THE LUNA'S LAST LIE

we need t

s I stand at the door of his work area. I can

, Kieran Blackwood, doesn't even look up. He's sitting behind

era

. No re

smoke and pine, which used to soothe me now seem

e. "Selene, express whatever you came here to

sen

ocked. This situation has persisted for weeks, if not months. ever since Lydia re

. Despite my internal burning secret, I will

the atmosphere, brit

r or blink. Then, as if I had just given him bad

sarcastic laugh that

that?" His voice is pierci

ked. "

shadow over me as he stand

d and shake my head.

p like quickness. "T

o c

feel smaller. I keep my gaze fixed on the b

oice. "Selene, you're desperate. clinging to me

lled. "Wha

window and looks out over the packhouse as i

und disappears. M

o

this

I mumble. "You d

ns back to face me. "Selene, you

ds. They

Alpha. The man who v

What about the infant? This i

dshake. "I don

The one that br

ng back. I can't breathe because of the weight in my chest

r, aren't you?" I can har

nches

only respon

eappeared out of nowhere. The woman who poisoned h

to hav

id

oo stupid to a

ld onto the edge of his desk for b

Selene, you'll go in silen

A caution.

breaks ins

o stay together, a sexual bond tugs,

esn't giv

painfully, and my chest hurts. But I won't plead, even t

m

fighting is my baby,

s the quiet like a kn

the group members such an apparition, I don't

collapsing

my hand. "I'll stay safe

n get to the doors

ear

one v

has rejecte

sudd

l goe

dal wave, engulfing me in

es outside the packhouse, struggling to breathe. Every nerve in my body feel

king The

ering, no

ear their muffled growl. Some whisper, so

you de

ha rejec

our Luna

Kieran's actions toward me and our relationship. All I can d

my chest, refusing to believe the realit

, so violently and sudde

ot my

thing keepi

I can stop it, I force mysel

ely engulfed

d awake by

al causes my eyes to open, and a fam

di

and coldly. "You really

up. My stomach still hurts, my head

in

ore I can say anything, Lydia leans

the chance," she says. "Kieran is

Even worse than being rejected. E

om me, and I detest her for it.

der t

y voice is rough and hoarse.

dge of the hospital bed, she lets o

steps that are heavy. Kieran, I

have to. His presence stabs

ut feeling. "Le

e smiles, though, since she

air between us like pois

se. A dense, o

should have left w

icy as ice and cu

myself sit up. "Kieran, why? W

jaw. "Because it

not going to cry. Not b

ying my child." "Does t

rst time. Feeling guilty? Uncertainty? He

es, "It's

imate b

vision. My h

"You're

sn't a

not ne

n lies in t

ng them go. Okay, if he wants me gone. I'll leav

ne thing i

not par

m away from my k

mp in my throat and leave the hosp

y thoughts as I enter

ething he w

es... He won't