บททั้งหมดของ THE LYCAN ALPHA’S CONTRACT LUNA : บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

AURORA The past two days had been a rollercoaster of emotions. I couldn’t shake the doctor’s words from my mind. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. The words still echoed in my head every time I tried to breathe.But what haunted me even more was the thought of telling Ethan.Lately, he wasn’t the man I’d married—not that I’d ever truly known him. He’d been distant, secretive, and cold. It was also like he wasn’t the same alpha who had once rescued me from Damian. The bloodstains I kept seeing, the secret late night meetings he refused to explain, the sharpness in his voice when he spoke to others. It all felt like pieces of a puzzle I couldn’t put together.And now, this.I spent those two days pacing in my room, overthinking every word, every way this conversation could go. Would he be angry? Dismissive? Supportive? I had no idea. But I couldn’t avoid it forever.Finally, on the third day, I decided it was time.I chose my clothes carefully. I chose something that was sim

AURORA It has been a week and each passing day felt like another burden for me to bear. It was so hard for me. Ethan hadn’t stopped apologizing. Flowers, meals, little note and all. Unfortunately he was trying to fix what couldn’t be undone.He looked at me with guilt and hope in his eyes, but I couldn’t bring myself to give him the forgiveness he so clearly wanted. I needed to leave. He tried to bring up the contract to me, but all I said was fuck him and the contract. If I didn’t stay back and have the ‘healthy’ baby he wanted, then he should throw me in his prison. The thought of leaving had been circling in my head for days, growing stronger with every hour. But before I could plan my escape, there was something else I needed to handle.I needed to take care of the pregnancy, and I also needed to find a place to live that will be safe for me. Against the beasts I dreamt of, if it was even going to happen at all. I wondered if it was a bad idea to leave the safety of a palace to

Aurora I was panicking. The entire night I spent pacing back and forth, replaying everything that had happened between Alina and me. The way her eyes had looked so hurt when I didn’t defend her, the way she stormed out with her mother—angry and disappointed. And now, she hadn’t come back. I gave her the night, thinking maybe she just needed some space, but when she didn’t return the next morning, panic surged through me. What did I even expect sending her out? Of course she wouldn’t be back trying to beg me to come back in the palace. That wasn’t the type of person she was. And it was all my damn fault. I couldn’t focus on anything else. I had a meeting scheduled with the new elders I appointed at the Black Water Pack, but my mind was elsewhere—on her. Even as I sluggishly got ready, everything felt out of sync. When I finally made my way into the meeting room, I could tell everyone was already waiting, but I couldn’t muster the energy to care. My thoughts were consumed by Alina.

ETHANThe taste of blood lingered on my tongue, warm and sweet like honey. I leaned back, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand, savoring the rush that came with feeding. For a vampire, that was the best feeling in the world and nothing could quite top it. I normally did not bring people to my office, but was starving, and her veins were practically begging for me to feed. My feeding wasn’t just about survival anymore. The hunger had a hold on me, a beast clawing at my insides until I gave in. The woman’s body lay crumpled on the floor, her neck bent at an unnatural angle. Her lifeless eyes stared at nothing. I pushed her away with my foot, disgusted. Not with her, but with myself.I hated this. Every second of it. The hunger wasn’t something I chose. It was a curse, a punishment for sins I’d committed lifetimes ago. I hadn’t asked to become this thing. Half-wolf, half-vampire that was so thirsty with blood that he could not live a normal life. I was not like this when I first tur

AURORA The walk back to the palace felt longer than it should have. My mind raced with everything Anton and Evelyn had told me. The revelation that Ethan was more than I thought—more dangerous, more cursed—clung to me like a second skin.I tried to steel myself, repeating over and over in my head that I needed to act normal. If Ethan suspected anything, it could all fall apart.But as I reached into the gates of the palace, my stomach turned. The place that once felt like a cage now seemed like a lair, and the predator inside it was waiting for me.Ethan was waiting in the foyer when I stepped inside. His sharp gray eyes locked onto mine instantly, and for a second, I swore I saw relief flash across his face. But it was gone just as quickly, replaced by his usual guarded expression.“Aurora,” he said, stepping forward.I froze, every muscle in my body tense.“You’re back,” he continued, his voice softer than I expected. “I was worried.”Worried? That was a first.“I’m fine,” I said q