LOGINLily's POV:
I woke slowly as though my eyelids were made of lead, every movement heavy and labored. Every inch of my body ached with a deep throbbing pain that settled in my very bones. My limbs felt as though they had been bruised all over, my skin tender and sensitive to the slightest touch and that deep bone-deep ache would not fade no matter how still I lay. When I finally forced my eyes open, I found myself back in our bedro
"The guilt and the pain are eating me alive from the inside out," I continued, my shoulders shaking with sobs. "It feels like a part of me has been torn away and thrown into the darkness and like I will never be whole again. He must be so lonely wherever he is right now, so small and all alone. Sometimes I wish I could have gone with him too because I do not know how to bear this empty space where he used to be. It is everywhere I look, everywhere I touch.""Oh my poor Lily, I know this is hard, but please stay strong," Georgia said soothingly as she patted my shoulder."Why does everything that matters to me get taken away?" I asked, the question bursting out of me raw and broken."First my parents when I was still just a little girl, too young to understand why they had to leave me. Then Michael, who was the only family I had left, who protected me and kept me safe. And now my child, who had become everything to me, the very center of my whole world. Is
When Georgia found out what had happened, she came to visit me right away. She knew how deeply this loss would cut into me, how much I had loved and waited for the little one growing inside me, and I know she could not bear the thought of me going through it alone. She found me sitting on the edge of the bed, my arms wrapped around myself as if trying to hold everything together, staring blankly out the window, seeing nothing but shadows and memories. My gaze was far away and lost somewhere in the moments before everything broke."Hey Lily," she spoke gently, her voice soft and heavy with care and hesitation as she stepped into the room."I heard what happened and Noah sent me to keep you company." Her voice was so full of kindness and sorrow that it pulled me right out of the numb daze I had been lost in, as if her words were a hand reaching through the darkness to find mine.She walked in quietly, her own eyes red and swollen from the tears she had alrea
"No, my luv, please do not say that. This is not your fault, it is mine. Forgive me we arrived too late to reach you. I should have been there sooner. I should have kept you both safe." he spoke with difficulty, his voice breaking, every word heavy with his own pain."No!" I cried, pulling back to look at him, grief, anger and guilt all warring inside me. "It is my fault. If I had not gone out that day, if I had been more careful, if I had protected him better, he would still be here. It is all my fault, Noah. Our baby is gone because of me.""No," he said gently, wiping the tears from my face, his own falling faster. "It is not your fault. You did everything you could to keep him safe, I know that. Blame me instead for not getting there in time. Blame those heartless rogues who attacked you and took everything from us." He tried to soothe me, he tried to hold the pieces together, but nothing could stop the pain tearing me apart."I do not think I can bear
Lily's POV:I woke slowly as though my eyelids were made of lead, every movement heavy and labored. Every inch of my body ached with a deep throbbing pain that settled in my very bones. My limbs felt as though they had been bruised all over, my skin tender and sensitive to the slightest touch and that deep bone-deep ache would not fade no matter how still I lay. When I finally forced my eyes open, I found myself back in our bedroom, the soft curtains drawn low to filter the light, the air quiet and heavy around me.Noah sat beside the bed, his head bowed low, his hands clasped so tightly together his knuckles blanched as though he were using every ounce of strength just to hold himself together. The moment he heard me stir he looked up quickly, his face pale and worn thin, dark circles etched deep beneath his eyes, every line of him carved with exhaustion and sorrow."How are you feelin
I tried to run as soon as I got the chance. I scrambled to my feet, my legs shaking so badly I could barely stand. I ran as fast as I could toward the trees, toward anything that felt like safety and toward any place where they could not reach me but my footing slipped on the loose gravel and I fell hard. The impact knocked the breath from my body and a searing, blinding pain suddenly explodes deep within my belly, sharp, hot and so devastating. I tried to crawl, to pull myself forward inch by painful inch, but one of them stepped down hard on my ankle and I collapsed, sobbing and broken as the pain tearing through me.In the distance, through tears and fear, I saw Elias and the two warriors with him fighting like men possessed, like wolves defending their Luna with everything they had. Elias threw himself between me and them, his fists striking fast and true, taking down two of them before the others could close in. But there were so many of them, endless a
Lily's POV:It was a fine afternoon, and Georgia and I had agreed to meet and spend the day together, just as we had so many times before. I met her at the little café near the edge of town, and for those few precious hours, we were just two friends, nothing more and nothing less. No titles, no duties, no weight of the world resting on our shoulders. Just us.We laughed over warm mugs of tea and talked about everything we had missed, every little moment and every quiet thought we hadn’t been able to share since we found each other again. It truly felt like coming home, and I missed these moments more than I could say.We walked through the shops arm in arm, pointing out little trinkets and smiling like there was no trouble anywhere in the world. All the while, our guards kept watch nearby, standing at a respectful distance, making sure not to draw attention or disturb the







