Here's for tonight. A short side story for our side story, lol! ♡ Thank you for waiting! We have a few chapters left, and I hope you'll stick with us until the end. I will be including Katarina/Lucas epilogue in this story as well, so watch out for it! ♡ Thank you for your comments and gems, lovelies!♡
LUNA NADIA’S LUNA CEREMONY - SILVER MOON PACK CELESTE. "Are you okay?" Darvin reached for my hand and squeezed it gently as he stared at me. He just turned off the engine of his car, and we remained seated inside. We were outside the ballroom where Nadia would be inducted as the Luna of the Silver Moon Pack. And it meant I would be meeting all the Alphas and Lunas invited to the event. Katarina and Sofia assured me that there was nothing to be nervous about when I met the rest of the Lunas on Darvin’s Alpha Circle. They kept saying they were wonderful Lunas and would welcome me wholeheartedly. Sofia told me the first time she met them, she was just Dominic’s girlfriend, but they never made her feel inferior with the fact that they were all fated Lunas and she was just a 'chosen' one. It made me believe they were really welcoming and wonderful, but I still couldn’t stop my heart from thumping loudly. I am human. Maybe they would see me differently. But aside from my sisters-i
CELESTE. After all the Lunas introduced themselves, as well as their Beta and Gamma Females that were present, Darvin and Sebastian left. They went to where the rest of the Alphas were, and I was left with the rest of the females. None of them asked about Darvin’s condition or about him feeding on me. Either they had no idea or they respected our privacy over the matter. They inquired about my mate bond with Darvin. They asked how our first date went and how Darvin told me he was a shifter. And if there was a moment when I wanted to run away when I found out, but I corrected them and told them I was actually the one who told Darvin I knew he was a shifter, and it was Darvin who ended up shocked, and we all had a good laugh about it. If I had any inhibitions that the Lunas would look down on me because I was simply human, they were all gone by the time we ate up all the ice cream available in Nadia’s fridge. I was never treated differently. I felt welcomed. I felt like I belonged ri
CELESTE. I laughed softly as Darvin twirled me around, my dress and hair flowing beautifully in the air before he caught me with his strong arms and placed a soft peck on my lips. "Did I tell you that you’re the most beautiful female here tonight?" He asked, a playful grin on his face. I giggled softly before I answered. "Yes, about a hundred times already. I am starting to believe you were up to no good." "Me? Up to no good? I’m always a good boy... The only time I’m dangerous and wild," he said, pushing me gently away from his arms and twirling my body around before pulling me back, our faces just inches away from each other. "... is when my mate is spread out naked in front of me, waiting for me to ravish her." My eyes widened as I pressed a kiss on his lips, wanting him to stop saying more. Even though I liked it when he teased me, I knew that werewolves have such great hearing that I often wondered if they could hear me when I whisper or I fart quietly. "Enough. First, you’r
CELESTE.Darvin was checked out at the Silver Moon Infirmary, but after Glenn confirmed that all of Darvin's vital signs were stable, he asked that Darvin be moved to our hospital because all of Darvin’s records and the tools he was using to check on him were in his special suite.I didn’t even know about this. I got so lost in the moment of falling in love with him that I didn’t even check how he was dealing with his sickness and all the tests and laboratories he had to go through.Maybe because he was Darvin. He would simply not allow anyone to see him weak or know he was suffering. He would always put on a good show.I wondered if my blood was helping him. Or maybe he just wanted me to believe it did.He drank every two weeks, which was too far and too little in comparison to Constantine, who fed on his mate every two to three days.I leaned my back on the chair in which I was seated as I stared at Darvin’s sleeping form on the bed across the room. I had just eaten. I didn’t have a
SOFIA. I knew I shouldn’t have come unannounced, but my eagerness to see Darvin awake with my own eyes made me forget that he was now mated and might need privacy. But I was glad he and Celeste didn’t make a big fuss about it. Celeste had been wonderful — just as wonderful as she was last night. I still couldn’t help remembering how I stayed frozen for most of the time while Darvin was having an attack, while Celeste was in full action. It felt like I was witnessing something straight out of a movie—something I never thought I would get to experience. I was scared. Terrified. I thought that was it. I didn’t even get to say my goodbyes to Darvin and Titan. That was why I left what I was doing and rushed to see him the moment I found out he woke up. Glenn told me last night that he sent the thing that Titan vomited to be checked. He was under the impression that it was the same clotting he saw in Titan’s body. And we were all hopeful, that, like a tumor, having it out of Titan’s body
DARVIN. In a matter of a day, I recovered from my near-death experience. I felt better as if no such thing had happened. And not just me, but Titan as well. The sickness was still a mystery to all of us, but I didn’t want to question anything anymore. I felt good, but I knew it was still there and that I was running out of time, so every day that I woke up, I was grateful for the extended time. Everyone around us was convinced that I was getting better, especially after Glenn confirmed that the mass vomited by Titan was the same thing inside his body. And that the one he had now was smaller than before. Of course, there was a chance that I could let all of the masses out. But I was not letting my guard down. I knew that this happiness could be taken away at any time. But I kept up the facade that I believed them and that I was on my way to recovery. They didn’t need to worry about me until the day that it would eventually happen. Only Dominic knew the real emotions I had. As mu
SOFIA. Dominic and I walked out of the billiard room hand in hand to the receiving hall. Nadia and Alpha Riley had arrived, and Darvin and Celeste were still upstairs, but they would be heading down as Dominic had already sent Darvin a message. "Nadia!" I exclaimed as Dominic let go of my hand, and I rushed to where Nadia was. Riley removed his hand from Nadia’s waist and moved to the side to give me space, greeting Dominic as we approached. I gave Nadia a side hug and a kiss on her cheek before my attention went to the little Alpha in her arms. "Oh, Zachary, aren’t you a cute little thing? Oh, so lovely! You look like Mommy!" I ran my fingers along his tummy, causing him to flinch as he stared at me, but he was not smiling at all. Riley cleared his throat before he spoke a bit loudly for me to hear. "Is there something wrong with Sofia’s eyes?" Nadia and I both chuckled softly. I was just trying to annoy him when I said baby Zach looked like Nadia when he didn’t. The only thing
DOMINIC. Another full moon night, and if full moons before were just an ordinary occurrence to me, they weren’t anymore — not because my female would be in heat, but because it was one full moon night that started everything for us. I was already prepared to join Gamma Hayden for the pups shifting tonight, but I waited for Sofia to come down from our bedroom, and she was surely taking her time. ‘Babe?’ Her sweet voice rang in my head, and she sounded as if she was hesitating that my wolf woke up from his slumber. He got worried that something was wrong, and so did I. ‘Are you okay? What’s wrong?’ ‘Can you come up here? I need help on something.’ ‘Okay. I’ll be on my way up.’ I let out the breath I was holding as I pushed my chair back and stood up. Sofia, as much as she was too young and new to all of this, would never ask for assistance unless it was already too much for her or she wanted to be pampered. I hoped it was the latter. I doubled my step out of my office and bumped