The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 149

Chapter 149

Ella

I was lying on the examination table in a hospital gown with my feet up in the stirrups, staring at the ceiling tiles and trying to convince myself that this was the right thing to do. Dr. Evelyn said the procedure would be quick and relatively painless this early in the pregnancy. I could go home within a few hours, and it would be like it never happened.

Did I want that?

“Are you ready, Ella?” Dr. Evelyn asked as she pulled on a fresh pair of gloves.

I opened my mouth to say yes, but the word wouldn’t come out.

Instead, I found myself thinking about the tiny life growing inside of me. About the child who would have a perfect mixture of mine and Alexander’s features. About family dinners and bedtime stories and first steps all the moments I would never get to experience.

“Ella?” Lilith squeezed my hand.

“I…” My throat felt tight, like I couldn’t breathe properly. “I can’t,” I whispered, and then louder, “I can’t do this.”

I sat up abruptly, swinging my legs over the side of the examination table. The hospital gown was barely covering me, but I didn’t care. I had to get out of there.

“Ella, wait,” Dr. Evelyn called out as I stumbled toward the door. “We should talk about this

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but I was already pushing through the door and

my hospital gown flapping behind me, completely ignoring the startled looks from the nurses and patients. All I could think about was getting away

it empty except for maybe a few random patients. The last person I expected to see was Alexander,

But there he was.

I cried his name out like it was the one thing that could keep me tethered

the sound of my voice, aut for a moment we just stared at each other

launched myself across the

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Chapter 149

the spot

a second before it transformed into something else entirely-a rush of energy so

been living in my chest for months, no, years, was gone, replaced by warmth and strength

could process it. My vision went

remembered was Alexander

sharp, stinging

to my aching neck. When I cracked my

backlit by the fluorescent hospital lights. Lilith was there too, her hand pressed to her

passed out,” Alexander said gently. “Right after I marked you. You’ve been unconscious for about thirty

my newly marked neck throbbed with the movement. The bite was still tender, but underneath the pain was something

Completeness.