Moon Bound

Marisol

Sofia ran for two hours until we made it to the border of the South-East pack. I'm sure she could have gotten us here a lot faster, but after I almost fell off of her within the first two minutes of the run she slowed down for my sake.

Even though I came up with a plan I doubt that it's going to work. I still have to try anyways. I know if the King sees me he will probably reject me right away, and I am not prepared for that.

As Sofia and I walked side by side I tried to think of the best way that I could do something that I need to do without her thinking that I'm weird.

Well, weirder then she already thinks that I am.

I could tell immediately that she probably wasn't too fond of me, probably because of me being a runt. That or how I tried my best to avoid helping an alpha that's in critical condition.

Actually, it is probably a little bit of both.

I bit my lip hard at the thought. If she looks down at me for being a runt now how in the world will she act when she finds out I'm the Alpha King's mate. Potentially his mate.

I roll my eyes at myself. It's now or never.

I stopped walking, placed my backpack on the ground and started to go through it.

Sofia stopped walking as well and just looked at me. She didn't speak but stood with her hands on her hips as she watched me.

I picked up my journal and a pen. I quickly wrote down a note letting Benjamin and Izumi know where I am, and that I'll be home early and to get our things ready and make our girls trip a family trip out of the pack lands.

I know that they'll see right through me and that I'm trying to avoid being anywhere near the Alpha King, but they just will have to indulge me.

"What are you writing?" Sofia asked as she walked closer to where I was to observe me.

"Just a letter to my brother and his mate. I want to let them know when to expect me." I replied.

I finished writing and tore the page out of my journal, and put the rest of my things back in my backpack.

I fold the paper into a tiny square before turning and letting out a little whistle in the air, while holding my hand out.

I didn't turn to look at Sofia, but I could feel her judgmental glare at my back.

A white bird came flying down towards me and landed in my outstretched hand.

I cooed at the small thing, seeing cute animals always brightened up my day. I pet the top of its head a little bit with the pad of my pointer finger.

"Bring this to Benjamin. I need him to read it." I whisper out my request.

The bird quickly grabbed my note from my hand with its beak and flew away.

I waved to it as it flew away. I know it can't see me, but it just feels like the polite thing to do.

"You can heal living things, you can communicate with birds, what else can you do?" She asks as she picked up my backpack and slung it over her shoulder.

I couldn't help but blush at her nice gesture. "Well there are a lot of things that I should be able to do, but my body can't handle it."

There are so many things that my body can't handle as a wolf. I'm fine with that I've come to accept it.

But as a helper to the moon goddess? There are so many powers that she has granted me that I can't even do because my body is just too weak for it.

"Do you mind me asking what they are?"

I sighed, "Well I am not sure about everything, Benjamin has kept me in the dark about a lot because he knows that me not being able to do everything that he can hurts. From what I know he can easily go from one place to another, I think it's called teleporting. He also can shut down someone's brain temporarily. We both can enter other's minds but he is a lot better."

"That sounds very useful. It could especially be useful if we capture one of our enemies. Your brother will be able to enter their mind and tell us what they have planned."

Immediately alarm bells went off in my head. Benjamin and I are supposed to stay neutral in any conflict that involves wolves. We were told from a young age to do what we had to do when it came to helping wolves find their mates and then come home.

Just to save face I laughed a little and agreed with her.

I don't doubt that she would threaten Benjamin and myself to get us to do what she just said. Another reason why I have to get in and out, because I'm sure the King would feel the exact same way as she does.

It didn't take long for us to reach the outskirts of the trees, and immediately Sofia practically dragged me to the hospital wing in the pack house.

I can smell his scent.

I can feel him.

He's here, somewhere.

I now have zero doubt that the Alpha King is my mate.

Can he feel me too?

I have to make this quick.

One of the female nurses of this pack observes me warily. "I want her to first try with Scarlet, we need to see how she reacts to it."

"I've seen her heal a person before! There's no side effects or anything. We need her to heal the Alpha first." Tati, another nurse who I have happened to pair with her mate a few months ago stated firmly.

Hearing her confidence in me eased my anxiety, but not by much because it feels like he's standing over me. His scent overpowers everyone else's in the room.

I can tell that he's been here earlier, and I don't doubt that he will be back.

"I don't care. She needs to-"

"It's fine." I cut off the nurse. It only makes sense that she be protective over her alpha. "I will heal Scarlet first. Will you take me to her Tati?"

