Longing For My Rejected Luna

*****Erika's POV*****

Four days since my life took a drastic turn. Four days since I was attacked. Four days since Kat was attacked too and would had died if Paula and I had not come in when we did.

I was healing, though my ribs and back still hurt. My hand has been bandaged, I could not really do anything on my own for the time being. I had lost too much blood and there were numerous knife wounds on the hand.

Paula helped a lot. I felt pity for her mate, Gage. He was already missing her and I knew she missed him too but she was not ready to go back. She said she wanted to stay with Kat and I until we both got better.

Kat was awake but she had one broken leg, the ankle of the other leg was sprained and she also broke an arm, she was on wheelchair until her legs healed.

Paula was free from wounds except her back where she had received scratches, and it was not much.

We were in my room. Jace had brought in two extra beds so we could all have the space we needed due for I and Kat's healing body.

I was still not on speaking terms with Jace.

"Come and seat, Rika. Stop stressing your ankle." Paula tried to calm me.

"I am stressed already, P. Look at Kat, look at me. Pull your top and observe your

back in the mirror. Someone or some persons are after me and they are attacking everyone close to me, Paul's." I was on the verge on tears.

"You said you saw the face of this person that attacked you, Rika." Kat was seating on her own bed. Aside from the pain she was feeling physically, she was also feeling emotional pain. She did not have to talk for me to know she was still hurt over her argument with Jace.

"Yes, I did. It was a man. I don't even know him from anywhere."

"Are you sure you've not seen him before? Maybe randomly or..." Paula probed.

"I would know if I have seen him before."

"Who took his body?" Paula wondered.

That was the mysterious part.

After I had come to and had explained everything that had transpired at the river, Jace had gone to the river and did not see the body. It made me question if he had truly died but who would survive a stab in the chest, I had even twisted the weapon as it went deeper into his chest.

I felt life go out of him immediately. He was young and possibly around twenty three to twenty four. Blonde hair, eyes the shade of ocean that had stared lifelessly into mine. Jace said he could not find the body when he went to check. It was too early for the water to carry him sway.

Moreover, it was not a very big body of water, neither was the current heavy. Who had moved the body? Who was fast enough to come take the body out of there?

"And you think Tasyra Grigshade is responsible?" She asked.

I looked at Kat, and noticed her silence at the mention of that woman. Paula

noticed it too and shook her head. We were both sympathetic towards Kat, it was

not easy knowing there was another woman in the picture and the fact that Jace had never accepted the bond was just heartbreaking.noveldrama

"Don't stop talking about her because of me. I'll survive, just do whatever it takes to find the truth." She said.

"How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"I'm okay. Just managing." She replied, looking at both our faces.

"I know what to do." I told them.

"What do you plan to do?" Paula was asking.

"I'll be right back." I limped to the door. I had thought it was a simple strain that would be gone before days, but the doctor had said the sprain was more serious and needed to be careful with it. He'd said not to favor it but I should also not exert too much pressure on it.

I saw a guard and beckoned to him.

"Good day, Your Highness."

"Good day. I want you and one other guard to go to the Grigshade household, bring Tasyra down here."

"Uhm, Your Highness, the Grigshade household are prominent, what if the parents disagree?"

I hardened my stare. "They are not more prominent than the Blackwood. Go there

and bring me Tasyra. And if they don't comply, use force."

He bowed. "Yes, Your Highness." And he was out of my sight.

"What do you want with Tasyra?"

"None of your business."

I proceeded back to my room, ignoring Jace's presence that had just appeared

from the corner.

"Wait, Erika." He came after me and stood before me.

"What do you want?" My tone was sharp.

He sighed. "How's Kat?"

"Why do you suddenly care?" Venom coated my words.

"I'm sorry, Erika. I did not mean for any of these things to happen."

I observed his sad expression, I felt pity for him, but I did not show it. Kat was still mad at him, I was too. "Good choice Jace. But make it up with Kat, you owe her a lot." I rested my body on the wall for the sake of my ankle.

"I..." He said nothing more and went away.

"Jace?"

He turned.

"Are you still leaving?" I asked. I couldn't keep him back any longer. He was my

brother, it would be wrong to exercise my authority on him.

"I..."

“Fine. If you leave, do not ever come back here." I limped as fast as I could out of there, I didn't want him to see my tears. I went out of his sight and sobbed hard.

I wiped my eyes after a while.

Now I was alone, that was the truth.

It was hard to accept but I would accept it.

I would navigate through these ordeals myself.

Well, I still had my friends and they're definitely ready to be my support.