Lahat ng Kabanata ng Balance of Light and Shadow: Kabanata 161 - Kabanata 170

Lewana POVFlashback to two months agoI can feel myself starting to wake up. I'm tucked in bed as usual. If Conrad is up before me, he normally tucks me back in to make sure I'm warm before he leaves. I love it when he does that. I roll over and reach out to his side of the bed, but my arm goes off the edge. Did I fully move to his side of the bed? I reach around with my other hand and find the other edge. This isn't my bed. I sit up and start looking around frantically. I am greeted by thick perspex walls in a lab with technicians working. I start growling instantly. A ferocious, loud growl that makes them all freeze. "Your Highness, you're finally awake. Did you have a good rest?" The familiar face brings me no comfort. "Donovan? What have you done?" "I've saved us all my Luna Queen. You are strong, beautiful, and blessed. You have always been destined for greatness, but you have hidden from us in your human form for many years. Your new accommodations are just to make sure y

Conrad POVThe celebration from that pack was immense. As soon as Valerie sent word on her networks that the Luna Queen had returned home, the phone calls came flooding in to confirm and celebrate. It was hours before we managed to get away to the medical center. We kept everyone, but the head medic, so we could have a moment. My moonlight basically collapsed on the bed. I instantly panic. "Are you okay? You look exhausted. We could go to our room or the living room to rest for a while. Or do you need me to get you something to eat? I can also order the pack to back off if needed. I probably..." She raises her finger to my lips, a silent gesture to get me to stop talking. "You don't need to fix everything, Conrad. The pack loving me isn't going to hurt me or the pups. Right now, I just need to hold your hand while I have the ultrasound." I take a deep breath to try to calm myself. I need to do better for her. I need to do better for my pups. As the head medic sets up the ultrasound

Lewana POV When I woke, the bed wasn't just empty. It was cold. Conrad had been gone for hours. When I found him in the study, he was frantic. I worked out fairly soon after we met that Conrad could be quite controlling. I know that for many Alphas, it is a way to wield power. Having full control over someone and bending their will to whatever your command is. For Conrad, it was always fear. Fear that if he lost control, everything would crumble. He is the last in the line of the Moon Goddess; he has always known that. If he fails, he knows our species would fall too. It's a lot for one man to carry, but he needs to start dealing with it. Today is not that day. Today, I have to start my plan to make sure that Cordelia and Anthony never threaten my family again. First step: Shopping. I need to find a dress that pisses Cordelia off. Tight enough to show my bump. Expensive enough so she knows I'm now the Luna Queen. Petty, probably. Worth it. Completely. Michelle and I go shopping, a

Liam POV I waited outside the prison for Luna Queen to come out, and she was a vision when she did. The power and determination that radiated from her is amazing. We always spoke about how the true Alpha King and Luna Queen would be the father and mother of our kind, but this is the first time I fully understand what it meant. The fierce protective nature she emitted was intense. She was fully accepting her place. "How did it go, Luna Queen? Do I need to organise a....cleaning detail?" I start to follow her as she power walks back to the house. "No. They are intact and alive. They have been destroyed in every way that is important to them, so they should be more cooperative when it comes to the trial. Why are you calling me Luna Queen and not by my name, Liam?" "Errm. Alpha King thought it was best if people addressed you by your title." "Well, that shit stops now. I don't care what Conrad says. You call me by my name." I chuckle slightly. "Yes, Ma'am." She stops and quickly spin

Conrad POVI wake in the morning still on the ridge and in Jace's form. I was awakened by the sunrise coming over the lake. Even though the sight brought the promise of a new day, it was a day I was dreading. I don't think I can fix everything in a day, but I have to do something.I reach around the pack's mind-link to check on everything. Moonlight has shut me out completely. Liam has kept his restricted, but it's the same as it has been for a few weeks. Mary's is fully open, but I blocked mine to her. I reached out to the only person close to Lewana who might actually talk to me. "Arthur, are you up yet?" "Yeah, son, I'm up." "How is she?" He takes a deep sigh. "Devastated. She refused to leave the kitchen after you left, and all the girls slept in Michelle's room last night while she ate only ice cream. Honestly, what the fuck were you thinking?" I snap back at him, "Clearly, I wasn't. Any idea how I get out of the proverbial dog house?" He laughs. "You slept in the forest