The Alpha Queen And Her Chosen Mate – Chapter 42

Jonas

“Alright, I just linked Thorin that we left.” Emmett said as we continued to walk through the forest. It was too thick for our wolves to navigate, but hopefully we would be able to shift soon, otherwise this trip would take forever.

“And?” I asked. “What did he say?” We were already three hours away, thankfully, so he wouldnt be coming for us, I hoped. Though I got the feeling that not much would stop Thorin if he felt differently.

ly.

ed with a raised brow. “You were the one who spoke wi

of my life choices. “Detailed too.”

us, so I’d say it was a win.” Emmett shrugged.

er?” I asked, changing the subject.

il that comes from it. The easiest way to extract it is by steam distillation.”

ow how to do that?”

be done in someone’s home actually, with the right tools, of course. We’ll need to send the moonflower home though. I don’t like the idea of trying to do it someplace else and

n mail plants?” I asked, scrunching up my face

ldn’t be a problem.”

on’t someone need to take care of it? Until

m sure Kelsey or Kyli

p Emmett as well. Something was watching us. Or someone.

is it?” Emmett asked

dart whizzed by him, hitti

ft, until one of the darts hit him in the back. He roared in pain, reverting back to his human form. I dove for him, just barely managing to catch him on my back before he hit the ground. As soon as I felt him grab on, I took off in a zig zag, praying that I wouldn’t also get hit with a dart.

nd more distance between the natives and us.

slowed down slightly. I could hear him groan in pain and then spit before answering. “I’ll be fine. It’s a natural paralytic, but it shouldn’t last more than a few hours

can navigate us the rest of the wa

ertainly could, but the last thing I wanted to do was loose her somewhere in the middle of this forest.

’m

way. At least it was wearing off.

like?” I asked.

get the blood moving.

isn’t sure what that looks like?” I asked.

cture we had?” He frowned.

paying attention. You are the plant guru, I figured you’d find it, if it even existed.”

g. I picked some of the flowers on my perusal and brought them to Emmett. He would point out features that I should be looking for in the moonflower. It helped me narrow down the search, but the sun was setting and we needed to get a fire going if we didn’t want to get eaten alive by bugs.

ere hopeful that by morning he would be as good as new.

ant a repeat of my night with Thorin. We could continue our search in the morning.

ack at home that should help with that.”

opefully, we can get out of the forest before any heavy rain comes. I said a silent prayer to the moon goddess asking her for help in our

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sleep from my eyes. Where was I? “Goddess damn it, where are you?” Emmett called, obviously exasperated.

noid that something might try to kill me at any moment, when my eyes landed on a beautiful flower. It was glowing a beautiful white color under the moonlight, but only when the moon was in sight. As soon as a cloud covered it, the flower stopped glowing, disappearing into the rest of nature. This must be it.

!” I yelled.

ower illuminate under the night sky.

believe you did it. You found it.” He laughed to himself. “Help me dig it up.”

p?” I laughed nervously.

, his eyes transfixed on the flower.

-shift flower pot, his eyes wide with amazement as we watched the flower glow. We decided then that we would take shifts watching the precious plant, not wanting someone or something