A Tale of Three Lunas-Completed

Chapter 37

Zinnia's POV

I remember there being an overwhelming amount of darkness. The darkness sat on me for a long time and now that it's gone, I don't miss it. I don't know how I got out of it but I did. I don't know where I'm going, but I am unable to stop.

The place that I am in now is different from anywhere I have ever been. I know because the display before me is the opposite of the last one. I don't know where I am, but my vivid surroundings are so pleasant that I find myself not caring enough to find out.

There are so many colors and shades and abstract shapes that I see set against a bright, graphic background. The shapes move to and fro in a jovial manner.

I can't help but keep my focus on the half circle before me. I'm not exactly sure why.

The mighty half circle moves along with all of the other shapes, blending and flickering, changing texture and gliding around the landscape. It feels like it's aware of my presence.

Unexpectedly, though, the half circle is approached and eventually overtaken by a mysterious green vapor. The other shapes seem not to notice what is going on, but the half circle fights back. It doesn't stop in its struggle. After a while, the little half circle is victorious and the green vapor dissipates as if it were never there.

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My whole body feels weighed down. The blood in my fingertips doesn't feel like blood, but like bags of sand pulling me down. The sandbags are filling my brain, too. It feels like I have been fighting against them forever, but I'm just too tired to anymore. I have to keep fighting. I have to start moving toward the sliver of light that has appeared. It comes and goes, but I know I can get there.

The soft bit of a breeze that touches my face is helping me get there, so I try to focus on that. After a bit, there is a voice. I hang onto the deep, thrumming voice and use it to come back.

"Dulce, I know you're in there."

I open my eyes with much trouble and find myself in the back of a car cuddled up next to my mate.

"Oh, good, I was worried about you, but your fever finally broke. You fought so hard and I know you're tired, Zin. I'm so glad you're finally back." he says, brushing a hand against my forehead.

"Wh--" I try to speak, but my mouth is stuck together and my jaw weighs a ton.

"Don't talk if you can't. Get some more rest. We'll be home soon."

Home? That sounds nice.

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I wake up buried under a bunch of blankets in a plush, comfortable bed. I'm surrounded by a variety of new smells and once I can open my eyes again, sights I have never been around before. I am wrapped so tightly in the blankets that it takes me a while to wriggle out of them. When I finally get my feet on the ground, I spend the next minute stretching and yawning.

Where am I? Well, last I remember, I was in Lorenzo's room.

Lorenzo.

I decide to try and mindlink him. I remember he marked me and I feel the proof right on my neck. He is the only thing I can think about. I don't hear anything from him through the mindlink, but then I hear some banging and stomping noises coming closer toward me from the other side of the door.

Lorenzo bursts in and he is immediately by my side.

"How are you? Are you okay? How are you feeling?" he asks, checking my neck.

"I feel fine. Why? Where are we?"

Lorenzo sighs and puts a hand on my forehead to check my temperature.

"We're at my home, in the East Moontrail Pack."

We left New Moon? I didn't even get to say goodbye to everyone. To anyone.

"Why?" I feel tears welling up in my eyes. A wave of hopelessness passes through me. I'm in a new place that I didn't even know I was going to be in. Lorenzo sits me next to him on the bed. I don't stop him because my heart is just broken.

"What is the last thing you remember?"

"You told me about your family when we were in your room and then you marked me and I went to sleep. Why didn't you just wake me up before we left? I wanted to come here, but only needed a few minutes to say goodbye to everyone." I break down into tears again. Why did he steal me away? I know I'm his mate and I said we could leave after the party, but I didn't get to say goodbye to Carlani, Leilani, Roman or even talk with Topaz like I told her I would, like I was looking forward to doing.

Topaz had a notebook with things her mother used to tell her about her childhood and she was going to let me look through it.

"Dulce, I'm sorry to tell you this, but that was almost a week ago."

What? I look at him in shock.

"What happened? Why was I sleeping for so long?"