Lacking Humanity | Moon Ridge

Chapter Thirty

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"You said she would start waking up by—"

"Alpha Remus, I cannot even begin to address what happened. But Sage's eardrums burst and she nearly ran herself into the ground with the trial and undergoing the search. Her body needs to heal, not to mention that she's still healing from her time captured and as a rogue." Kenzie considered herself a patient female, but she was reaching her limit.
If it wasn't for Remus' title, she would've called security for being an overbearing mate.

The only option she could do is call Alpha Hayes, but he was far too involved with the search that she couldn't pull him away.

Not when Sage's room just started to clear out with guests.

Two days. 
Two whole days, and while all her vitals seemed well, Luna Sage was still undefined.

"What did Mystic Grimm's Healers say—"

"Sir, I am quite capable of finding a reasonable explination for the Luna collapsing. We aren't working with something wolf-like. We're going into the category of torture and abuse, if you haven't already realized. Not to mention her ear drum is still healing from being too close to the sound. I already told you my theories, and Clark agreed."

Remus bit back his wolf's growl, Andrew did give his insights—After waking up an hour after. But Sage was one of the final wolves still lingering in the infirmary that aren't a part of the rescue.

"Luke's group found more captives, I'll come around after I check on them, sir. The Luna will be furious if I didn't." With the nodding approval of her being dismissed, Kenzie nearly ran out of the room and started barking orders to prepare.

In the midst of his self-loathing, however, Remus missed another set of calls from Mystic Grimm, White Paw, and Grey Hallow. It was starting to become a struggle to keep up with what is happening in their community. And after running a stressful hand through his hair, Remus realized that this was more or less his fault.

He didn't think to look.
Not in the mountains, not underground—Hell, not his ex-girlfriend who smelled off from the start.

It wasn't until Andrew mentioned just how obsessed the female was during their younger years, and he absolutely hated the fact that it took Sage coming in full force with a punch to his jaw for him to realize something that everyone has been screaming for half a decade.

"Harlow?" Remus spoke directly into the phone, but his attention was still strictly on Sage's chest rising and falling. "You're worse than Dad in answering your fucking phone. What's going on?"

It felt awful to repeat it again and again.
That Sage is still out cold.
In addition to the number of found wolves rising, and to make matters worse, they weren't all just Crescent Moon residents.

It seemed that the party traveling to Moon Ridge will also be returning a good few wolves back home.

When the calls finally come to an end, Camilla leaned in with a gentle knock. Offering a smile before bringing the stroller in further, where the actual seats were leaned back for the pups to get their nap in.

"They just had a bottle, the pups did a wonderful job in watching the twins." She shared, thinking back to the pictures of Casey, Levi, Poppy, and Clementine playing with the younger years.

It was the easiest way to keep the parents at ease to know that their pups were safe together.

"Thanks for bringing them, I know it's not the best—"

"She'll feel them if they're close. Don't worry...How about you go and get something to eat, Remus? I'll sit with her until you come back." He hadn't left the room for more than a few minutes since Sage was admitted, so he reluctantly nodded and mindlessly followed his nose toward Gigi in the kitchens.