Chasing the rejected Luna novel Chapter 59

"She's… I don't know," she took in a shaky breath and looked away from me. I guessed it had something to do with the intensity of my stare. "She was unconscious when I left."

I turned around swiftly and took deep calming breaths. I feared if I looked at her one more time, the control in me would finally snap. And it didn't help that I had a rough idea of what would happen to Dianne if my wolf took over. 

"What happened to her?" I heard myself asking against my wish even if I knew I would most likely not like the answer. 

Dianne didn't answer for quite some time. And I knew she was thinking of the best way to reply to me without angering me. If only she knew just how much her silence was doing to me. 

"She was unconscious when I left. Her wolf was taken care of again so she became powerless."

I turned to her, "Taken care of? What do you mean by that?" I asked her and spun around to face her. I wanted to see every emotion on her face and be able to detect when she was lying or not. 

"What do you think…" she stopped, thinking better of her word choices. "That was the reason she was able to be taken in the first place."

"And how did she manage to get back her wolf? You mentioned her wolf was taken care of again, does that mean she got her wolf in where she's been held?" I asked and Dianne shook her head. 

I had many questions to ask her. Like how she was able to get back her wolf and how hurt Sophia was. But even if they were eating me up, I knew I shouldn't be asking that now. I needed to know where Sophia was being kept and needed to get her out of there before it was too late. 

A slow shudder worked its way from the base of my spine at the thought of getting to Sophia at the last hour. 

"You do realize coming here to me could get you killed and you came here nonetheless. I wouldn't ask the reason you betrayed your mother because it honestly isn't my business. But what I want to know right now is the exact place Sophia is being held." I said without breathing a breath. 

I noticed Orion had been silent the whole time. And I also knew he wasn't just standing there being silent, he was taking important notes I might have neglected when we were to go rescue Sophia. 

"She's been held in an uncompleted building just at the outskirts of his pack," she muttered and looked at her feet. I think that was the moment her guilt began eating her up. "I know I betrayed my mother because I recently found out what she did. One innocent life had been lost because of her high ambitions. And I will never forgive myself if two more were to be lost when I had the power to prevent it." 

"Orion, gather our men and put my father in charge of this pack while we are gone. The guards should be brought forward. I won't underestimate Ryven again. He had taken me by surprise the first time. And I would be a fool to let him do that to me the second time," I growled, the thought of it making my blood boil in my veins. 

"Since I went into his pack, I haven't seen him nor have I seen his sister who is the new Alpha…"

"You mean Ava is the new Alpha? What about Ryven? And why wasn't he there with you in the building? I thought he was part of the plan?"

"That's what I thought too but I think he just doesn't want to be seen," she stopped and looked at Orion and me. "it would be best if you leave now. If my mother finds out I'm missing, she'll find a way to get out of that building. And it won't be surprising to her that I came here because my emotions were all over the place when she told me she was the one who killed Rudolph," she said, and a pained look flashed before her face before it was gone all too quickly. 

"I know," I said without a word of appreciation for her coming here. I wanted to tell her how much he came here meant to me and all the members of the pack, but the words couldn't get past my lips. 

Maybe it was because I knew she had known all along the plan of taking Sophia and doing what Heaven knows with her. Or because she had gone with her mother when she would have given me just a tip and all these would have been avoided. 

She went to sit down on the empty couch that had survived my massacre. And she began rubbing her arms and biting her lips. She was mulling over what she had done. Even if she did the right thing, the person she betrayed was her mother who had always gotten her back in the pack. Her mother was her strength and anchor. I knew whatever happened to her mother, she wouldn't still forgive herself. But what mattered to her was that she did the right thing. 

I could understand her to a certain level because I was also like that. And it came to me as a surprise Dianne would willingly help Sophia and she had this side to her when all she did was behave like she was possessed by some evil spirit. 

In about thirty minutes, the guards were gathered outside the pack house and I was ready with my men. My father hadn't asked questions when he came to me. And I wouldn't have appreciated him asking either way. 

I could sense a wave of solidarity from them and willingness to do whatever it took to get back their Luna. I was emotional because these people had been there for me even when I was losing my shit. And they're still here for someone who is not even yet their Luna. I wanted to do something for them. Maybe provide better for their families. But I knew that would have to wait as we were running out of time. 

We got into our respective cars. We would use cars because running to another pack would be energy-consuming because Ryven's pack was far from my pack.