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Author: Tai Kavari
last update publish date: 2026-03-25 02:15:48

ARREN.

Katerina's wound wasn't deep.

The clinic staff cleaned and wrapped it. The whole thing took twenty minutes, and I stood by the window the entire time with my hands in my pockets and my mind somewhere else entirely.

When they were done I drove her home.

She invited me in and I went because it was easier than standing on the doorstep and having the conversation that would happen if I didn't.

Her place was warm and she moved through it with the ease of someone who had already decided how t
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  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    20.

    ARREN.She wasn't budging.I could see it in the way she was standing, completely shut off from me, and I knew that if I didn't do something different right now she was going to walk out of this room. And I was never going to get her back.I looked at her and felt something sit heavy in my chest.She had been in pain for so long and I hadn't once stopped to ask myself if I was right. She had stood in front of me and told me the truth and I had decided she was lying because it was easier than the alternative.I wanted to put my fist through something.But that wasn't going to keep her here so I pushed it down and tried to think."You're not well enough to leave." I kept my voice level. "Your body just went through something serious and you have no wolf and no pack clearance. You know what that means out there." I watched her face. "I'm not saying it to keep you here. I'm saying it because it's true."She didn't respond."I want to offer you another contract." I said it carefully. "Thr

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    19.

    ELLARIA.I hadn't seen him since he walked away with Katerina on the porch. And now he was standing in the doorway of my clinic room like he had any right to be here at all."Mirela." He didn't even look at her. He was looking at me. "Give us a minute."I grabbed Mirela's hand so fast I probably hurt her.She didn't pull away. She squeezed back and stayed exactly where she was and I could have cried just from that.Then Arren looked at her. Really looked at her, with the full weight of what he was behind it. An alpha. "I gave you a direct order."Mirela's whole face tightened. She turned to me and she mouthed ‘I'm so sorry’ like she meant every letter of it. She squeezed my hand one last time, stood up, and said quietly, "I'm right outside that door." She said it loud enough for him to hear.I made myself let go, and then she walked out, leaving us alone.Arren took a step toward me and I got up and moved to the other side of the room without thinking. My body just did it. I needed

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    18.

    ELLARIA.Mirela was wringing her hands.I noticed it the moment she walked in. She was standing in the doorway watching me fold my coat into my bag and her hands were twisting around each other the way they did when she had something to say that she knew I wasn't going to want to hear."What," I said."This is a bad idea."I kept folding. "Help me or don't. But I'm leaving.""Ellaria." She came further into the room. "I need you to listen to me for a second.""I've been listening all day." I picked up my things from the bedside table. "I'm done listening. I want to go.""You can't just go." She stepped in front of me. "That's what I'm trying to tell you. You're a pack member, and not just a regular one. You're the Luna. You can't leave without Arren's permission or you become a rogue."I looked at her and let her say her piece."No pack will take you in," she said. "Not without papers. Not without clearance from your Alpha. You'd be completely alone out there with no wolf and no prote

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    17.

    ARREN.Katerina's wound wasn't deep.The clinic staff cleaned and wrapped it. The whole thing took twenty minutes, and I stood by the window the entire time with my hands in my pockets and my mind somewhere else entirely.When they were done I drove her home.She invited me in and I went because it was easier than standing on the doorstep and having the conversation that would happen if I didn't. Her place was warm and she moved through it with the ease of someone who had already decided how the day was going to go.She turned around gave me her most practiced, sultry look as she lowered herself on her leather arm chair, exposing enough skin that would have made another man fall at her feet.Sensing what was coming, I warned, "Katerina.""You've been so stressed." She got up suddenly and crossed toward me, trailing a long red fingernail down my chest. "You don't have to be. I can take care of you, you know?""Get some rest," I said. “You were hurt.”She faltered, but she didn’t back

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    16.

    ELLARIA.The twins were gone.I pressed both hands against my stomach and the sound that came out of me didn't feel like mine. I curled onto my side and sobbed hard, somewhere in the middle of it Mirela climbed onto the bed behind me and held on. I let her, knowing I had nothing and no one else. When the worst of it had passed, I was completely empty."It's going to be okay," she said.I stared at the wall. "Where's Arren."She went quiet for a second. "He's... with Katerina."I nodded slowly.I lay there breathing, lost in all the ways I could have done better. After a while I said, "I should have protected them.""Ellaria—""I didn't though." My throat was raw. "I couldn't even do that one thing." I pressed my hands back against my stomach. "It’s just like... how I killed my mother,” I buried my face into my pillow. “I don't know why I keep expecting things to be different."Mirela sat up. "What do you mean you killed your mother.?"I shook my head."What do you mean," she said ag

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    15.

    ELLARIA.I tried to speak.My mouth was opening but nothing came out. The pain in my abdomen had taken everything as well as my ability to think properly. My body was practically flat on the floor with both hands pressed to my stomach as I tried to breathe through it.All I could think about was what she had put in that bottle.And what it was doing to me when I heard her hysterical cries across from me. "She attacked me." Her voice broke on cue. "Arren, I came to check on her and she just flew at me. What the hell happened to her, Arren? She used to be so kind to people."I tried to defend myself but I couldn’t. I couldn’t do anything because it was taking everything in me to keep myself from passing out. Arren's footsteps crossed the porch. I looked up at him and tried to get him to see me, really see me. My hands were still pressed to my stomach, and I needed him to look at my face and understand what had just happened here. He ignored Katerina’s guards. But he didn’t look at

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