The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 290

-Ava's POV-

"Get them out of me!" I screamed, gripping the sides of the hospital bed so tightly my nails threatened to tear through the fabric. I was done. I didn't care about breathing techniques, controlled pushing, or whatever useless advice these doctors kept spewing at me. I wanted my babies out-now.

"I need you to breathe-"

"Oh, shut up about breathing before I stop you from breathing!" I snapped at Dr. Monroe, my voice hoarse from hours of

labor.

She exhaled sharply, stepping back with her hands raised. "Okay, okay. I hear you."

A fresh wave of pain crashed over me, stealing my breath, and I barely managed to whimper, "I swear I'll be nice from now on. I promise. All those things I said in Italian and Spanish? They were nice things. I swear. Just-please get them out.”

Dr. Monroe pressed her lips together, glancing at the other doctors in the room. Something unspoken passed between them, a silent message that made my stomach plummet.

Another contraction ripped through me, and I screamed, tears burning my eyes. "Ava, you need to-"

My wolf surged forward, my canines sharpening as I growled, "If you tell me to calm down one more time, I swear to the Moon, I will-"

Another contraction. Another scream.

And this time, I didn't hold back the tears. My body was on fire, pain thrumming through every inch of me, and nothing- nothing-was happening.

I sagged against the pillows, exhausted, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that, Dr. Monroe. Please, just... just get them out of me."

Dr. Monroe hesitated, her throat bobbing as she shook her head. "Ava, we're trying. But your body isn't responding the way it should. You're not pushing them out naturally, our anesthesia isn't keeping you unconscious, and-" She paused, exchanging another unreadable glance with her team.

"And what?" I rasped, suddenly feeling cold despite the sweat drenching my skin.

Her hesitation made my heart stop.

Dr. Monroe took a slow breath before finally saying it:

"We wanted to try a C-section, Ava. But every time we make an incision, your body heals before we can even finish the cut."

I blinked, trying to process what she had just said. My head shook slightly, almost instinctively rejecting it, "So... so what? You're saying I have to live with them inside me forever?" My voice cracked at the end, hysteria creeping in.

"I don't know what's causing it," Dr. Monroe admitted, "But it's like your body is refusing to let them out."

I let out a strangled laugh-short, humorless, bordering on unhinged, "Oh, perfect." Then I sucked in a sharp brea. voice shaking, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell, I just

my

She was already backing away, murmuring something to another doctor. A man I didn't recognize. His hesitant posture made it clear he was reluctant to come anywhere near me, which, honestly? Fair.

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My parents had made sure the hospital was only staffed with werewolves or humans fully aware of our existence today, but even still... whatever was happening to me wasn't normal

I glanced down at my swollen belly, my hands trembling as I placed them over the

curve.

"Come on," I whispered desperately, "Please. Just come out."

I didn't even know what I was saying anymore. I was begging my own body, my own children, to just let go.

The door opened suddenly, and Dr. Monroe stepped back inside-this time, with Grayson reluctantly following behind her.

The moment I saw him, something snapped in me.

I glared, "No. Get out. He did this to me. Make him leave."

Dr. Monroe sighed, rubbing her temples. Grayson, however, didn't listen. He stepped closer, completely unfazed by the rage burning in my eyes.

Instead of leaving, he brushed the damp hair from my face, his hand surprisingly gentle despite the raw unease radiating from him.

"Don't touch me," I bit out, my voice wobbling.

But instead of backing off, he murmured something low-something that normally I would have considered really sweet of I didn't want ri stab him for doing this to me but I didn't want him to again and the thought of it only made me cry harder, "I just want them out."

Dr. Monroe exhaled, motioning to the nurses, "We're going to try pushing again.”

my head furiously, "Didn't you just say

to try," She said, her

head back, "I wish I had been

murmured, "I've

to glare at him and then, another contraction hit, and I screamed

body shaking with the effort but it was still nothing. No movement. No

breath hitched as I let out a frustrated sob, "It's

was tight, her worry barely concealed behind her calm exterior, "Keep trying, Ava. We're so close.

to what?" I cried out, thrashing my head against the pillows. "They

"Ava-"

"Get them out!"

firm

at him again, but before I

did something

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He squeezed my hand.

But the moment he

rippled through my stomach. It was subtle at first- almost

that?" I

"What was

to him, eyes wild, "Do

"What?"

"Do it again!"

more-this time, a little

moved

a contraction slammed into me

my entire body tensing as a

eyes snapped up,

a

room sprang into motion, nurses rushing around me, voices

to assist. But all I could focus on was pushing. The pain didn't matter. The exhaustion didn't matter. Nothing

out.

I had left, gripping Grayson's hand like it was

me

One more big push!" Dr. Monroe

every

And then-suddenly-the pressure released.

cry pierced the

against the pillows,

a moment, my mind spinning, but

"It's a girl!"

just in time to see

baby in her hands.

in my eyes as I gasped out a shaky breath,

"She's perfect."

time to process

the pain

is coming!" Dr.

to recover, no time to think-only

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out a

everything I had

It happened so fast.

One final push.

louder

"It's a boy!"

body sagged against the mattress,

deep,

the air in the room

space, thick and heavy like a storm about

break.

flickered. The air hummed. A deep, primal force rippled through the room,

Everyone felt it.

she

beside me, his entire body coiled like a predator sensing a

heartbeat still racing,

had just

weren't just