Chapter Hundred-Eight – Heretics.
Chris’s POV
This wasn’t my first thing seeing a pregnant lady, but I had never known a pregnant lady before and after the pregnancy.
When my mother was pregnant for Vanessa, I was still young so don’t have a good mental picture.
Ray pulled me from the throne, and towards Sasha. “The Luna you had been crying for every night is back!”
My hands went to my hips, utterly perplexed by what was before me. How did she just arrive?
“Are you okay?” I asked.
She eye rolled. “Do you mean okay in the head or okay health wise?”
I was about retorting, “Both!” but I knew I should treat her better since we’d be sharing a child soon.
“Health wise. Where’ve you been? And you’re pregnant?” I tried acting surprised.
Ray gasped, like he hadn’t see it. “I thought you gained weight in the wrong places. You are really pregnant!”
Sasha smirked, advancing towards us. “I heard you nearly burned the trees and dried the seas looking for me, and I wondered why.”
Who the frack made that lie up? I tilted my head looking concerned. “Where exactly had you been?”
“Not your business, but I was kidnapped, my servant ran away from me, then I was saved by the Delta of Black Rose.” She enumerated.
Ray, hearing ‘Delta of Black Rose’, ran out to see Jonah. How did Jonah find her? And her servant ran away? Wasn’t she killed?
“The most important is I’m alive and I really hope to be in peace and deliver this child in peace.” Sasha flipped her hair.
Why was she putting on an attitude? Was she going to stress me like all the females I knew?
Then she better return to wherever she had been and bring my child to me when she had delivered.
What Ray said about Alphas being weakened by their child who’d be Alpha, I didn’t notice that in me.
Did it mean this child wasn’t to be the Alpha or the change wasn’t noticeable? I pushed that aside and helped Sasha to her throne.
My heart felt glad she was back but that was a pain in the butt returned, even worse as she’d be having pregnancy mood swings and cravings.
The half opened door of the courtroom, flung wider and Ray came in, walking hand in hand with Jonah. “Look who’s here?!” he cheered.
I already knew the young man was around, Sasha literally said so. I only nodded at him.
The way Ray acted so jolly with anyone from Black Rose confused me, he barely knew them. And I wasn’t being jealous.
“Alpha King.” Jonah bowed on getting close to me. “Luna Queen.” He bowed to Sasha as well.
“Thank you for returning her but can you explain how you found her?” I enquired.
Ray rushed to get his chair for Jonah to sit on. Was the young man staying long?
He smiled, sat down and thanked Ray, before replying my question. “I found her at the border of Red Moon.”
Sasha scoffed. “That’s where I was dropped by some heretics claiming to protect me from evil.”
“Did you see this heretics?” I asked Jonah. How was this not done by Your Silver and Dara?
“No, but some hermits lived around Rose Valley. They were peaceful so we let them. They are just attracted to nature, the roses.” He explained.
This was bewildering.
“They kidnapped me because they knew I was unhappy here. Honestly, I liked where I was.” Sasha scoffed for the hundredth time.
Should she express her dislike in front of Delta Jonah? I showed him a fake smile but scolded her in mind link. She scoffed loudly again.
Jonah left the seat. “Well, since all is done here, I’d be returning to my pack. Stay well, Luna, Alpha King and Ray.”
I nodded at him. Ray held his hand again, “Let’s go.” Did he have to do that?
Sasha cleared her throat, making them both halt. “Are you trying to run away from Vanessa seeing you here?”
I turned to him. But before I’d say a word, he sped off like the wind, past the door.
Ray began laughing. “Okay, he surely has improved his speed.”
I left my seat wondering if I’d chase but it was useless. Vanessa wasn’t doing anything about it.
Ray left Sasha and I shortly to inform Edwin, Vanessa and the rest of the pack of Sasha’s return.
I felt stunned that Silver Pack wasn’t involved in Sasha’s disappearance. But how had the ‘heretics’ entered our palace?
“Sasha, when did you go missing?” I asked her.
She glanced at me, condescendingly. “Why? You didn’t know when I got missing…”
“Could you just tell me!!” I shouted.
She froze, then looked away. “When else? The day Rihanna raided here. I was being massaged by my servant when someone knocked us out.”
Then if it were heretics? How could they get in? And knock her out? If they wanted to ‘protect her from evil’ why knock her out?
Also, they faked her disappearance, acting like she traveled with her carriage. And the horsetail at her mother’s home?
I had lots of questions and Jonah wasn’t here to answer. And that’s if he would know.
This heretics had a purpose but they may had given it up later. And I want to know why.
“One of them said there’s problem here and you needed me. What problem was it? Jonah looked careful while coming.” Sasha spoke again.
These heretics knew what was happening? I thought hermits didn’t bother with the news of the outside world?
These weren’t making sense. And hermits were also seen as rogues.
“Sasha, there’s lots of problems going on. And your servant who ran off, she was found dead by Edwin around Red Moon.” I informed.
She snapped her head at me, then brought it back in front of her. “I told her not to run but she was sure she could escape.”
“It’s good you didn’t leave with her. You would have put yourself and the baby in danger.”
I had reason to believe it was Logan who killed the maid then. After all, Edwin and I saw that it was his zone afterwards.
“I didn’t want to leave the place the heretics kept me. There were flowers and streams. It was peaceful.” She said dreamily.
That surely sounded like a hermit abode. Where these really hermits? “Whatever, you’re here.” I noticed her frown.
“And you should be a Luna Queen to the people as lots of changes happened.” I added.
She asked. “Will you tell me what changed?”
“First, my mother is no longer here. Long story. And there’s a Lycan on rampage, killing wolfs.”
The last line surprised her more than the first line. “Lycan?”
I nodded, about saying more when the door of my courtroom flung open. “Who was it again?”
Vanessa and Edwin rushed in, running to Sasha.
A sigh escaped my lips, knowing my courtroom would be turning to a hug and cry event soon.