LUNAR LEGACY 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 21 - 챕터 30

Time seemed to stop in the hospital as the doctor and I stared at each other. Her smile was glued to her face, probably from being the first to know that I was pregnant. My jaw was dropped as I didn’t know what to say.“Are you sure?” I knew how ridiculous it was to ask a doctor if she was sure I was truly pregnant, but I also knew how ridiculous it sounded that I was carrying a child. That was not something I had thought about.“Very sure. I tested twice for good measure. I’m sure the alpha would be happy to hear the news. Right now, I need you to take things slow and take care of yourself. The baby is still in its early stages, which is the most vulnerable time.”I sighed, standing up and feeling like I would fall over face first.“Thank you, doctor. I’ll talk to the alpha about this,” I told her.I was going to talk to Aeron, sure, but not now. Not when I wasn’t sure who the father was. It could be Aeron’s just as much as it could be Darius’s.“Oh goddess,” I whispered to myself wh

“That’s right,” the vampire in front of me said, his grin even wider than before. “We’re vampires. And if I’m not mistaken, you must be Zara.”It was impossible. At least that’s what people had been saying. Vampires were supposed to be extinct. There had been a great war between werewolves and vampires. The werewolves ended up overpowering the vampires in numbers and brutal strength, killing every single one of them.“You’re not supposed to exist,” I said before I could get the chance to stop myself. I tried to take a step back, but there was a presence behind me. I knew they had me surrounded and there was no use.“And yet we do.” The vampire shrugged in response. “My name is Smith, by the way. Get used to that name. You’ll be seeing a lot more of me when we get out of here.”I had no answer to any of my questions. I didn’t know how and why vampires still lived. I didn’t know why they were after me. I didn’t know why they thought they could come in here and take me.“I don’t want to

Smith studied me for a long, silent moment. For a second, I feared I had been caught in my lie before I even found a way forward.“Just yesterday, you were telling me you didn’t know anything about it. You were so adamant about it as well. What changed?” He asked.“Well, I thought about it when you left. I remembered…” I sighed, an act to make him believe I was recollecting my thoughts. I was in deep and I had him hooked. I knew it. I just had to push through.“When I was a part of the rogue wolves, they made me join the warriors. We used to train to fight with different skills. I was good at all of them. The trainer called me remarkable, and we soon… We soon started to fight each other to gauge our strengths and weaknesses.”There was a slight change in Smith’s posture now. He was leaning forward, but not too much. He didn’t want me to know how interested he was, but I was trained to also catch if my lie was working.I had Gray to thank for everything I was using to survive so far.“

I let out a surprised gasp when I opened my eyes and found myself some feet off the ground. It took me a moment to recall why I was on a tree in the middle of nowhere. When I finally did, I looked around me.“Oh,” I sighed in relief, placing a hand to my chest. The sun was back up, and I wasn’t dead. That meant I had survived the night, and I could survive the day since the vampires wouldn’t be out now.With my feet back on the ground, I had time to think without being afraid to fall.If the vampires hadn’t caught up to me last night, that meant I was as far away from them as I could think.“Okay.” I nodded. But just because I survived one night didn’t mean I could survive another. I didn’t want to think about staying there another night. I had to find my way out of the forest.I took a walk along the place, trying to figure out which path to walk next.The sound of faint voices made panic flow through my veins. I ran back to the tree I was on and climbed it as fast as I could. Not on

“Are you ever going to let me out of here even just for a walk?” I asked on the third day of being holed up in the room. It was the first time I had seen Darius since I had told him I didn’t want him as my mate.“Are you ready to cooperate with me?” He asked, looking ready to leave if I didn’t show any signs of being ready.“What does cooperating with you entail? I am pregnant, Darius. I don’t need to be in here all day, everyday. You should know—”“I want what’s best for my child as well,” he snapped. “You’re the one being adamant about this.”“You forget that this child is very much mine as much as it could be yours or your brother’s,” I reminded, causing him to glare at me.“I don’t know whatever brain blurring things my brother has said to you or shown you, but I do know that he’s been lying to you. You don’t want to know what he truly is. And that child is mine.”I sighed, shaking my head as I looked out towards the balcony. A part of me was hopeful that someone would show up the