The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

hapter 189

Chapter 189

-Ava’s POV-

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I felt a sudden rush of cold sweat, my heart pounding in my chest. Pregnant? How could that be? I mean, I knew how, but how?

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And then, before I could even process it, laughter bubbled up from somewhere deep inside me. It was shaky, out of control, a sound that didn’t even feel like mine. But I couldn’t stop it. I laughed, a sharp, hollow laugh that echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls like it belonged to someone else. It was the kind of laughter that came when there was nothing else left–when crying wouldn’t cut it anymore.

My mother’s frown deepened, her eyebrows furrowing in a mix of confusion and frustration. “What’s so funny?” she asked, her tone low, clipped, like she was trying to hold back some unspoken irritation.

But I couldn’t stop laughing.

It was all too much. Isabella’s words played on repeat in

repeat in my mind, as clear as the day she said them: “From all the sex you’ve been having.” And there had been a lot of sex–more than I’d ever imagined I’d have in such a short time. Especially after Grayson took my virginity. It hadn’t been the focus of anything before, at least not until I wrote that list.

Now I was pregnant. With Grayson’s child.

The laughter cracked and died in my chest, leaving behind a hollow ache that I couldn’t fill. My throat tightened as my eyes dropped to my stomach, my trembling hands hovering just above it. A child. A human being.

Grayson’s child.

Grayson. The man who didn’t want me. The man who wanted nothing to do with me anymore. The man who never wanted a child in the first place.

“No.” My voice was barely above a whisper, trembling like the rest of me. My fingers hovered over my abdomen as though touching it would somehow confirm the truth I was desperate to deny. “No, I can’t be pregnant.”

my mother’s words left her lips, something inside me just… clicked, Like body had been waiting for someone else to say it before it admitted the truth to me. And yet, I couldn’t accept

let it be

my

eyes darted around the room, looking for a way to escape, a way to undo all of this. “Where is Father?” I demanded suddenly, grasping for anything else to focus on.

“You’ve been here for three days, and now you’re asking

I froze. “What?”

dead, Ava,” she snapped, exasperated. “He’s overseas. His expertise was

I nodded slowly, as if her words made perfect sense. Then,

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my mother demanded,

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quick and unsteady. “To help Father le needs help, and I can help him.” I nodded again, my thoughts

made me stop dead in my tracks. “I have tolerated this behavior for three days, but I will tolerate it no longer.” Her voice was cold, firm, the way it always got when she was at the end of her patience. “This slow descent into madness because of that man has to end. You are going to

me snapped. All the anger, the frustration, the helplessness I had been holding in came pouring out in a scream so raw it felt like it ripped through me.

it, my voice echoing long after I had stopped speaking. My breath came in ragged gasps as I stared at her,

laugh slipped out, sharp and ugly. “How could this happen to me” I half–laughed, half–cried, the sound breaking into hysterics. “How could Grayson do this to

after the other, faster than could stop them. “Why did this happen? Who did this? Why won’t he just believe

I going to do?” I

the room. My chest heaved as I clutched at it, my vision narrowing. “I can’t breathe”

expression sharp with alarm. “Ava,” she said, her

I couldn’t. My body wouldn’t listen. The walls felt like they were closing in, the air thick and heavy, pressing down on me from all sides. My legs gave out, and I slid to the

“I can’t,”

gripping my shoulders firmly. “You are going to be

but my body refused to cooperate. The panic had taken hold, and I didn’t know how to stop it. I didn’t know how to handle any of this. All knew was that I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t face what was happening. I couldn’t face the truth.

was pregnant. With Grayson’s child. And my entire world

blurred, dark spots creeping into the edges as my chest tightened to the point of pain. My heart pounded so loudly it drowned out everything else,

matter how hard I tried, I

the chaos in my mind, a deep, guttural growl tore through me.