His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 56

Lucian was all right, and that's all that mattered. I flung my arms around him.

"I thought you would leave me," I said softly through my tears. "It would have killed me."

"No, I wasn't leaving you, Alice. I swear. I went there to protect you. Why would I leave you? I was in and out of consciousness. But I heard you. I heard everything you said." He caressed my hair.

"Promise me you will never go on such unplanned missions, and you will never shut me off, I want to be connected with you all the time," I said.

"I promise," he said, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"Now, do I get my kiss? " He grinned.

"No, I am still mad at you!" I retorted.

We sat quietly together, while Lucian was being examined by the healers. Once his wolf connected with him. His healing was accelerated, those ugly bruises and scratches disappeared like magic.

The pack was already aware of his recovery, and slowly they were arriving to see him.

The first ones were his betas and Katherine. I stepped away to give them time to be with Lucian. 

My wolf growled with jealousy when Savannah, kneeled and kissed his feet. I usually ignored my wolf's natural reaction to any female in his vicinity, Lana didn't think like a human. But even my human side found her devotion odd.

Soon there were so many visitors that the doctors were fed up, and they banned everyone from visiting the infirmary.

"How long was I out?" Lucian asked as I stroked his head, which was lying in my lap.

"You've only been asleep for a week." 

"Damm! That was long! I would have to catch up on many things." He grumbled.

"It's all over, dear, she is dead," I said, stroking his stumbled jaws.

Finally, Lucian was declared fit to leave.

As we walked out through the infirmary, there was jubilation. I saw wolves running in and out of the woods surrounding the buildings. They were in full party mode. The dining hall was a wild place. Everyone stood up when we walked in and there were many hoots and howling.

"They're excited because the enemy has been destroyed, all because of you," I said to him proudly.

He laughed out loud and pulled my chair out for me. "They are excited because they are out of lockdown. Now they can safely run around."

"Although I disapprove of your method of going off alone, I am glad that everything is over," I said.

"Not exactly, I need to talk to Rick and Daniel and then determine if Regina is indeed dead," Lucian answered.

I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed. The last thing I needed now was to have Lucian running off on another life-threatening mission. He had just come back from the dead, and I wasn't letting him go anywhere.

Leaning over, I captured Lucian's lips and spent several long seconds kissing him.

He appeared to like my idea and pulled me out of my chair and onto his lap. Wrapping my arms around his broad shoulders, I relaxed into his embrace. Our tongues entwined with each other, for a long time before we broke apart.

"What the hell, man," I heard from behind me.

Turning in Lucian's arms, I saw Rick, Lenora, and Daniel approaching us. Rick looked displeased and Daniel was grinning. Lenora looked like she would have preferred to be anywhere else than here.

"Hello, all of you," Lucian smirked, while I struggled to get out of his lap. He held me firmly.

"That's my brother! We can't do it in front of him, please," I warned him.

He left me laughing, and I sat back on my seat, blushing profusely.

"Great to see you all cured, and back in action." Daniel laughed while taking the opposite seat.

Rick was still scowling. 

"You look better, Lucian," Lenora said, addressing him.

"I am good, feeling much better," Lucian replied. 

"Good that you both arrived, I wanted to get updated about the situation," Lucian added.

"It's over, we got them," Daniel said triumphantly.

Lucian raised an eyebrow.