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151. More Complicated Than That

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LILA -

I sat up, leaning against the headboard, watching Linc sleep. He was face-down, his arm tucked under his head in the way he always did when he was stressed. His face looked peaceful, but I knew him too well to believe it. Most alphas slept like this when they were under strain—some instinct in them sought the earth, grounding them when their wolves felt restless or cornered. Tonight, I'd left him spent, utterly exhausted, but still... he lay there tense, his fingers gripping the pillow, his whole body in that defensive position.

The mate bond had that kind of grip on him, even after everything we'd just shared. He'd told me...over and over...that he didn't want Phoebe. That he only wanted me, our life, and the future we were building together. I believed him, I did.

But I also knew what it was like to have a mate pull on you, that feeling that hummed under your skin, no matter how hard you fought against it. I knew how real that pull could feel, how persistent, how overwhelmi
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So he is leaving her….
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Noooo Linc what did you do????
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  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    152. You're Part Of Me

    LINC - My phone buzzed, dragging me from sleep. I reached over automatically, thinking maybe Lila had gone to check on Declan and needed help. I picked up my phone, barely registering what I was doing, before pressing it to my ear."Hello?"Silence.Then I heard breathing.I stiffened, the familiarity prickling at my senses. Then it hit me.I'd answered a call from Phoebe. My stomach twisted with dread and guilt instantly. How the hell had I picked up? I forced myself to breathe, to shake off the grogginess, but I couldn't bring myself to hang up."Phoebe?" The name slipped out.She hesitated like she hadn't expected me to answer. "I texted you earlier. I thought you'd respond."I exhaled sharply. I'd seen her message. I'd even looked at the photo Selena sent with her in it, but I'd ignored it, hoping she'd take the hint. I deleted it all. I'd done everything right, yet it seemed nothing would stop this mess from continuing. "Phoebe, I didn't respond for a reason. I've been trying

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-11
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    153. Not A Myth

    LILA Linc sat there, rubbing his jaw like he had something stuck under his skin. I stayed silent, allowing him to say whatever made him look like he'd swallowed a rock. Finally, he sighed and mumbled, "I answered a call from Phoebe."I blinked, my brain stalling as it tried to process that. "You… answered her call?"He nodded as his shoulders slumped. "Yeah. I thought it was you calling. I just picked up without thinking."That prickled at all my senses. The fact that she'd succeeded at getting to him made me hate this whole thing even more. She's older, way older than us. Why didn't she take the hint and move on? "What did she want?" I forced the question out."She… she wants to meet." He struggled to keep looking at me. "Tomorrow, before the full moon."I had to force my breathing steady. "You said yes, didn't you?"I could see his frustration as he ran both hands through his hair, making it stick straight up. It only added to the wild mess he looked like right now. "Lila, I cou

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-11
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    154. Tearing At The Edges

    The morning hit me hard. Nausea twisted in my stomach, and I barely reached the toliet before everything came up. Today was going to be hell, and my body wasn't even letting me pretend otherwise.Cast had already agreed to come with us, and I was grateful he hadn't even hesitated. Linc was out front, tying up last-minute pack duties before we'd leave. Just the thought of facing Phoebe and Selena made me queasy all over again. Just as I finished applying makeup, Cast appeared in the doorway, holding Declan. I looked up, catching his eyes in the mirror. "You can come in here, you know." He stepped inside, shifting Declan in his arms as he sat beside me on the small makeup bench. His leg pressed against mine, and just like that, the nausea disappeared. His hand slipped into mine, and I sighed."I'm scared," I admitted.He pressed closer. "I know.""It's not just about Phoebe or the bond," I continued. "It's the fear of what fate will do. Remember how hard it was for us? How intense

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-12
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    155. Like Gravity

