Chapter 208 – True Luna Book Free: The Darkness Within

Hunter grabbed my upper arm and sq***zed it tightly.

The fire ring around us was closing. The fire was so close that I could feel the heat on my back. Our warriors were surrounding us and soon they would have anywhere to go.

Hurry up, Mom. I mind-linked her.

“You will never win!” I screamed at her. “You won’t take my sister from me! You won’t take Sophia from us! We will fight until our last breath for her!”

The thing in front of me laughed. Its eyes were completely black now. Black tears kept pouring on its cheeks, making the creature that captured my sister look terrifying.

Suddenly, a strong wind surrounded us, making me cover my face and my eyes. I fell on my knees and shielded my head.

I heard screaming and shouting around me. I could feel my mom’s magic surrounding me. I could feel the heat disappearing.

“No!” Sophia screamed.

I heard my mom mumbling incantations. I couldn’t look up. The wind and the fire were in a battle over me and I couldn’t move. The noise was deafening and I couldn’t hear anything except Sophia screaming and my mom mumbling incantations over and over again.

Suddenly, everything stopped.

The sudden silence made my ears ring. I gulped and tried to take a deep breath. I needed to calm my racing heart down.

I opened my eyes and slowly looked up. I saw my mom first. She was taking short and shallow breaths. She was staring at the stone in her hands as tears fell on her cheeks.

My eyes snapped to the place where Sophia was supposed to be standing.

Only she wasn’t there. She was laying on the ground a few feet back.

“Fia!” I screamed as I jumped up and ran toward her.

The crevasse that was separating us wasn’t there anymore. All that remained was solidified lava.

I didn’t even realize that Hunter was already there.

“Oh, my Angel,” he cried out as he lifted her from the ground and p**ssed her to his ch*st.

He placed a k**s on her l*ps and buried his nose into her hair. He took a deep breath and a quiet sob escaped him.

She was unconscious. The blackness disappeared from her cheeks. She looked like my Fia again.

“Oh, Fia,” I mumbled, choking on a small sob.

Hunter handed her to me and I hugged her tightly. The knot of fear and anger that I had in my stomach since she disappeared loosened a little. I could take a deep breath now that I had her back.

But the knot wasn’t completely gone. I was angry as f**k because they hurt her. Seeing her body all beaten and bruised had me ready to find Richard and rip him to pieces.

I looked down at her and placed a small k**s on her forehead. She looked so fragile.

Our family was surrounding us. Hunter never let her hand go.

“We have to go,” my mom said as she ran her fi**gers through Fia’s hair. “The stone won’t hold her for long.”

I looked up at my mom and saw how exhausted she was. My dad was holding onto her tightly.

I looked toward the building and tightened my jaw.

“Take her home,” I said as I handed her back to Hunter. “I will stay and find that f**ker.”

I would show him what happened when you tried to hurt my family. I would watch him die and enjoy every second of it.

“There is no need, Alex,” my mom said, making me look back at her. “He is dead.”

My eyes widened. She looked down at Sophia and gulped.

“She killed him,” my mom mumbled quietly.

I looked down at my innocent sister and my heart clenched painfully. I already knew how much she would suffer once we got her back. She would have a hard time dealing with the fact that she killed someone.

“Good,” Hunter mumbled as he picked her up in his arms and k**sed her cheek.

He p**ssed her to his ch*st and started walking away.

Hunter’s POV

“I love you, Angel,” I mumbled as I placed another k**s on her soft cheek.

I ran my fi**gers through her hair and took a deep breath, letting her scent overwhelm me.

I missed it so much. I missed her so much. I missed the feel of her skin under my fi**gertips. I missed her scent filling every part of my body. I missed the taste of her l*ps on my t***ue.

I missed everything and I couldn’t get enough of it.

She was lying on the bed in the room we made for her. Luna Emma cleaned her up and changed her clothes. She made sure to take care of every wound on her body. The bruises were still there and they were even more visible now when her skin was clean. It angered me, but the man responsible was already dead and there was nothing I could have done to get my revenge.

I turned her head toward me and ran my hand over the back of her neck and into her hair. I placed a k**s on her l*ps. I couldn’t wait for her to k**s me back.

I tangled my fi**gers into her hair and gently pulled her head up. I studied her beautiful face, trying to stop the tears from falling down my cheeks.

What would happen when she woke up? Would she be the same as she was when we found her? Would she be worse?

“It’s time to go, Hunter,” I heard Alex’s quiet voice. “My mom said that she would wake up any moment now.”

I gulped and tried to take a deep breath.

“Maybe it won’t be as bad as it was when we found her,” I mumbled as I leaned my forehead on hers. “Maybe she would be better now that her dark magic is blocked.”

Alex walked to the other side of her bed. I watched him take her hand in his. He took a deep breath and caressed her cheek.

“I hope so,” Alex mumbled. “But we won’t know if this room will even hold her. Not until she wakes up. We have to leave the room until we know for sure that she won’t be able to do magic in here. You know this.”

I looked up at him and nodded. I placed another k**s on her soft l*ps and forced my body to stand up. I watched as Alex k**sed her cheek.

“We are doing everything that we can, Fia,” he mumbled as he leaned his forehead on her shoulder. “We will set you free. I promise.”

“Alex, honey, come on,” I heard Luna Emma’s voice.

I looked behind me and saw her standing by the door. She looked worried and tired.

Alex placed another k**s on her cheek before he stood up and rushed toward his mom. He kept clenching his fists and I could see his ch*st rising and falling rapidly.

His mom pulled him into a hug. She looked over his shoulder and took my hand in hers.

“She is going to be okay,” she said softly. “We will find a way to bring her back.”

I looked over my shoulder at the girl I loved more than anything in this world. My heart clenched painfully. I wanted to go back there and take her into my arms.

I remembered how she wr*pped her body around mine when we were standing on her porch. I remembered how happy I was. I remembered feeling like my heart was going to explode.

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