Chasing My Rejected Luna
Chapter 176

EZRA'S P.O.V

I sat there like a dumbass trying to figure out what had just happened. Or better yet, how it happened.

"What did you do to my love!?" Joseph kept screaming out in pain. "Why won't she wake up? Why won't she heal!?"

His questions were coming in tenfold. And I did not have a single answer for him.

"Come with me, Joe. Let's take her to the infirmary. Allow the professionals to examine her." I could hear Tegan whisper as she placed her hand on the small of his back.

I didn't have words to express how sorry I was. This was not supposed to happen. Had I known what would occur, I never would have taken the sword out of the safe. How was I supposed to know that she would throw herself at the blade, which in turn would stab her in the abdomen?

"I don't understand." I spoke in what I could only describe as a low whisper.

"It's not your fault. It was the ring's doing."

I wished what my Beta said was true. But I was the one who brought the sword out. I was the one who allowed the Alexandrite the chance to force itself toward the sword.

"He is right, you know?" Novalee said in a monotone voice.

"That is not how Joseph will ever see it." I muttered angrily.

It was true. I knew it was true. He would never forgive me. Because if I were him, I would never forgive me.

Why didn't I just tell them? Why on this goddess green-earth would I think that it was a smart idea to show them instead?

Something deep inside knew the answer. Something dark, raging to be set free from its cage.

"What's going on in that mind of yours?" Novalee asked me, but once again it felt more like a statement.

"Nothing."

"That's not just nothing, Ezra. I felt it..."

"STOP TALKING!" I screamed in a fit of rage.

For just a moment, I felt bad for yelling at her and allowing my aura to seep out. But after that moment passed, I no longer cared. I felt this burning rage inside, one that was bloodthirsty. I didn't know where all this anger was coming from. I hadn't felt this much rage since my teenage years. It was a vengeance I couldn't place my finger on. Why was I, all of a sudden, so hell-bent on the destruction of the world? What was happening to me?

I tightened my grip on the sword while the other hand involuntarily tightened as well. But instead of my fingernails digging into my palm, something sharp did instead.

"I... I have to go." I spat out hastily, darting out of the office from all those prying eyes, but not before hearing the next words that left Novalee's mouth.

"Something is wrong with him. I can't get in his head. When I tried something evil, something sinister, it pushed back."

I upped my pace. I had to get out of here. I needed air. I could feel my chest constricting with each and every breath. My wolf desperately needed his freedom from within. I could feel my skin crawling as each second ticked on that I remained in my human form. I was losing control, something that never happened. He was overpowering every fiber inside of me. I couldn't hold him back any longer. I felt like if I tried I would combust, which technically was what was about to happen when I completely gave in and let him out. I made it to the forest, my chest heaving with the intake of air. Once I was officially alone, I opened my hand. Sitting right in my palm was the ring. I was holding onto it so tightly that it left an imprint.

When did I get this bloody thing? Had I taken it when Mona lunged forward? Did they know I had it? Did I do it unknowingly? Surely not. I had to know what I was doing, right? I shook my head as I tossed the sword carelessly to the ground.

I felt every bone break and reshape. A pain I welcomed openly. It was something that over the years I had gotten used to, but this shift felt... different.

Before I knew it, I was on all four paws staring down at the emerald swirls of the ring. There was no way I was just leaving this thing here. So I picked it up with my mouth, but instead of using my teeth, or king's teeth I should say, to hold onto it, he swallowed it instead.

'WHAT THE HELL! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT, KINGSTON!?'

But instead of an answer he only huffed out. He picked up the sword in his mouth and took off deep into the forest, completely ignoring me in the process. "EZRA!"

My eyes began to flutter open to the sounds of my name being called upon. I was lying on the ground, completely n**e. My body was covered in mud. It acted as a paste which allowed the leaves to stick to my body. I sniffed the air next. The smell of earth and something else were mixed together. It was a copper smell, almost an iron scent. Was that blood? I quickly examined my body, sighing in relief that it wasn't me. But if it weren't my blood, then whose was it?

It has been really rainy here lately, so it was no surprise that I was filthy and even possibly injured by fallen trees. But what did take me by surprise was that I didn't remember anything about the run. I remembered shifting, then I remembered my idiot of a wolf swallowing the ring, but everything else was a blur.

"EZRA, WHERE ARE YOU!?"

Another voice yelled out. Finally, making me look at my surroundings.

"ALPHA, CAN YOU HEAR US, ARE YOU HERE!?"

Wait, where the hell was I? This wasn't my land. At least I don't remember this part of the property if it were. It was so beautiful. If it were part of my territory, I would've known, because I would've for sure spent all of my free time here as a teen. The scenery had tightly coiled trees that wrapped around a beautiful waterfall that dipped into a clear blue lake.

A part of me silently wished I were in a dream. Because if it weren't a dream, then how was I going to explain to everyone that I didn't remember absolutely anything?

"ALPHA!"

Another scream echoed around the trees, it came in every direction, making it impossible to pinpoint exactly where it had come from. I tried opening my mouth to reply but nothing came out. "Scary, huh?" A voice so chilling asked.

I jerked my head to the side where the woman I saw in my head stared back at me.

Have you ever seen an animal that made you say "awe, it's so ugly that it's cute." Well, that was how I would describe what I saw. She wasn't what I would call beautiful, but her ugliness had a weird way of making you think she was cute. "Do you know who I am, little Alpha Wolf?"

"Alex." I spat out the first name that popped in my head.

"That's a name for me, sure. But I think I like 'The Huntress' better, don't you?"

"Sibil." I then said with a hint of annoyance in my voice.

In turn, it earned me a head tilt with a surprised look plastered on her face.

"What do you want?" I then asked, now more annoyed that she was still being silent.

"You know what I want. What did you do with my stuff!?"

I knew she wanted her sword and gem, but what did she mean? I didn't do anything with them. Well, technically, I swallowed the gem, but she'd know that with her foresight.

"Where did your f*****g wolf take my stuff!?" Her voice was now full of anger.

I thought back to the moment I let Kingston take over.

Shifted...

Swallowed...

Snatched...

Sprinted...

Silence...

Nothing else came to mind. I couldn't remember where I had gone, what I had done, or where the items she wanted were at anymore.

"If you want your family to see you again, you had better get to talking." Her voice came out ice-cold, not a trace of human emotion left aside from anger.

I took my eyes off of her to look around once again. Still unsure of how I got here. A chill ran down my spine while thinking about my lost time. How much had passed since replaceing the Alexandrite, and what did I do during that time-frame?