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

“)

I was already pushing through the

hospital gown flapping behind me, completely ignoring the startled looks from the nurses and

for maybe a few random patients. The last person I expected to see was Alexander, sitting in one of the chairs with his

But there he was.

it was the one thing that could keep me tethered

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

across the room and into

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just a moment before he leaned down and pressed his lips to the spot where my neck met my shoulder. I felt his canines extend, sharp points against my skin, and then he

pain was immediate and intense, like being struck by lightning. But it only lasted a second before it transformed into something else entirely-a rush of energy so

missing piece of myself had suddenly been returned. The hollow ache that had been living in my chest for months, no, years, was gone,

system faster than I could process it. My

Alexander calling my name as everything

sensation of strong arms holding me and a sharp, stinging pain in my neck. My body felt tired, but also humming

groaned, pressing my hand to my aching neck. When I cracked my eyes open, I found

his chest, backlit by the fluorescent hospital

after I marked you. You’ve been unconscious for

up, wincing as my newly marked neck throbbed with the movement. The bite was

Completeness.