FAZER LOGINLuca—-“Let’s talk.”The moment those words left Kiki’s mouth, I knew whatever was about to come next was not going to be small.Not with everything already going on.Not with Gabriel tied up in the next room.Not with war practically knocking at our door.And definitely not with the way she was looking at me right now.Focused.Steady.Too calm.I led her straight into my office without saying anything else, shutting the door behind us the second we stepped in, cutting off the noise from outside, the movement, the tension, all of it.For a second, it was just us.Silence.Heavy, but not uncomfortable.Just… loaded.I turned to face her fully, ready to hear whatever she had to say, already preparing myself for strategy, for plans, for something about Gabriel, about the attack, about the next move.Anything but what she actually said.“We’re having a baby.”My brain…Stopped.Not slowed down.Not paused.Stopped.Completely.Like someone just wiped every single thought out of my head
Luca—-“You are not going to win,” Gabriel said like he still had control over something.Like he was not on his knees with his hands tied behind his back, bleeding, breathing hard, surrounded by my men who were just waiting for me to give the signal.I stared at him for a second.Really stared.Trying to understand how someone could lose this badly and still carry that kind of confidence.Then again…Confidence like that usually means one thing.You are either stupid.Or you are not the real threat.“Dude…” I said slowly, crouching down in front of him, my voice calm in a way that made him pause for half a second, “your men are all dead.”I tilted my head slightly.“And you are still talking like this.”That smirk on his face didn’t drop.If anything, it stretched wider.“That’s because you still don’t understand what’s coming,” he said.There it is again.That same line.Different words.Same meaning.Something bigger.Something behind him.My wolf stirred.“He’s not bluffing.”“I
Kiki—-“You are pregnant?” she asked quietly.I didn’t answer immediately. Not because I didn’t want to. But because saying it out loud felt… real. Too real.Like the moment I said yes, everything would shift permanently, and there would be no going back to the version of me that only had to worry about herself.My hand moved slowly to my stomach again, resting there like it belonged there now, like it already knew something I was still trying to fully accept.“I think so,” I finally said, my voice softer than I expected.That was all it took.Tia didn’t even hesitate.She stepped forward and pulled me into another hug, tighter this time, warmer, and I felt it immediately, that genuine happiness pouring out of her like she had been waiting for this moment more than I had.“I’m so happy for you,” she said into my hair, her voice full, emotional in a way that made my chest tighten again but this time not from fear.From something softer.Something lighter.I let out a small laugh, wrap
Kiki—-“I have him tied up now… do you think it’s possible to read his mind clearly?” Luca’s voice came through again, steadier this time, but there was something under it… something tight, like he was holding himself back from doing something reckless.I paused mid-step.For a second, I didn’t even answer him because my brain was still trying to catch up with everything that just happened in the last few minutes.One moment I was planning are the save him the next I was Planning how to catch the real mastermind. That I don’t really understand the whole reading of mind of a creature in a human world.“I don’t think my powers work like that,” I finally replied, slowing down as I pressed my hand against the wall, grounding myself because everything still felt like it was moving too fast. “I either need him here… or I come to you.”There was a short silence.Then…“Alright then,” Luca said simply. “I’ll bring him to you.”And just like that, the tension in my chest shifted.Not gone.Bu
Kiki—-“Firecracker…”His voice didn’t just come into my head.It crashed in.Loud and most importantly alive… my Luca is alive.And for one second, everything inside me froze.“Hmm Kingsley… I will be back in five minutes,” I said quickly, not even waiting for a response as I pushed my chair back and walked out of the war room like the walls were suddenly too tight, too loud, too full of people I didn’t care about at that moment.Nothing else mattered.Not the scouts.Not the plan.Not the tension hanging in the room.Just him.The moment I stepped into the hallway, I broke into a run, my heart already racing ahead of me like it knew something I didn’t.Alive.He’s alive.My wolf stirred immediately.“Told you.”I didn’t even respond to her.I was already pushing my door open, stepping inside and shutting it behind me like I needed the space, like I needed the quiet just to hear him properly.“Please tell me you are alright,” I mindlinked instantly, not even bothering to sit down, m
Luca—-“If we are related… how come our mother has no idea she gave birth to you?” I asked, my voice calm but cutting straight through whatever nonsense he was trying to build.That stopped him.Not fully.But enough. His pacing slowed. Then stopped completely. And for the first time since I woke up here, Gabriel didn’t have an immediate answer.I leaned back slightly, ignoring the bite of the chains around my wrists, watching him carefully now, because this right here… this was where the truth slips out. Not when they are loud. Not when they are angry. But when they hesitate.“You see?” I continued, tilting my head just a little, my gaze locked on him, “that’s the part your story doesn’t cover.”His jaw tightened. His fingers curled slightly at his sides.“She would know,” I added, my voice quieter now but sharper, “a woman doesn’t just forget giving birth to a child.”Silence.Heavy.Uncomfortable.And this time… it wasn’t just him reacting. It was him thinking. Actually thinking.







