Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 375

AELIANA

I remember the first time I got zapped by electricity, it was static, it felt like a light tingle, and it was fun…laughable, but the second time, I stepped on a wire, and that wasn't fun, it hurt, and I cried the rest of the day.

Today was the third, and it made the second time seem like a feather on skin. I think I died today, or at least my soul left my body for a few seconds after I felt the first jolt of current in my body, and even now, my body is still twitching, my teeth are still chattering, and my chest burns the harder it races.

“Hey, I’m talking to you.” Evelyn snaps, repeating the same words as she has every time I’ve closed my eyes a second too long. “Look at me, Luna Aeliana.”

I turn to her, staring at her through blurred vision. I very much want to give Evelyn the finger for annoying me for the last few minutes, but I can’t move.

My body doesn’t feel like mine, everything hurts, everything is limp, and I thought I soiled my clothes until Evelyn walked into the room with a pad. The two nurses who dragged me back to my room electrocuted me while she was gone because I clawed one of them for touching me. His hand was brushing over my chest, and it irked me. I did try telling them I would walk by myself, but they wouldn't let me, so I reacted, and they retaliated with evil. They dragged me to a dark room, strapped me to the bed and electrocuted me.

It hurt, I begged them to stop, but they didn’t, not until Evelyn came into the room, and all I heard was ringing. “That’s funny, right?” Evelyn asks, but I’m not paying attention anymore. My mind is with Kingston. he didn’t fight them back there, he let them take me a second time. He looked at me like I was someone else, something dangerous, someone he couldn’t take home.

That hurts too, it hurts more than the cramps in my stomach, the ache under my skin, it hurts more than anything I’ve been through. I feel like someone reached inside my chest and tore out everything soft and hopeful, leaving me empty.

“No, no,” Evelyn says, her voice carrying. “Don’t close your eyes, please stay awake until Doctor Louise arrives to check on you.” She says, holding my hand in hers. She’s warm, soft, and mine is still cramping.

I’m tired, my eyes heavy, and she sounds scared. It really makes me think this is it, this is the end, but my life has never been easy, so why would I die an easy death?

I blink, trying to focus on her face, but my body has a mind of its own. “Should I call Alpha Kingston?” She asks, eyes wide with panic. “Okay, I’ll get his number from reception, and then we can call him.”

“Kingston,” I choke out, my throat burning when I speak. It's so dry the words feel like they're grating over the tissue.

“Yes, I’ll get his number.” She tells me, trying to walk away, but I use all my strength to hold onto her hand, and I whisper no, the words inaudible. “You don’t want to be alone?”

I blink twice, and she sits down again. I’m scared to be alone right now. I don’t like Evelyn. I barely know her, but even when she wants to call the person I want here, I can’t let her go. “You’ll be okay, Luna Aeliana.” She tells me, her voice trembling. “What hurts?”

I look down at my stomach. I’ve never had cramps this bad, and they haven’t dulled yet. Every other bodily pain has dulled, but every time my stomach stops hurting, I feel a sharp pain in my lower belly. “Let’s umm…have you ever watched that old cartoon with the little bear and his friends in the forest?” She laughs, the sound loud and forced. “The one where they go on adventures and always help each other? My brother likes it, and I hated it growing up because I didn’t have friends like that.” She tells me, “My brother loved it so much, and I deprived him of watching it because I was a sore loser. One time, I bribed him with sour candy so he could stop crying and we could watch princesses together. I like princesses,” she says, going on and on about why she likes them. The more she talks, the less sense she makes, and the more loops I connect to her inner feelings. She’s sad, but she’s so vibrant for a sad girl.

The door creaks open, and she jumps up, “Oh, Doctor James, thank God.” She exhales. “I’ve been trying to reach you. John and Lenton electrocuted her.”

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