She nodded her head, and she quickly led me to a room.

An older woman with long dark hair laid in the bed. She was breathing but out cold.

"What happened?" I asked as I walked closer towards her.

I heard footsteps come up behind me that I knew were Sofia's. "She was observing the damage done to the pack from the witch's magic, she touched it and at first her finger was burned but then she fainted and started having seizures."

The same thing that happened to Alpha Wren.

I nodded my head.

I grabbed both of her hands in mine and closed my eyes. I focused my thoughts on her. Her entire body. I'm thinking that maybe the magic entered her body and attempted to shut her body down. Most likely went right into her bloodstream which is why it was able to knock her out as fast as it did.

Soon my hands began to glow white, and I knew it was working. I may not be able to enter peoples minds as good as Benjamin or teleport, but I had perfected healing magic.

Benjamin had never really cared for healing magic before he met his mate and realized how clumsy she can be, so it is the only area that I am better than him in.

The one thing that I know that I will be able to do.

I let go of her hands when she started to cough.

The nurses all gasped and ran to her side.

They offered her water, helped her sit up, among other things.

"C'mon you need to heal Alpha Wren now, they should have had faith in the fact that you could do it and leave you to it." Sofia said as she grabbed my arm and started to pull me out of the room.

I was attempting to catch my breath as she pulled me into Alpha Wren's room.

Healing magic has never drained me like this before, but I have no choice. I need to heal Alpha Wren and give this pack their Alpha back.

Also, I need to leave as soon as possible.

I took a deep breath before walking towards him on the bed.

Usually it's disrespectful to touch an alpha without permission, but there just isn't any other way.

I pick up both of his hands, and concentrate on just him.

The process repeats, but it took longer than it did with Scarlet.

The only indication that I brought him out of his coma was him squeezing my hands, hard.

I winced. The squeeze was probably hard enough to bruise my hands, but in this case it was fine. It just let me know that he will be okay.

I placed his hands down, and a few nurses had made their way in here had instantly began working on Alpha Wren.

"Thank you so much! I'm so happy that you were here to do this!" Tati yelled as she ran up and hugged me.

I couldn't even feel her arms around me let alone try and be polite enough to respond to what she had to say.

I slumped into her arms, but thankfully she held me up. "I've see you heal five people back to back and you were fine. What's different about this?" The concern in her voice was nice to hear, but I couldn't even appreciate it. My entire body feels like it is on the verge of being shut down

She slowly walked with me, until we made it to the wall in the room and I started to lean my body onto it.

I tried to respond but i was distracted by my vision going blurry for a few seconds before turning normal and it doing it over again.

What the hell is wrong with me?

"It's a good thing that the warriors have woken up so you don't have to worry about healing them."

I couldn't see who was talking but I just know it was Sofia.

I turn slightly so my forehead is pressed up against the wall before letting out a groan.

This is why the moon goddess forbade Benjamin and I from helping wolves often. They become ungrateful, and expect it from you every time, and if you tell them no they might get violent.

That thought just reminded me, I need to get out of here. Now.

Even though the Alpha isn't fully awake I'm sure that Sofia mind linked him to let him know what happened.

I opened my mouth to talk and my tongue felt heavy so I let out the words slowly. "Tati, please help me walk out of here. I need to get home."

She ran her fingers through my hair. "Are you sure you don't want to stay and rest a little bit? Johnny and I's apartment isn't too far you can stay in our spare room?" She asks.

If I wasn't in so much pain I would thank her for the offer, and if I wasn't actively trying to avoid a certain Alpha I would take up the offer.

"No, I told Benjamin that I would be back home soon."

She let out a sigh at my stubbornness, before picking me up and carrying me out of the room.

I can't even find it in myself to think about how ridiculous we look because of much my head hurts.

When we made it outside, I began to once again feel the Alpha King. He is too close.

That does nothing but light the fire under me even more.

"I'm not allowed to walk into the woods, but I don't want to leave you alone, Marisol."

I smiled at her as best as I could as she put me down. "It's fine I'll make it to the clearing, and I'll call for a horse or some other animal and I'll ride it straight home, I promise."

"I'm scared, have you ever been like this after healing someone before?"

My vision hadn't been blurry since we made it downstairs in the pack house, but my head was still hurting. Everything will probably be fine for me by the time I make it home.

However if healing them did this to me, then I can only wonder what it will do the others that were affected by it.

"I'm scared too."