Kidnapped and Rejected – The Return of Alpha’s Luna by Moon Claw

Chatper 80

Chapter 80

A large tent was set up in the middle of Central Plaza.

Ssoldiers were gathered outside of the tent.

They all turned to look at Jwith an awed look when she cclose. One of them rushed to lift the

curtain for her.

“Gamma Janet, that was a great fight!” the soldier said to her enthusiastically.

“Thank you,” Jreplied with a smile.

“Alpha Daran is expecting you inside.”

Jstepped into the tent.

Daran was standing in the middle of the room, using a towel to clean the blood stain on his body.

He turned around abruptly when Jwalked in.

Their eyes locked for a long moment.

Daran abandoned the towel and strode forward. He seized Janet’s shoulder and pulled her into his

arms forcefully.

Jwas taken aback.

She could hear his quickened heartbeat and heavy breathing. His hands were also slightly shaking on

her back.

“What is the matter?” Jbroke the silence and asked.

Daran shook his head and buried her face into her hair, taking in a deep inhale of her

scent.

“I was afraid of losing you,” he said deeply.

“Are you serious?” Jsaid under her breath, “I am standing right here. Safe and sound. What made

you think that?“,

“This is the first tthat I saw you on the battlefield. I know that you have a strong wolf and

everything. But when that rogue cat you…My heart almost stopped beating. I couldn’t help but

wonder…what would happen to you if I was a minute late…”

He tightened his arms around her, hugging her more tightly.

Jcould hardly breathe in his arms.

Yet her heart swelled.

This was the first tDarán revealed his true feelings to her,

He used to be so cold, so closed–up, and it was impossible for her to figure out what he was thinking

through his expressionless face.

But now, he opened up to her voluntarily.

He said that he was afraid.

Jonce thought that a brave man like Daran was not afraid of anything.

But he was afraid of losing her.

“Hey.”

Jstroked his back gently.

“You got there on time. And I am fine. There is nothing to worry about.”

“I know. But-

“Even if you didn’t, I would still be alright. I am a Gamma, remember? I proved myself capable of

fighting side by side with you. You can trustwith your back, just like I trust you with mine.”

Daran straightened his back and cupped her face with his hands.

He stared deep into her eyes.

“Always,” he murmured. “I trust you. With my life.”

Janet’s heart rate quickened. Her mouth was dry as well.

And it was probably an illusion but…somehow the room temperature seemed to be rising.

They were only a few inches away from each other. They had not been this closed since Daran

rejected her.

And now, they were leaning toward one another.

Jfluttered her eyes shut and felt her heart thumping wildly in her chest.

—

She could almost feel the gentle touch of Daran’s lips on hers-

“Alpha Daran! What a great fight!”

A sudden voice cfrom the door, and they separated almost instantly.

Steven, Jeff, Maxie, and Glen just walked in. Each one of them had a large grin on their face.

They froze by the door when they saw Jand Daran inside.

Daran’s hands were still on Janet’s cheek.

“Oh.”

Jeff let out an awkward laugh and scratched his head.

“Do you want us to cback?”

Daran cleared his throat and dropped his hand, “There is no need. Con inside.”

Jfelt her cheeks on fire/

It almost felt as though her parents walked in on her while she was making out with her high school

boyfriend in bed.

The six of them took their seats.

“Last night was a good fight. Great work, everyone.”

Daran looked around the room with a faint smile.

“Yet before you go and have srest, I do want to take stand recap last night. I believe that

you all have squestions.”

The 5 Gammas exchanged looks.

“OK. I will start.”

Jeff spoke up first.

“My man and I were waiting outside of the East Gate. Around 3 o’clock, we heard fighting noises

coming from the north-”

“That is me,” Glen said. “I attacked the North Gate and the rogues attacked back fiercely. If it weren’t

for Alpha Daran and Gamma Janet, we would have lost this battle already.”

“But that is weird,” Maxie said. “I received no resistance from the South Gate.”

“Neither do 1,” Steven said.

“Yeah, shere!” Jeff added with a nod, “The East Gate was wide open. It was almost like that no

one was guarding it.”

Glen raised an eyebrow, “So you are saying that all the rogues were at the North Gate last night?”

“It would appear so,” Jsaid coolly.

“Well, that is kind of crappy for me.” Glen shrugged, “But it works out for the Just because all the other

3 gates were wide open, we can take down Crimson Fort this easily.”

army.

The other 4 Gammas agreed with a nod.

But not Janet.

She exchanged a look of apprehension with Daran.

“So did anyone you see the Rogue King?” Daran asked.

Maxie answered, “No. I tried to ask a rogue, but he said that he didn’t know who the Rogue King was. I

am not sure if he was lying or not.”

“He is telling the truth.”

Jstraightened her back. A cold gleam was in her slit eyes.

“The Rogue King has been hiding from their own men, giving orders through

Sterning and Sterning only. It is very clever. Even though they lost the battle, we still

have no idea of where our biggest enemy is.”

The room fell into a deadly silence.

Everyone was gripped by the fear of the unknown.

“Well, let’s cheer up a bit, shall we?”

Steven stretched his body and grinned.

“Sure, we don’t know who the Rogue King is. But we just won a huge battle and saved most people’s

lives in Crimson Fort! We deserve to celebrate. So what do you say we pop open sbeers and go

wild for a night? Huh?”

Glen smiled, “I like that idea.”

Yet before people could be completely relaxed, Daran raised a hand and said, “Hold on a second. I

think that you have forgotten about something.”

She exchanged a look of apprehension with Daran.

“So did anyone you see the Rogue King?” Daran asked.

Maxie answered, “No. I tried to ask a rogue, but he said that he didn’t know who the Rogue King was. I

am not sure if he was lying, or not.”

“He is telling the truth.”

Jstraightened her back. A cold gleam was in her slit eyes,

The room fell into a deadly silence.

Everyone was gripped by the fear of the unknown,

“Well, let’s cheer up a bit, shall we?”

Steven stretched his body and grinned.

Glen smiled, “I like that idea.”

Yet before people could be completely relaxed, Daran raised a hand and said, “Hold on a second. I

think that you have forgotten about something.”

Everyone turned to look at him.

“The mole,” Daran said.

The smile died upon their lips.

“…You are really a buzzkill, Alpha Daran,” Jeff murmured.

He slumped back into his seat and sighed frustratedly.

“Or maybe keeping information enclosed within this small group helped,” Maxie said. “This system

works.”

“No.”

Jshook her head firmly,

“The mole did take action. The battle plan was leaked.”

Maxie gasped sharply. And the others rounded their eyes in shock

“Only the 6 people in this room know about the battle plan!”

Steven straightened his back and glared at Janet.

“Are we back to that conversation again? Are you saying that the mole is in this very room? Lettell

you. I am so f**king tired of you making random accusations without any proof-

”

“I have the proof,” Jsaid calmly.

She stood up and glanced around the room.

She saw different looks on people’s faces: shock, wonder, perplex, anger…and fear.

And you are right. The mole is indeed here in this very room.”

The atmosphere tensed up instantly.

With everyone watching, Jslowly raised an arm.

“The mole is-”

She pointed at a certain person in this room.

“-him.”