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Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 333: A Third Party
OliviaThe therapist’s office had a calming energy, filled with muted colors and soft, plush chairs that seemed designed to absorb tension. A diffuser filled the air with a faint scent of lavender, adding to the tranquil atmosphere.Despite this, my wolf was pacing inside of me, just as uneasy and restless as I felt at that moment.When Nathan had first told me that he wanted to try therapy, I was utterly taken aback. He had seemed so averse to the idea when we took our trip to the city, and yet now here he was, wearing a button-down shirt and slacks for our first appointment.“I want to make a good impression,” he had said that morning as we were getting ready. “If this therapist is gonna become… well, ‘our’ therapist, then I want to create a nice image.”I had chuckled. “Nathan, it’s therapy, not a job interview,” I had teased. “You can relax. Really.”It was clear to me that Nathan had never been to therapy in his life. I had gone for a few years during and after college, when I ne
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 334: Searching for Compromise
OliviaThe air inside the car was stifling, like we were both holding our breath, waiting for the other to exhale. I was still clutching the pamphlets Dr. Lewis had given us, my fingers imprinting little crumples into the paper. Nathan’s remark had thrown me off balance.“So you think this is silly, huh?” My voice sounded oddly calm, a stark contrast to the tumultuous thoughts inside my head. “And you’re gonna give up? Just like that?” I snapped my fingers.Nathan scowled. He looked an awful lot like a little kid who was being forced into something that he definitely did not want to do, which was a huge change from how ‘open’ he had supposedly been to the idea just a few hours ago.“Yeah, Liv, just like that,” he said, snapping his fingers back.“But why?” I asked. “What changed, Nathan? I thought you wanted to do this, not just for us, but for the kids.”Nathan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. “It’s just… exercises? Homework? Really, Liv?”“Why? What’s wrong with that?”“I
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 335: Of Sticks & Grenades
OliviaNathan opened the sliding door that led to the backyard, the cool night air hitting my face like a splash of cold water.The stars were out, twinkling overhead, and the silhouette of the old oak tree with its treehouse stood like a sentinel in the far corner of the yard. For a second, I hesitated at the threshold, half-expecting him to reveal some grand romantic gesture, roses leading to a candle-lit table or something equally cliche.Instead, Nathan just stood there, hands in his pockets, looking back at me. “Well? Coming?”“Where are you taking me, Nathan? Don’t tell me you’ve buried some relationship-fixing treasure in the backyard.”He chuckled. “No, nothing like that. Just follow me.”I stepped out onto the patio and followed him into the yard. The grass was slightly damp beneath my feet, an earthy smell rising from the ground.Finally, he stopped near the old oak tree and turned to me. “You remember this tree, don’t you?”“How could I forget?” I asked. “We used to play he
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 336: Threads
OliviaNathan’s words hung in the air between us like an invisible thread, fragile and easy to snap.“Isn’t this better than those dumb exercises?”I looked over at Nathan, his face flushed from running, his blue-green eyes lit up with the joy of reliving a sliver of our carefree past. For a split second, I wanted to say yes, to give in to the whimsy of it all.But the reality of our present issues, all of our grown-up problems, reasserted themselves. Maybe the old Olivia, the younger and childless Olivia, would have gone along with it; but not this Olivia. I needed to stay grounded in reality, not just for myself, but for the twins and the new life burgeoning inside of my belly.“It was fun, Nathan. Really, it was,” I started cautiously. “But running around playing a children’s game isn't going to solve our problems.”He frowned, sitting up and pulling a few blades of grass from the ground. “You think those therapy exercises are any better? Those are for kids, too. Not adults.”I sat
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 337: Missing
OliviaAfter standing outside for a little while longer, the stars offered no answers to my countless dilemmas. With a sigh, I decided to head inside. I slid the glass door shut behind me, my mind a whirlpool of frustration and concern.Nathan had retreated to the house before me, his posture rigid, his words simmering with rage and pain. He hadn’t waited for me, and I knew why. I sighed as I locked the door, walking through the silent living room and turning off the lights along the way.When I reached our bedroom, the door was ajar, a faint line of light cutting across the dark hallway. I pushed it open gently. Nathan was already in bed, his back to me, the covers pulled up to his shoulders.Carefully, I changed into my nightclothes, deliberately quiet in my movements. When I finally crawled into bed, a comfortable distance apart, it felt like there was an invisible barrier between us.For a moment, I considered reaching out to him, to bridge the gap with a simple touch. But as I sh
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 338: Mistakes at Midnight
NathanI lay in bed that night, staring at the ceiling, the quiet of the night broken only by Olivia’s gentle snores next to me. I glanced at her, her face so peaceful in sleep.It was hard to reconcile this gentle image of her with the heated argument we’d had earlier, the tension of our recent therapy session heavy between us.All I wanted was to make her realize that these cookie-cutter ‘exercises’ that the therapist gave us, these catch-all solutions, wouldn’t work for us. Not when it came to our struggles. It was more than just a disagreement or a difference in opinion that had led us to this point.It was a literal life or death situation, a battle against something dark, evil, and very, very old.The room suddenly felt stifling, the walls closing in on me, each tick of the clock mocking my restlessness. Realizing that sleep was not going to be my friend tonight, I sighed and swung my legs over the side of the bed, careful not to wake Olivia.I padded through the dark house, sto
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 339: Grand Plans
OliviaWhen Nathan finished telling me his story, I felt as though the walls were caving in on me.I stared at Nathan, my eyes wide with disbelief. “Let me get this straight,” I said, my voice edged with a tremor that couldn’t be denied. “If we kill this witch, our unborn child will die? Is that what you’re telling me?”Nathan ran a hand through his disheveled hair. “Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. I don’t know how she’d do it, but I have to believe that she wasn’t bluffing.”My blood ran cold at the thought of this. Just as I had suspected, this pregnancy was the ‘gift’ that the witch had been referring to. And, also as I had suspected, she was using it against us as leverage to get what she wanted: Aurora.“So what, we're just supposed to let her go? Leave her to do who knows what to who knows who?” My voice was tinged with desperation, bordering on hysteria. The walls felt like they were closing in, the weight of this impossible situation crushing me.Nathan shook his head, hi
Fake Vow, True Luna #Chapter 340: A Newcomer
OliviaThe sunlight peeked through the curtains, warming my face as I woke up. Nathan’s arms were still wrapped tightly around me, a comforting presence in a world that had turned so uncertain.I shifted, reluctant to leave the bed, but the soft cooing sounds coming from the adjacent room reminded me that sleeping in was no longer an option. Elliot and Aurora were awake, and it would only be a matter of minutes before they began crying out for attention.“Morning,” Nathan mumbled in his gravelly sleep voice, his eyes half-open.“Morning, handsome,” I replied, stretching as I sat up. “Sounds like the twins are up.”He groaned playfully and rubbed his eyes. “They don’t appreciate the beauty of sleep yet.”We chuckled, exchanging a quick kiss before we rolled out of bed. Nathan headed for the bathroom while I went to check on Elliot and Aurora. The sight of their tiny faces, so full of curiosity and innocence, filled me with a kind of love that momentarily made me forget all about my wor
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