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

“)

Lilith added, but I was already pushing through

nurses and patients.

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

But there he was.

like it was the one thing that

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

across

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eyes flashed a brilliant green for just a moment before he leaned down and pressed his lips to the spot where my neck met my shoulder. I felt his

by lightning. But it only lasted a second before it

suddenly been returned. The hollow ache that had been

than I could process it. My vision went white around the edges, and I

thing I remembered was Alexander calling

arms holding me and a sharp, stinging pain in

I cracked my eyes open, I found that

trying to focus on the faces hovering above me. Alexander was cradling me against his chest, backlit by the fluorescent hospital lights. Lilith was there too, her hand

“Right after I marked

with the movement. The bite was still tender, but

Completeness.