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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Dance Of The Rejected Luna: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

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Chapter One

“Congratulations, Luna, you’re pregnant.”I snapped my gaze to Dr. Morrison who was staring at me with a warm, practiced smile.I gaped at her, my fingers gripping the edge of the examination table until I could have sworn that my knuckles went pale.“Are you certain?”“There’s no doubt.” She gestured to the screen I couldn’t bring myself to look at. “And actually, congratulations are doubly in order. You’re carrying twins.”The air left my lungs in a slow, silent rush.Twins.I pressed a hand to my stomach, feeling nothing but the smooth fabric of my blouse.Twins… two babies were in this tummy growing already?I had no idea how to feel beyond the shock that was washing through me. Had no idea if I should be pleased… happy and excited or if I should be worried.Of course I have always wanted a baby. For seven years since I got married to Kieran, I had secretly prayed and hoped for this, but Kieran and I never had a deep conversation about it, so it was hard trying to picture how he w

Chapter Two

My eyes widened, “What are you talking about?”The question left my lips barely above a whisper, my hand still pressed against my burning cheek. The sting was still radiating down my jaw but that didn’t matter now… not even the ice spreading through my chest.Surely I just heard him wrong because there is no way he would be telling me that… his supposed ‘only a best friend nothing is going on’ is carrying his baby.There is no way.Morgana folded her arms against her chest, staring at me with a triumphant smirk that made my heart drop to the pit of my stomach.It can’t be…“Kieran… please tell me that this is a joke.”“Joke?” He frowned, “Why would I joke about something like this, Khione? Morgana is carrying my son.”I gasped, and my vision suddenly became blurry with unshed tears that were pooling in my eyes. “How could you—Kieran, how could you do this to me?”Kieran laughed, his head tilted back as if my question or whatever was going on here was the funniest joke he’d heard all y

Chapter Three

Through the haze of agony, I heard his footsteps retreat. Heard Morgana’s sobs soften into something almost like satisfaction. The front door opened and slammed shut, taking him with it.And I lay there on the cold marble floor of the house I’d made a home, bleeding onto expensive rugs I’d picked out myself, my body curling around the life I was losing, understanding with terrible clarity that the man I’d loved had never existed at all.He’d been a ghost I’d conjured from hope and loneliness. A beautiful lie I’d told myself for so long I’d forgotten it wasn’t real.The babies. My twins. Our twins.I pressed my hand harder against my stomach and felt the wetness there, warm and damning, and something inside me broke that had nothing to do with my body.Everything I’d sacrificed. Everything I’d given up. My family. My sister’s funeral. My father’s disappointment. My mother’s tears. All of it abandoned for this—for a man who’d just kicked his children out of existence because they had th

Chapter Four

The steady beep of the heart monitor was almost soothing now, a rhythmic reminder that I was still here, still breathing.My hand hadn’t left my stomach since the doctor walked out. I kept pressing gently, as if I could feel them through skin and muscle and all the protective layers my body had wrapped around them.My babies. My tough, impossible, surviving babies.At least I had this. At least I had them. Whatever else Kieran had taken from me—my dignity, my trust, seven years of my life—he couldn’t take this. I would do anything to protect them. Give them everything I’d walked away from and more. They would never feel small or worthless or disposable.My phone buzzed on the side table, screen lighting up with a name that made my stomach clench.Kieran.“Don’t you dare.” Aunt Meredith’s voice was sharp. “Don’t pick that up, Khione.”“I need to.” I reached for it, my ribs screaming in protest. “I need to confirm something.”“Confirm what? That he’s garbage? We already know—”I swiped

Chapter Five

I watched the expressions flicker across her face—shock melting into something almost like pleasure before snapping back to shock again. I couldn't stop the grin that spread across my face. After seven years of waiting, of watching from a distance, of hoping she'd come back, she was finally here. Finally home.My wolf stirred beneath my skin, restless and demanding. Every instinct screamed at me to close the distance between us, to pull her into my arms and never let go, to mark her so thoroughly that no one would ever question who she belonged to.But I wouldn't. Not in front of everyone. Not when she was still wearing another man's ring, still technically married to the bastard who'd put those bruises on her skin. I wasn't ready for those complications yet.The Queen placed a gentle hand on Khione's shoulder. "I thought it would be good to have someone familiar watching over you. Someone you trust."Khione gasped, still staring at me like I was a ghost made flesh. "I had no idea you

