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257. They Needed Him
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Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 258. Done It
CAST - He wasn't gone, but he wasn't here either. Just a hollow shell tethered to a string. I stood at the edge of his bed, staring at the faint bond that flickered between us, a fragile thread stretched too thin. There wasn't enough energy left between us for both. It was him or me. They needed him. As much as I needed him, needed Lila, needed the girls just as much as he did, they needed him more than they needed me. I ripped the dry-erase board off the wall so violently that some of the drywall came with it. I quickly scribbled a message. "Wake up. Lila is in labor and needs you. The twins need you. Go NOW!" I stared at the message. It wasn't enough. I had no idea if I would be able to tell them anything after this. I didn't know if I would even be anything after this. My hand shook violently as I added, "WARNING: WATCH MY MOM. SHE WANTS DECLAN. TO REPLACE ME. TAKE CARE OF HER" I hoped he would understand what I was saying. What I needed him to do. What I couldn't do myself
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 259. Urgent
LINC - The chaos hit me the second I opened my eyes. The sounds around me were disjointed. The weird reverberating noises were filled with distant shouts and the piercing wail of monitors. It felt like waking in the middle of a storm with no memory of how I got there. Despite the haze, one thing was clear... I had to find Lila. The pull toward her was primal. Every fiber of my being demanded I get to her. To my girls. My body felt trapped between waking and drowning, my legs refusing to cooperate at first. Even so, I dragged myself forward, step by agonizing step. The walls seemed to pulse around me, each sound bouncing sharper off the next, but none of it mattered until a sound from behind drew my attention. I turned, catching sight of nurses rushing toward a figure sprawled across the floor. It was Cast, and I knew instantly what he had done, the idiot. He lay motionless, his face pale against the sterile tiles, and could not breathe for a second. They worked quickly, lifting him
Last Updated : 2025-01-13Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 260.
LINC - The first cry made everyone in the delivery room pause. Hearing my daughter's first sounds cut through everything else still fogging up my mind. The doctor held the baby briefly, her tiny body trembling, slick with the effort of entering the world. Her arms flailed as she let out another wail that seemed to reverberate around the room. She was clearly strong and undoubtedly alpha. The nurse stepped forward to take her.I couldn't move. She was here. Our baby. My surroundings blurred as the emotions hit me. She was fragile and real, and somewhere in this chaos, Lila's strength carried us here. Lila and Cast got us here. While I was frozen, lost in the dark void I'd fallen into. I didn't even know how long I'd been out yet, but it didn't really matter at that point. I was here. Because of Cast and his foolishness, I was here, and just like last time... He wasn't.Life was rushing forward without delay, just as it had done when I was unconscious. Just as it had done when he stor
Last Updated : 2025-01-14Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 261. Did He Do This?
LILA - The cold, sterile lights above me blurred into a harsh, endless glow as the bed wheeled forward. My chest felt tight, my breath shallow and quick as the nurses moved around me. "It's normal," one of them said, her tone steady as she adjusted the IV line. "This happens more often than you'd think. One twin finds their way, and the other decides they're not ready. Don't worry, sweetheart. We're going to take care of you and that baby." I focused on what she said, on the idea that this wasn't an emergency, just something that happened sometimes. Still, the fear was hard to let go of. The baby was stuck. They had to cut me open. It wasn't the natural way. My mind spun, desperate to find something to cling to, some reassurance that I and this baby would make it through.If it were worse, Linc wouldn't have been so calm, I reminded myself. He'd be tearing through the walls, demanding answers, flipping beds, doing anything to fix this. That thought kept me from losing it entirely. L
Last Updated : 2025-01-14Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 262. Watch The Shadows
LILA - The second baby came faster than I could process. It took longer to get me ready than to actually do the surgery and get the baby out. Maybe the nurse was correct. This happened every day and was totally normal. The room erupted into urgency as the doctor worked. My heart almost stopped when he looked up at the nurse. "The cord is wrapped around the neck. Three times. Please jump in as soon as the head is free. I will continue to work around you." I wanted to scream, to do something, but all I could do was watch the shadows behind the sheet in front of my face. Linc tightened his grip on the baby in his arms as he fought the urge to do something as well.As soon as the head was out, the nurses moved fast, loosening the cord one loop at a time. Every second dragged until a faint cry finally pierced the silence. I couldn't stop the tears. Linc didn't get the chance to cut the cord this time since they rushed to get it off her neck. I could tell he was sad about that. "She's a
Last Updated : 2025-01-15Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 263. All Of Us
LINC - I didn’t remember the drive home. The journey blurred into headlights and turns, each one blending into the next. Pulling into the driveway, I barely registered the strange feelings Cast being the alpha on my land brought. It made me realize that I was done with this whole switching back and forth bullshit. If we were going to constantly be trading off and trying to keep the family afloat, then we both needed to remain alpha. Both of us. I'm not sure how the council would see it, but at that point, I didn't really care.Selena burst out of the house. She stopped short in front of me and waved me inside, scanning me from head to toe before stepping aside.I moved past her into the house, my body heavy with exhaustion. I turned to her as she shut the door. “The girls? How are they? Are they okay? Wady said someone called to say that she was in labor.”I dropped onto the couch as I caught my breath. “They’re perfect. Two tiny fighters. Strong lungs. Healthy despite being early
Last Updated : 2025-01-18Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 264. Mask The Truth
CAST - The darkness wasn't silent. It breathed and pulsed, a living thing pressing in on all sides. I couldn't tell where I ended and it began. The lack of boundaries made my skin itch. If I still had skin. My body felt distant at best. I was still me, but... was I? Flashes of something sharp and bright interrupted the black. They seared through my mind, leaving jagged edges behind. It wasn't pain exactly, maybe anguish. Lila's voice tore through the space. It didn't echo. The sound sliced and faded before I could grasp it. I reached toward where she had been, but there was nothing to touch. The sensation of her pain lingered, though. Her pain and Lincs. Then came Kat's voice. The sound of it emerged unbidden, like a knife twisting in my thoughts. "You didn't even fight for me," it accused. I wanted to argue, to scream that I hadn't known how to fight then. My silence had let her slip away with my child. Worse, it had left her exposed to the poison of my mother.Images bled into t
Last Updated : 2025-01-18Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 265. Roll With It
LILA - Maya had turned the office building into a makeshift apartment. The sterile white walls of the meeting room now cradled our hastily gathered belongings, every corner crowded with signs of our rushed relocation. I settled uneasily into the fold-out bed from an old couch, wincing at the sharp reminders from the surgery each time I moved. The twins rested against me as I watched Linc working on makeshift furniture and supply setups. I could already see the exhaustion in his eyes when he looked over at me. "It's just temporary, I promise. I will have you a decent bed ready by tonight.""Don't do that. This is amazing. I'm actually impressed you managed to pull this together for us." He just smiled at me as he continued putting together a frame. "You know they don't even have names yet?"I tilted my head and smiled. "Actually, we named them already. Cast and I… while you were out."He straightened. "Oh yeah? What did you decide?"I adjusted my position slightly. "Roxy and Cory."
