The sickened luna’s last chance

Alexander hesitated, looking down at me with a wary expression. But to my surprise, after considering for a moment, he nodded. “Alright. Since it was partially my Beta’s fault you missed your interview, I’ll give you another chance.”

“Thank you.” I puffed my chest out and went to walk past him, heading straight for the nursery.

“Where are you going?” Alexander called after me.

I froze at the base of the stairway, cheeks reddening as it hit me–I wasn’t supposed to know where the nursery was. I wasn’t supposed to know anything about the house that had been my home for six years.

Forcing a smile, I turned back to Alexander. “I’m sorry. I assumed the nursery was on the second floor.”

Alexander blinked in confusion. “Well, it is, but…” His shoulders deflated with a sigh, and for a second, I almost thought I could see the faintest flicker of amusement in his tired green eyes. “Nevermind. Right this way.”

I let Alexander lead me upstairs and down the hall, where I knew the nursery was. The door was already cracked open when we approached. My heart thudded as the soft sounds of a lullaby playing on a speaker

-the very speaker I’d picked out, which had a spinning feature that cast shapes of stars and moons across the walls to the tempo of the music–emanated from within.

I wanted to run straight to my son and hold him in my arms so desperately. But I restrained myself, focusing instead on making a good impression.

here,” Alexander said, his hand resting on the doorknob. “I’ll give you five

time I would ever get to hold my son. The thought shot through me like

the outside.

have him soundly

something inside of me crack. It had only been a week since I’d last set foot in here, but it felt

built this nursery with my husband, intending to welcome a

in his crib would never get to know me as

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I even got

straining against the soft blue fabric. His tiny face was scrunched up and red with frustration, and

I asked, glancing at Alexander

nodded. “He cries so much, plus the oxygen tubes dry out his sinuses. The doctor gave me drops for his throat, but he spits them

“Can I see them?”

drops for lubricating the throat. I took it and set it aside before gently reaching