    LINC - Every step I took pulled me farther from Lila, further from the only thing I wanted. I'd promised her I'd do this, to set things right, but with each step toward Phoebe, I felt the strain between promises and instincts tearing at me, testing the limits of my resolve.Phoebe was waiting. The evening light softened the lines of her face, casting her in a glow that made her seem almost ethereal. She looked so at ease, a calm I couldn't understand, given the significance of what we were about to do. I wondered if she was as conflicted as I was, or if she was somehow prepared in ways I wasn't.She studied me in silence, then spoke with a quiet curiosity. "Do you ever wonder what would have happened if things had gone differently? If this bond would have brought us together sooner?""I have," I admitted. "But the only answer I ever find is that I wouldn't change a thing. Lila's my choice, my future, my everything. I'd choose her again and again."Phoebe sighed and looked away. "I lo

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-13
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    156. Regret It

    LINC - The ride back from the rehab felt longer than the journey out, but that was probably just my mind, twisting everything around as it tried to process the past few hours. Cast drove quietly. I sat in the backseat next to Declan's car seat, with Lila on his other side. I reached out and found her hand over the top of the seat. Her fingers intertwined with mine.I leaned my head back against the seat and closed my eyes. My mind buzzed with a strange energy. There was this dull ache inside me, the phantom feeling left over from severing the bond with Phoebe. I couldn't quite shake the discomfort. Maybe I'd expected the rejection to feel more like a relief, but it didn't. What I'd felt for her had torn away violently, leaving behind raw edges. I didn't regret it, not even for a second.Lila didn't say anything, nor did I. She squeezed my hand occasionally. She could feel whenever my thoughts started to spiral and would pull me back without a word. Every so often, I opened my ey

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-13
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    157. Hurt Me

    LILA - The shift overtook Linc in waves, his body contorting, his muscles rippling and stretching as his bones reshaped. I stood as close as I dared, my breath catching as I watched him transform. He made it look so... elegant. This was the first time I'd willingly allowed him to shift without bars or chains, no protective boundaries or restraints. We were trusting his wolf since I'd marked him and I was carrying his twin pups. I'd really hoped this would be my first time to shift with him, but I guess fate had other plans. Plans I was having trouble making sense of now that Phoebe was bouncing around his mind.Once Linc's transformation was complete, his massive wolf towered over me. His thick, dark fur gleamed under the moonlight, and his blue eyes locked onto mine with an intensity that made me smile. Behind the wildness, the man I loved was still there, yet my breath still hitched as he slowly padded toward me.I reached out and brushed my fingers through his fur. "Linc," I sai

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-14
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    158. I Got The Message

    CAST- I unlocked the cellar door and stepped inside, shutting it behind me with a soft click as the lock slid back into place. The room was dark and damp, barely lit by the slant of light from the single high window, enough to see that Linc, still in his wolf form, on high alert. Lila stood beside him, tense and watchful.I lowered myself to the ground, sitting cross-legged by the door. Linc was in control but just barely, muscles taut under his dark coat, his eyes gleaming under the faint light.Lila looked me over. "You're not worried he'll tear you in half?"I looked right at him. "Are you gonna hurt me?" He huffed, his ears twitching back like he was considering it, then flopped onto his side with a sigh. His claws scraped the stone floor, but he made no other move. Lila was left the only one standing.I shrugged and looked up at her. "Guess not."She crossed her arms, still skeptical. "You were only gone a few minutes. That was… fast." Her eyes narrowed. "How'd you do it that q

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-14
  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    159. Slam

    LILA - Cast held me firmly against the cellar’s back wall, his grip protective and unyielding. Every muscle in his body pressed to shield me as we watched Linc pacing, snapping, and tearing at anything within reach. He was a blur of claws and teeth, his snarls echoing through the cramped space, the sound ricocheting off the stone walls in waves that made my skin prickle. He barely avoided us as he ripped into a shelf and then a stack of boxes that splintered and crashed in dust clouds. Whatever waited outside the door had him more on edge than I’d ever seen. A sudden, hard slam rattled the door, and I jumped, my hands clutching at Cast’s shirt without thinking. Cast didn’t move, only tightened his grip around me, his breath hot against my ear. I barely registered the sounds from the other side. Another slam, something scraping as if someone was trying to force the lock. The visitor, whoever it was, hadn’t given up. “Who the hell would come down here?” I asked, not sure if I even w

