All Chapters of A Luna for the Lycan King: Chapter 101 - Chapter 103

AllissaI floated between consciousness and some dark sea, adrift in shadows with nothing to cling to but his smell. There was no mistake that Alfred was beside me. A thin thread of memory tried to pull me back, but everything slipped through my fingers, leaving me drowning in uncertainty. How long had I been out? My pulse beat like a frantic drum as I fought against the heaviness, the haze, the tight metal around my wrists. Time had all blurred together, and I lost track of it. I braced myself and slowly opened my eyes. He was right in front of me. His eyes met mine, and I could see the pain in them again.“Lissa, gods, Lissa. Do you need a drink? Are you hungry?” The beast inside me recoiled, confused by its own emotions. I wanted to scream, to tell him how deeply he’d wounded me, how nothing could ever be okay. Instead, a different urgency took hold, more primal and immediate: my throat was parched, and I felt the sharp gnaw of hunger twisting in my stomach. My senses seemed magnif

AllissaI yanked against the chains, making my wrists slick with blood. I’d been fighting against the shackles, but they seemed impossible to break. I was hoping my blood would make my wrists slip through, but it was no use. Footsteps pounded above, then wildly ran down the stairs toward me. I was shocked to see Alfred’s frantic face.He raced toward me, his hands fumbling against the locks. “Lissa, we have to hurry,” his voice sharp with panic. “I caused a disturbance. We have to run now.”He wrenched at the shackles with shaking fingers and they fell open, leaving my wrists raw and throbbing. I could hardly move. My legs had turned to water, the time I was in confinement weakened me. Alfred’s eyes burned with desperation. He dragged me to my feet, half carrying, half pulling me toward the stairs. “We can’t wait,” he insisted desperately. The stone steps loomed ahead, cruel and steep. I gasped, breath ragged in my chest, each step a small agony, but Alfred wouldn’t let me falter.The