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

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

few random patients. The last person I expected to see

But there he was.

name out like it was the one thing that could keep me tethered to

aut for a moment we just stared at each other across

thinking, I launched myself across the room and

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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

by lightning. But it only lasted a second before it transformed into

felt it the moment our bond snapped into place. Like a missing piece of myself had suddenly been returned. The hollow ache that had been living in my chest for months, no, years, was gone, replaced

through my system faster than I could process it. My vision

Alexander

up to the sensation of strong arms holding me and a sharp, stinging pain in my

When I cracked my eyes open, I found that my fingers

chest, backlit by the fluorescent hospital lights.

“Right after I marked you. You’ve been unconscious

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

Completeness.