Leader Of The Pack

Ch.15 Just Another Bad Dream

That night I laid cuddled up to Brandon. He had one arm wrapped around me and the other folded so his head was under his head.

When I closed my eyes I kept seeing horrible images. My little girl laying in Brandon's arms. I felt my heart breaking as I looked at her. Then I saw her playing. I heard a gun shot and a cry. Suddenly I opened my eyes.

"Mommy, momma? Momma can I go with daddy?" Luna asked.

The sun burned my eyes. "Huh?" I asked still half asleep.

"Momma, I said can I go with daddy?" She sighed impatiently.

"Um, I guess sweety. Just remember to do what he says, OK?"

"OK." She said as she kissed my cheek. "Night night, mommy." She said as she took off out the door.

I suddenly remembered what Hailey said. I jumped up and ran outside. Hailey was sitting on our swing while Lucian and Maddox played.

"Hailey! Hailey, where's Luna?" I asked. My heart raced.

"Well, she just left with Brandon. Why? Did she not tell you? I told her to ask you first." Hailey said as Maddox shot Lucian with a toy gun.

"No, she told me its just I think something is going to go wrong." I said to her.

"Why? You know Brandon wouldn't let a fly hurt that girl."

"Remember when you told me about that dream you had. About Luna?" I asked.

She looked confused. "Oh, yeah, I forgot all about that. Lana, it was just a dream. Nothing's wrong." Hailey assured me.

Suddenly I heard gun fire. Then a cry. I looked at Hailey. She stood up and gave me a worried look. "Luna! Brandon!" I screamed.

I heard more gun fire and cries. Only this time it was someone else. I smelled blood. It was a humans. I took off running for the woods.

I ran until I saw Brandon. He broke a man's neck with his bare hands and was covered in blood. He dropped the man's body and turned around. He had 2 bullet holes in his shirt. Blood oozed from the holes.

Next to a tree I saw Luna's body. She had a bullet hole right in the middle of her purple shirt. I looked at Brandon as I cradled her in my arms.

His eyes were glowing with hatred and anger. Another man pulled out his gun and pointed it to Brandon. Brandon calmly walked up to the man even though the man was shooting him in the process.

He grabbed the man's gun and hit him hard on the head. I swear I heard a crack when he did it. He repeated over and over again. With the but of the gun he crushed the man's face completely in.

He slowly made his way to me. I saw the bullets fall from his chest. My heart broke. She was limp. The shooter got her right in her heart.

He knelt next to me and picked her from my arms. He calmly walked to the house without saying a word. Tears streamed down my face. I had to force myself off the ground to follow him home.

When I got there Brandon was sitting with her in his lap. He rocked back and forth with tears in his eyes. Lucian kept crying. "Aunt Hailey, why isn't she waking up?" He asked.

Hailey looked at me and then back at Lucian. "She's sleeping, honey." She said softly.

"She's sleeping? When is she going to wake up?" He asked.

"She's never going to wake up, sweety." Hailey told him.

Aaron was right next to Brandon. "Brandon, give her to me." He said as he took her from Brandon's grip.

He took her inside as Brandon sat there. He didn't look angry anymore. He looked blank. Like he felt nothing. I ran upstairs into the bathroom.

I sat in the tub and cried my eyes out. The tears wouldn't stop. I felt like my heart was literally being ripped apart. Everything seemed to slowly drift away. My eyes closed and more tears fell. The last thing I remember was crying out my little girl's name. "Luuuuna! My...........baby!" I cried.

I was startled by loud shouts. "Lana? What happened?" Brandon asked.

I was in the tub. I looked around and up at Brandon. "What?" I asked.

"I heard you crying in here. Why are you in the tub?"

My back ached. "I don't know."

"Well, come back to the bed. It's 1 in the morning." He said as he walked me to the bed and we laid back down.

"Night." He said as he kissed my forehead.

"What would do if the hunters killed our baby?" I asked.

"I think I'd go crazy. But don't worry, their not getting anywhere close to our baby." He said as he kissed me again on my forehead.

"Yeah, I would too. Night." It didn't take long for my eyelids to get heavy. I closed my eyes and felt that I was out of my mind. "You need medication, Lana." I told myself as I drifted off to sleep once again.