The Alpha's Contract Luna (Alexia) novel Chapter 51

~ Seth ~

"Alpha Kieran! Alpha Kieran!" Seth yelled, trying to find his alpha. He and his group had called out to him for hours, but it was useless. Kieran did not answer.

When the fog blinded them, they tried moving into the crater but realized they could easily slip and fall into the volcano. While the volcano's center was no longer burning, Mount Nefarious was known to kill, even if the fire was out.

"Alpha Kieran!" Ace called from afar. Seth glanced his way, and he saw Ace's look of defeat.

"Alpha Kieran is still alive. We would have felt it," Seth claimed. While they were no longer formally a pack, their allegiance to Kieran remained the same. They were still bounded by the promise under the blood oath. If Kieran had died, they would have sensed it, but that did not happen.

"He is still alive. I know it!" Seth claimed.

"Let's look around then!" One of the king's guards said, and Seth nodded.

Seth was thankful to the king's guards. Despite how two of their own had been badly wounded, they did not give up on Kieran. For another hour, they navigated around the crater.

When they went past the path where the fire root plants had poorly been destroyed into nothing, some clearly had been thrown down into the volcano's opening, Seth's heart broke. While he still felt deep within his bone that Kieran was alive, he could not say the same for their king.

King Balthasar might not survive, not without the fire root plant.

Looking at the king's loyal guards, he saw them stilled. Some cried, knowing what would happen next. That was how much they loved their king.

One of the king's guards had climbed up to the very top where Alpha Kieran had fallen, saying, "Maybe I can get a better view from there!"

It made sense. At the very peak, the said guard could see parts of the opening that may not be visible from where they stood.

For minutes, he kept eying the insides of the crater, but moments later, he turned, saying, "I see movements down there!"

The king's guard was looking outside the volcanic opening, narrowing his eyes. Seth climbed up to where the guard was and looked down. There was thick vegetation around, and it was moving downward.

Seth did not know why, but his heart raced. He frowned and decided to descend on the same path, no matter how difficult it was, going through the rocks and the slippery earth of the volcano.

He suddenly felt that familiar aura reaching out to him as if calling him. He shouted, "Alpha Kieran! Alpha Kieran!"

Out of nowhere, the movement below stopped. Whatever vegetation below started to clear, and a hand reached out. As seconds passed, more and more of the leaves opened up to a view of a frame.

Soon, he felt the man's scent. It was indeed his alpha.

"Alpha Kieran! Alpha Kieran!" Seth repeatedly called. He shifted into his wolf, hoping to reach Kieran faster. When he did, he was more than elated, for not only was Kieran safe, he was holding about ten of the fire root in his hands.

Seth heard Kieran declare, "Let's return and save the king."

~ Kieran ~

The next day, Kieran awoke from his rest. Last night, when his group returned to Morgan's house, they first attended to the wounded guards of the king.

It helped that Kieran brought more than enough fire root plans that the soldiers also received a dose of the healing potion Morgan created.

Back in the cave, after securing the miracle root, Kieran followed a lighted path, eventually leading him to an opening right side of Mount Nefarious. That was how he made it out, alive and well.