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Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 63. Drowning
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Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 62. Ruined
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Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 61. Typical Roman
I ran the words through my head again and again, muttering them under my breath as I walked. Nothing sounded right. Nothing sounded like enough.Gaia, I...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...Nothing fit. Nothing could fix this.The pack house loomed ahead, but I didn't speed up. Each step felt heavier than the last, like my body already knew what was coming and wanted to slow it down. I didn't know how bad it would be, how much of her disappointment I'd have to face before I even opened my mouth.Then I saw her.Gaia sat on the porch, wrapped in a blanket, small against the massive wooden steps. Her hair was a mess from sleep, but I knew she hadn't gotten any. I didn't need to ask. I could feel it. JI stepped closer, forcing my breathing to stay even. I signed, "Did you sleep?"She didn't answer. Didn't move.I stopped in front of her, waiting, stomach twisting so tight it hurt. I reached for the blanket, wanting to pull it away so I could wrap my arms around her, to close the distance
Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 60. That's My Job
The second I woke up, everything hit at once. Last night, I hadn't felt it. I had let myself get caught up in Suki, in the way she reacted to me, in the way it felt to touch her finally. But now, in the quiet of the morning, my whole body locked up with something I hadn't been ready for.Gaia.It wasn't just guilt. It was worse than that. The sharp, suffocating ache of knowing I had done something I couldn't take back. Last night, the mate bond had been quiet. I hadn't felt anything but Suki. But now, now that the rush had faded, I swore I could feel Gaia's sadness sinking into me. They always said mate bonds worked differently when they weren't fully formed when only one side had marked the other. I hadn't marked Gaia. She had marked me. And last night, I had convinced myself that meant she wouldn't feel what I was feeling. That she wouldn't know.I had been wrong. Completely, unforgivably wrong. Last night, I hadn't even thought about it the way I should have. I should have question
Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 59. Stop
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Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 58. Live It Out
Something about that answer stuck in my head longer than it should have.I hesitated, then typed out another message. "Are you going to freak out if Suki and I... happen?"Gaia took longer to respond this time. When she did, the answer wasn't what I expected."I know this won't end unless you do. I hate it, but I know what we are. I was never your mate until I marked you. So, live it out. Get it out of your system so you can come back to me."I swallowed hard, staring at the screen. I was unsure what to even say to that. Before I could decide, another message popped up."But if you go further with her than we did... I might get a little mad."I exhaled sharply, locking my phone and setting it down. That didn't feel like jealousy. It felt like an inevitability. Like Gaia knew exactly what was going to happen and had already made peace with it, or at least convinced herself she had.Suki stretched out on the bed, her hair a mess, looking like she had been waiting for me to stop fighting
Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 57. This
Linc didn't answer. He just stood there, silent. Whatever Nessa had meant about my eyes, whatever it was that had rattled him so badly, he wasn't going to explain it.Instead, he sighed. "Drop it for now. There's too much happening at once, and we don't need another thing on top of it."That didn't settle right. "Is it bad?"For the first time since we left court, Linc actually smiled. "No. This one isn't bad. Just not something we need to bring up right now."I let it go for now.The only thing I still needed to know, the one thing clawing at my brain, wasn't about Nessa or the case or even Kat. "You used to talk about your dreams. About her. Do you still have them? Even now that she is..."Linc shifted. "Same as always. Before and after. Gets worse when I get stressed. Unless your dad... well, let's just say there are reasons I seek him out sometimes."That was enough of an answer for me. I didn't press further.We drove back in silence. My head was a mess.Linc's fated mate had bee
Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion 2- 56. To You
The defense didn't have much. They knew it, too.I watched as their lead attorney fumbled through statements, trying to spin what was already undeniable. He spoke in circles, leaning on technicalities that had already been dismissed earlier in the case. The jury barely reacted. They weren't buying it. Neither was the judge. I had been sitting through this trial for hours, but this was the moment that stood out the most, watching someone try to cover something so blatantly wrong with weak excuses.Some of what he said didn't even make sense.I glanced at Linc when one of the defense attorneys said something about "reinstating the natural order." Linc shifted slightly but didn't react. Nessa, seated beside him, didn't flinch either. If anything, she looked bored. Like she had expected this level of failure from them.After another ten minutes of stumbling nonsense, the judge sighed and glanced at the clock. "The jury will now deliberate. Due to the late hour, we will adjourn and reconve
