Lahat ng Kabanata ng Pregnant Luna - Lawful Rebellion : Kabanata 301 - Kabanata 310

DECLAN - The door clicked behind Mom as she left. I grab my phone off the nightstand. Gaia's contact was already pulled up before I could second-guess myself. I hit the video call. It rang. And rang. And rang.Nothing.I sent a quick text. 'Call me. Please.'I pressed the button again. Same thing. I switched to a regular call, thumb hovering over the green button. Halfway through, I hung up.Idiot. She's deaf.But the call would still show up on her screen. She'd see it. Maybe she'd answer. I tried again, gripping the phone tighter, willing it to ring longer. To go through. But the call ended the same way. No answer. No reply.I dropped the phone onto the bed. I paced for a few minutes before I picked it back up, hoping I'd somehow missed the notification sound. Still nothing. No answer. No missed calls. Hell, she hadn't even looked at the messages I'd sent her on social media. My fingers moved before my mind caught up.'Call me back. Please.'I waited. Nothing. The screen stayed dark

DECLAN - Just as she was stepping out, Dad looked over and shook his head as he pulled Uncle Jaed back into conversation. I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back in front of me. "Not yet. Your Dad will see you."We sat there, tucked into the shadows of the truck's cab. The air felt heavy between us, charged with something hard to understand. Hard to understand, yet strangely right. She had always been there, always annoyed me in the same way my little sisters did. She was persistent, impossible to ignore, stubborn beyond reason. But now, looking at her, something had shifted. She wasn't just the girl I'd known my whole life. She was more.She was beautiful. Not in the way I used to roll my eyes at when guys noticed her, not in the way I used to shrug off because she was just Gaia. No, this was different. She looked strong, sharp-edged in a way that made my mind race. Like she could take on the world and win. And for the first time, I wasn't just seeing her as someone I had to tolerat

DECLAN - I woke to the twins arguing outside my door, their voices pushing through the walls like they had no concept of volume control."This is so unfair! We have to take the stupid bus!" Roxy's frustration carried through the hall."I'm not sitting next to Joey again. He smells like boiled eggs." Tory's disgust followed right after.I pushed myself out of bed, dragging a hand down my face. Morning light leaked through the window, but my body wasn't convinced I'd slept at all. I yanked on a shirt and threw open the door. They stood there, arms crossed, broadcasting irritation in my direction."What?" I didn't bother smoothing the roughness from my voice."Mom says you're not driving us." Roxy shot me a look like this was somehow my fault."Yeah, because apparently, you're 'too sick.'" Tory made exaggerated air quotes, adding insult to injury.I wasn't dealing with their dramatics. I shoved past them and took the stairs two at a time. Mom was already in the kitchen, packing lunches

DECLAN - I lay in bed, clutching Gaia's shirt. Her scent still lingered, but it did nothing for the chaos in my head. After a while, there was a knock at the door."Declan," Mom called before opening it.I stayed put. She came in, her steps quieter than usual.She sighed. "Your dads are cracking under this, just like you. They're afraid you'll make a choice you'll regret."I shoved the shirt aside and stared at the ceiling. "Why do they think they know better than me? What should I do here, Mom? Seriously."She snorted. "You're the alpha here, Declan. Take a breath and figure out why they're hovering."It didn't take a genius. They'd always been protective. Knowing that didn't help."Doesn't matter," I muttered. "I still have to get on with my life."She eased onto the bed. "I'm Cast's fated mate, but I wasn't Linc's. And Linc… he found his fated mate while I was pregnant with your sisters."I turned my head to look at her, totally caught off guard."It was hard for him," she said. "

Suki stood at the edge of the yard, bathed in the soft glow of the porch lights, looking like she'd stepped straight out of a dream. Her skin almost shimmered, like she was backlit, her dark hair smoothed into perfect waves that framed her face. The dress clung to her curves, a silky, midnight blue that caught the light with every tiny movement. Makeup flawless, lips a deep red, eyes sharp and lined just enough to make them even more intense. Her heels were high enough to make her legs look like they went on forever, and for the first time in forever, she wasn't covered in dirt or sweat. She wasn't wild or chaotic. She was… perfect.And I had no idea who the hell she was.The Suki I knew was almost always naked, her hair a tangled mess, dirt smeared on her skin like it belonged there. She was loud, sharp, impossible to ignore, like a wild animal that refused to be tamed. But this girl? This wasn't her. This was someone else entirely.She looked at me and smiled.It hit me like.She kn