I’ve been clenching my fist so hard that blood began dripping from my hand.

e. Emily will come back.” said Andy as he soothingly held my hand and tried

since he would be the only one capable of such an authority. However, when I glanced at him, his arms were crossed and he was wearing a serious expression, looking directly into the forest, as if trying to see through the thickness of it.

ot. The sun was slowly setting and people began losing their patience. Usually, there would be an entertaining fight to watch in such a situation, so it was no wonder that their expectations have been disappointed.

stion addressed to the Alpha King:

k for them? They both might be-“‘

w voice: “I hear something.”

f Emily’s grim state. She was dragging Rachel behind her, using a cloth tied to Rachel’s waist so as to keep her head lifted, and she was also dragging one of her own legs. My feet gave up, as I fall down at the sight of my friend leaning on a tree, barely breathing, covered in deep, bleeding scratches and a red cloth protecting a wound on her leg. To top it off, she dragged Rachel’s seemingly unconscious body through the forest when she could have just left her be.

oyed. Elder Cole was expected to call the winner but he seemed the most surprised of them all, holding his hand over his heart, seemingly unable to talk as his body was shaking. The Alpha King’s expression was blank, yet his fists were clenched. I assumed he felt frustrated of not being able to go to Emily until the fight was officially over. His mouth seemed to

’s side. After he checked her vitals and made sure she was still alive, he began caressing her head and mumbling softly, almost sobbing:

dess, my Rachel, what h

him:

with his claws extended.

bones breaking reached my ears right after that, followed by a scream of pain.

sing silence and respect.

llowed by his quavering announcement:

f this challenge. S-She is to be marked as Luna of the Midnight Pack and Queen over our counties.”

dy in the middle of the fall, resting her head softly on his hand. He took a long look at Emily’s wounds, under the frozen gaze of the crowd.

n half, making way for them, and everyone kneeled as the Alpha King and Luna went through, in a quite fast pace.

it through the woods. Meanwhile, Michael was escorting the Gamma towards the dungeon.

step forward, visibly uncomfortable:

your homes.”

ards the right room, where I saw Emily already connected to a beeping machine and an IV. A nurse was bandaging her thigh while a doctor was talking to the Alpha King.

ll we?” asked Andy, showing me to two chairs directly opposite Emily’s room. “I’m confident she’ll be up and about in no time.” he said, stroking my arm.

ement. And so we wait, wondering w