The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 183

Ella

The flutter beneath my skin was so gentle I almost thought I’d imagined it. But then it happened again, a little stronger this time, and I immediately snatched Alexander’s hand and placed it there. His green eyes went wide as realization washed over him.

This was the first time I’d felt our child move. All those months of morning sickness and exhaustion and doctor’s appointments, and this was the moment when it finally felt real.

There was a tiny person growing inside of me, strong enough now to make their presence known.

We did it.

We survived.

Alexander’s hand stayed pressed against my belly, although both of us had stopped dancing. The others around us continued to twirl and laugh, turning into a blur of shapes and colors.

“Right there,” I said as another little kick landed squarely under his palm. “Do you feel that?”

He nodded, green gaze never leaving mine. And for a long moment, nothing else existed except for us.

Maybe it was the pregnancy hormones, or maybe it was the way he was looking at me like I was the most precious thing in the world, but standing there with his hand on my belly and the evening light turning everything golden, I couldn’t fight the thought anymore.

I might really love him.

felt our baby

again, and Alexander’s

awfully strong,”

“Takes after their father.”

across his face at that, and for a second I thought he might say something important.

then Gabriel appeared at his shoulder,

schedule,” Gabriel said. There wasn’t a hint of remorse at the

his hand dropping from

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passed between them, a silent conversation

a

five minutes?” I

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didn’t even look at me. “The vendors need to know

booths.”

worked, but I knew there was no chance I

way of getting between us, and it never seemed as if

him.

way Gabriel always interrupted us seemed to

might happen if his Beta didn’t