The Lunas Second Chance Mate – Chapter 23

Alyson’s POV

One morning, Ryan had already gone off on some Alpha duties with Michael, and I was home alone. Even Donna had left to retrieve some meat order from the butcher. I hadn’t thought of Dylan in a while, in fact, with all going on between Ryan and I, the fight games seemed like a distant past.

I had almost forgotten about Dylan and those herbs for a few days.

told Ryan about it either. I also had not heard from Dylan, so whether he’d take me up on the offer remained to be seen. I wondered about those herbs, and definitely couldn’t wait to learn more. Secretly, I considered that they could also help me give blood to Ryan if only he would accept it.

wasn’t quite sure what they looked like, but after drinking that tea so often in my past life, I was certain that I could recognize the scent.

alone off in the woods, especially without telling a single soul. But even Donna was gone, so there was no one to tell, and I grew impatient. I wa

re, and I wondered that I’d been so hesitant to go out before.

to remember even one sweet moment when they were all tainted by her betrayal of me.

r, angry that she’d made such a big fight about it.

but looking back I was just a child then. I could have still played out in the woods with friends for a few more years, but that was taken away from me. My childhood felt like

o things better. I would stay in control and safe with Ryan. Eventually I would tell him of my past, but it was even harder to explain than his was to me. Did I trust him? I might have started to trust him. I loved him more than

revenge, but I could enjoy a few moments in this new life. I had been so determined not to have a mate… was Ryan? No. He was not a mate. I reaffi

all our love-making. Since we’d started, we’d hardly been able to stop. Unfortunately, the call of duty beckoned him away from me daily. I was already looking forward to the night, and grateful I’d found

hrough the forest, my mind in pleasant places. I sm

anch snap.

d. “Hel

t of Starstream pack. Would anyone hear me if I screamed? My voice was caught in my throat like a bad dream.

had to be panicking for no reason.

me.

illing with air.

o flee fast towards home.

smell of many strangers overwhelmed my senses.

arled and lashed out at them, but they had surprised me. One had already grabbed my head and neck. The other placed a wet cloth over my nose. The dreaded revolting smell of wolfsbane flooded into me.

of my past. My body wretched forcefully back to human form.

ng my arms and legs. They had a small donkey pulling a wooden trunk on wheels, and they chucked me inside it. My body landed like a dead weight on the hard wooden capsule.

where I’d gone. I was so stupid. What would Ryan think? That I’d left him? Would he suspect that someone took me? How could he know.

raged inside me that I would be imprisoned and tortured again in this new life.

s screaming at them,

now who I was, or rather who I had been. So, what could t

ame over, lifted his hand and knocked me out.