    ปรับปรุงล่าสุด : 2024-11-14

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  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 95. This Was It

    DECLAN - We took the long way back to the packhouse. It took far longer than the ten minutes I'd agreed to. Suki was going to give me hell for that. She’d probably time it down to the second and bring it up at dinner, then again at breakfast. I was already prepared to ignore the first three times before I gave in to whatever atonement she had planned. Honestly, I was looking forward to the punishment. Gaia and I fell into old habits. She challenged me to spot tree knots shaped like animals. I told her she was making them up when she did. She called me arbitrary and pronounced it correctly. I lobbed a pinecone at her head. She caught it, grinned, and tucked it into my hood when I wasn't looking. It was familiar. Just two people who used to know every inch of each other, finding the quiet rhythm again without forcing it. When the porch came into view, I slowed. "You and Dorian should stay," I paused. "The east wing at the Roman packhouse is yours if you want it. No strings. Just.

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 94. Map

    DECLAN - "I'm sorry." I looked over. She kept her eyes forward. Hands shoved into the front pocket of her hoodie. Shoulders stiff. We walked side by side. The trees closed in around us while the porch lights faded behind. Neither of us said anything for a long time. Our feet crunched through the undergrowth. The breeze rolled between us. I didn't try to close the space. Neither did she. But neither of us veered away either. The remains of the old house peeked through the trees. Blackened beams and collapsed stone still scattered across the clearing. A skeleton. A memory. "For how I rejected you. And for not telling you why." I didn't answer until we reached the house. "You didn't just reject me. You vanished." She flinched. "I know." "So why?" She took a deep breath and stopped walking. Her eyes stayed on what was left of the front steps. "I'd gotten the call. The implant was finally approved, and they found a werewolf doctor who could do it. It was scheduled. It was final

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 93. So That's A Yes

    DECLAN - That was her fated mate.It was written in the way he tracked her every move, in how he hovered just close enough to guard but not crowd. His posture said protector. His eyes, sharp and constantly scanning, said no one would get within reach unless she wanted them to. He moved like he'd been made for that role. Like every instinct in his body had clicked into place the moment he met her.He moved like he already belonged next to her.Judson finally spoke. "This going to be a thing now? Fated mates falling out of the sky onto your porch?" Then he squinted. "Wait. No way. Dorian?"The other man stepped forward, arms crossed. "Judson."Judson huffed. "Damn, talk about the sky falling. Of course it's you."Gaia looked between them. "Wait. How do you know him?"Judson tilted his head toward Dorian but didn't look away. "Med school. He was top of the class. Never let anyone forget it. Ever."Dorian crossed his arms. "And you were always one sarcastic comment away from getting kic

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 92. Wait

    DECLAN - "You're not gonna pout if I drink the last one, are you?"Judson didn't even glance over. "Only if you waste it."I reached for the bottle closest to him, smirking when he didn't try to stop me.Crickets chirped loudly in the trees. The house behind us had finally gone still. It was peaceful.A lazy row of empty beer bottles lined the railing like some halfhearted scoreboard. Judson leaned back again, one ankle hooked over the other, shoulders loose. That rare kind of settled that only happened when nothing needed to be said.We were both quiet. Not the kind of silence that needed filling, just the kind that held space. The kind that made it really easy to notice how much I liked having him here. Judson wasn't soft, but he didn't crowd either. There was something about the way he held space, like he understood exactly how not to mess it up. I hadn't realized how rare that was until I felt it.Until headlights swept across the tree line.Judson didn't move, but I straightened

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 91. My Second

    DECLAN - I squinted. "So... you left your pack?"Judson shook his head. "Not really. My sister's mate stepped in. Human guy, believe it or not. Doctor. Weirdly chill. He helps now with the medical side, which freed me up to go to college and train properly. They all said it made sense. I guess... I just haven't thought much about what I was gonna do after."He paused, then shrugged. "Now I get it. I wasn't supposed to leave the South yet. I was supposed to be here. Meeting her. If I'd been back in North Carolina, this wouldn't have happened. Or it would've taken years."He looked out toward the trees. "So no. I didn't leave them. I just followed where I was needed next."I blinked. "You live on the Riverwalk."He grinned. "I know. Kind of perfect, right? It's loud on the weekends and peaceful at sunrise. Plus, amazing food within walking distance."I stared at him.He raised his bottle. "Look, I didn't plan to meet my mate while helping chart bloodwork samples in a borrowed lab, but

