The Human Luna

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Adrian's P.O.V

"You can go and see her now, Alpha." A young nurse came out of the room Catalina was being kept in, and nodded her head towards the door. I hesitated, afraid to look at the face I had let down. 

"Is she awake?" I asked, my voice sounding harsher than necessary. 

The young nurse shook her head sympathetically, her eyes glossing over slightly. "She is still in a coma, her brain has suffered some damage, and we still don't know the cause of it."

"That witch is the cause of it," I thought to myself, grimacing at the memory of Rhea telling me how she had possessed Katie, who had then placed her hands on Catalina and made her drop to the floor unconscious. I stared at the door, and although my wolf was urging me to go and see its pack member, I chickened out and walked away briskly.

I'd already done this seven times. Seven times in two days. I was weak. 

Solomon met me in the corridor, a look on his face that said he already knew I had yet again refused to see Catalina. 

"Adrian, you can't keep doing this, bro." He said, placing a hand on my shoulder firmly. 

I shrugged him off and grunted my disapproval at his advice. "I can't see her like that."

"It's not that bad, think of her as Sleeping Beauty," he suggested. 

I looked at him as if he was mad. "Sleeping Beauty had a true love's kiss to wake her up, what do you suppose will do the trick with Catalina?" I asked. 

Solomon stared at the ground as we walked. "Maybe if we find her mate then-,"

"Enough with the speculation bullshit, Solomon. Catalina's in a coma and she's not waking up any time soon. My bond has been severed with Ailani and the pack is turning into ashes right before my eyes." 

Solomon stared at me. "What do you mean by 'severed', Adrian? What's happened?" 

"Fuck," I hissed. "That part wasn't supposed to come out." 

Solomon stopped walking and stood in front of me. "Well it came out, now tell me what the fuck you mean by severed?" 

I clenched my teeth and stood with my eyes downcast. I couldn't look my brother in the eyes, I didn't want him to see how vulnerable I was. 

"Adrian?"

"I can't feel Ailani through the bond anymore. It's gone. The witch did something to the bond and, and my wolf doesn't recognise her anymore."

Solomon stared at me with a dumbfounded expression. "Come again?" 

"You heard me the first time. When I was out chasing the witch, I felt a pierce go through my body, and whatever it was, it didn't just break the bond, it erased whatever memory my wolf had of Ailani being its mate." 

"That's impossible." 

"Apparently fucking not!" I shoved Solomon out the way. "Now leave me the fuck alone." 

*****

Katie's P.O.V

"You were going apeshit, tryna steal Ailani's body and take her back home. You went fucking mental asylum on us all." 

"Yeah, fuck sake Rhea, I get it. But I was possessed okay, it wasn't exactly me doing the craziness. It was..." I couldn't quite get the evil word out my mouth. "It was that witch." 

"Sssshh," Jack said. "Ailani is still trying to rest. Calm your voice down." 

The three of us were sitting in the bedroom, surrounding Ailani, who, like Catalina, was in some sort of deep sleep, coma, never coming out, state. The two of them had been like this for nearly three weeks.