Longing For My Rejected Luna

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

It was a while later before Kat and I were able to help Paula relax and keep her tears under control. Paula was not the type to easily cry. Of the three of us, I was the known crybaby. Kat might break down every once in a while, but not before people, I had never seen Paula cry and fret as she had done few minutes ago.

I was tempted to take her phone to satisfy my curiosity but I could not. Common courtesy demanded I respect her privacy, despite being my best friend, I had no right to poke into her price life especially if sis did not want me to know. So I was going to wait for her to say it, but for now, Kat and I needed her to be under control and her emotions kept in check.

"Thanks girls." She sniffled.

We had gone to meet Kat on her own bed since she was the most wounded amongst us three and the doctor had said it would take time for her body to heal completely. Thankfully, she was making progress but she was still on wheelchair.

Sandwiched between us, we group-hugged her.

"Gage is in trouble, he's wounded." I could sense the tears coming so I patted her back.

She nodded, a wordless assurance that she was not going to let the tears out. She kept mute and we let her. She was trying to get it together. Gage was in trouble? How come? What was happening in Moon Forest? What about Alexander? Was he fine too? I sighed. He was no longer my concern, I should not care what could or not had happened to him.

Was there something going on? No, I did not think so. It was possibly Gage had just had some personal encounter with a wrong person. Alexander was there to help him get out of it, and if he would not, I would do it. For Paula's sake. She was his mate, and I knew Paula would die if anything should happen to Gage.

"The message was from Gage. He said he's badly injured and would like me remain wherever I was. Moon Forest is experiencing a war and the roads are dangerous. Said the enemy pack have laid ambush around our territory and would kill anyone who's a member of Moon Forest." Her voice shook but she steadied it. “He said once the war was over, he would come pick me himself...' She wanted to say something else but the tears fell now, restricting her ability to speak coherently. "He-he...h-he said if he's a-alive before it ends. How could the bastard say something like that? He wants to die and leave me all alone." She buried her face in her palms and sobbed hard, her shoulders rocking back and forth with the pain I knew she was feeling.

Kat and I exchanged sympathetic stares, as though on cue, we both held her hands as a form of support and assurance.

"Gage would not die, P. He's a very strong guy." I console.

"I know but if Gage could talk like this, who knows how bad his injuries are? I don't know what to do. I think it's better I risked it than just seat here idly and wishing for some sort of miracle."

"You can not leave, girl." Kat told her.

"Why? What are you saying? Can you hear her, Rika?" She pointed at Kat, looking at me.

"She's saying the truth. Only the Moon Goddess knows how heated the war is. Do you want to step into what you do not know how it started? Or what caused it? The roads are dangerous as he had clearly stated, meaning the paths you will take, the one everyone knows are no longer safe." I tried to explain to her. "You do not know which to avoid and which to take. Moreover, you know if you're around him, you'll just be a source of distraction to him. He won't be able to concentrate on the war, he'll be more worried on saving you and keeping you alive." I finished.

"She's right, PYou know she is and also, leaving this pack is also dangerous for you. Iron Claw is not safe at the moment either. We are yet to know who the enemies are, and they might have seen the three of us, understand that we are friends and try to hurt you or even use you to lure Rika out. Let's just keep safe for now, please" Kat contributed.noveldrama

I nodded in agreement. Paula looked at us both, then stood abruptly from the bed.

It was her turn to wear out the floor of my room with angry pacing.

"So I'm stuck here? I can't even go to see my mate? What if he dies?" More tears fell from her eyes. "What if he badly needs me?"

"But he just said you should stay back and he'll come pick you when he's done."

"No! I can't. I'm too distorted within to stay. I want to see him and know he's fine." She plopped on my bed in frustration, running her hands through her hair.

I had nothing else to say and when I looked at Kat, she was mute too. Suddenly, she raised her head. "Release some of your guards, let them escort me back. That is safe."

I sighed. "You know I can't do that, P."

"Why? This is my mate we're talking about here."

"I know but you don't have to put your life in danger. He will be fine, you too will be fine." Kat put in.

"Just as you both are fine, right?" She scrunched her face in anger.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, my frown deepening. I hope it was not what I was thinking.

"You both don't have mates so you'll not understand the pain of losing one!" She yelled as more tears fell.

My heart panged in pain and loss.

As though she'd just realized what she said, she covered her mouth and tried to run out of the room, I

blocked her path. Tears fell from my eyes. Cooked at Kat, she bit her lips hard, trying not to cry. Well, if Paula was trying to make us feel the pain she was feeling, she had succeeded.

"I can not let you leave. The last time I ran out of a room, I almost got killed."

I locked the door and kept the key in the back pocket of my ripped denim shorts. I left her at the door to go settle on my own bed, struggling to keep tears at bay. Paula hit herself against the door and crumpled to the floor, bawling her eyes out. Kat swiped at a stubborn tear that had rolled down her cheek...

The three of us were a mess.