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 90. Not Even A Little

    DECLAN -When we pulled into the driveway, Dad and Linc were already waiting.They didn't speak, but I felt something in the way they stood there. At the time, I'd figured they were just sizing up Judson, doing the protective dad routine. But now, after everything Judson had said, it clicked in a way that made my chest feel too tight.They already knew.Not just about Judson. About what he might be. About how important he was going to be. Just like they'd known about Mom. Just like they'd kept it all quiet. For me.I'd spent so long thinking I was figuring all of this out on my own. That the timing was random, or fate, or whatever the hell else. But maybe it wasn't. Maybe Cassy hadn't just guided me.Maybe my whole damn family had. Perhaps they'd been walking beside me the entire time, keeping quiet so I could come to it on my own.Judson wasn't the surprise.I was.They stood at the edge of the porch, arms crossed, matching unreadable expressions locked in place. The second we still,

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 89. She Was Right

    I stepped forward and stifled the growl as best I could. "Hey. Get up. Now!"The guy startled awake. "What?"Tory shot up in the bed, wide-eyed. "Declan, no! No, wait! This is... this is Judson."She looked panicked. But not afraid. Not at all."He's... he's my..."I stopped. Everything shifted. I looked at her. Looked at him. Looked back."You're mate."She nodded.I took a breath. Held it. Then stepped forward and stuck out my hand. Judson stood, still looking like he expected me to deck him. He shook my hand. I shook his harder.Tory glanced between us, then spoke up. "He's a nurse practitioner here. Was walking past the ICU when I first came in. Caught my scent in the hallway and almost dropped his coffee."Judson rubbed his hand where I'd gripped it "I tried to play it cool. Avoided eye contact, walked the long way around, you know, the usual 'don't poke the angry fathers and big brother' protocol. I thought I was being slick about it too. Barely even looked at her. Just nodded a

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 88. I Saw Red

    We didn’t leave the woods.Not that day. Not that night. I didn’t want to, and neither did she.We ran until our legs trembled. We played, circling and snapping at each other’s heels, tackling and wrestling in the mossy patches of clearing. We swam again, slower this time, more tangled up in each other than anything else. We lay in the grass and the sun, curled together, drowsy and content.And then we shifted.Over and over.Human, wolf, back again. Each shift smoother than the last. No moon. No pain. Not really. Not like the pain I had braced for my entire life. Just choice. Pure choice and ability. The power that came with it was almost addictive. I always wondered what they meant when saying the power overtook the pain. It was raw. It was strong. I loved it.And I loved her.We didn’t talk much, not out loud. But we didn’t need to. We were in each other's heads and had no plans to leave. When we shifted back to skin, we couldn’t stop touching. Couldn’t stop reaching. It was like

  • Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion    2- 87. Permanent

    It hit all at once.One second I was halfway to my knees, still trying to breathe through the pull of her shift. The next, my ribs cracked outward and my body folded. I didn't fall. I collapsed.The pain was nothing like the moon-forced change I'd endured before. This wasn't guided or timed. This was raw. A hundred fractures all at once, my limbs pulling and twisting, muscles screaming as they rearranged.I couldn't stop the sound that tore out of my throat."Cassy!"I didn't even know what I was asking. Just that I was begging. My mind reached for her. I was desperate and frantic.Her voice came, faint and steady."You're never selfish, so you would've never asked."Bones popped in my jaw. My fingers stretched, then broke, shifting in crooked bursts. I slammed my hand into the dirt and gritted my teeth against the next snap. My skin burned. My eyes blurred.Oh shit.Did she make me...Cassy... Did you do this?Another bone cracked somewhere deep in my back, cutting the thought in hal

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