CHAPTER SIX

I froze at the voice that certainly didnt belong to my mother.I turned slowly, my hand instinctively moving to my stomach, and felt the air shift in the room. Heavy. Oppressive. The kind of presence that made even the strongest wolves drop their eyes and bare their throats.My father stood in the doorway.He looked older than I remembered—silver threading through his dark hair at the temples, new lines carved around his mouth and eyes. But he was still every inch the Primal Alpha. Still carried himself like he could command armies with a whisper and topple kingdoms with a thought.His eyes—the same ice blue as mine—locked onto me with an intensity that made my knees weak."Father." The word came out smaller than I intended.He said nothing. Just stared at me like I was a stranger. Like I was something he was trying to decide whether to acknowledge or destroy.The silence stretched, thick and suffocating. My mother shifted uncomfortably beside me. Even Emrys, who I'd never seen intimi

CHAPTER SEVEN

I couldn’t sleep.Whenever I managed to close my eyes, I saw the clear disappointment on my father’s face, in his eyes. Heard Kieran’s threats echoing in my head. Felt the excruciating pain of his boot connecting with my stomach, with my babies.At two in the morning, I gave up trying to sleep.I pulled on a robe over my nightgown and padded barefoot down the hallway. The house was silent, moonlight streaming through the tall windows and casting long shadows across the marble floors. I’d walked these halls a thousand times as a child, knew every creak and corner by heart.My feet carried me to the library without conscious thought. It had always been my refuge, the place I’d escaped to when the weight of being an heir became too much.I pushed open the heavy oak door and froze.Emrys sat in one of the leather armchairs near the fireplace, a book forgotten in his lap. He looked up when I entered, no surprise in those amber eyes.“Couldn’t sleep either?” he asked.“How did you know I’d

CHAPTER EIGHT

I couldn’t sleep.Whenever I managed to close my eyes, I saw the clear disappointment on my father’s face, in his eyes. Heard Kieran’s threats echoing in my head. Felt the excruciating pain of his boot connecting with my stomach, with my babies.At two in the morning, I gave up trying to sleep.I pulled on a robe over my nightgown and padded barefoot down the hallway. The house was silent, moonlight streaming through the tall windows and casting long shadows across the marble floors. I’d walked these halls a thousand times as a child, knew every creak and corner by heart.My feet carried me to the library without conscious thought. It had always been my refuge, the place I’d escaped to when the weight of being an heir became too much.I pushed open the heavy oak door and froze.Emrys sat in one of the leather armchairs near the fireplace, a book forgotten in his lap. He looked up when I entered, no surprise in those amber eyes.“Couldn’t sleep either?” he asked.“How did you know I’d

CHAPTER NINE

I couldn’t sleep.Whenever I managed to close my eyes, I saw the clear disappointment on my father’s face, in his eyes. Heard Kieran’s threats echoing in my head. Felt the excruciating pain of his boot connecting with my stomach, with my babies.At two in the morning, I gave up trying to sleep.I pulled on a robe over my nightgown and padded barefoot down the hallway. The house was silent, moonlight streaming through the tall windows and casting long shadows across the marble floors. I’d walked these halls a thousand times as a child, knew every creak and corner by heart.My feet carried me to the library without conscious thought. It had always been my refuge, the place I’d escaped to when the weight of being an heir became too much.I pushed open the heavy oak door and froze.Emrys sat in one of the leather armchairs near the fireplace, a book forgotten in his lap. He looked up when I entered, no surprise in those amber eyes.“Couldn’t sleep either?” he asked.“How did you know I’d

CHAPTER TEN

Chapter EightI woke to sunlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of my childhood bedroom, the kind of bright morning that felt almost offensive given the weight sitting on my chest.The mate bond hummed beneath my skin, a constant low vibration I couldn't ignore. It felt stronger than it had yesterday, like whatever dam Emrys had built to suppress it was crumbling brick by brick. I pressed my palm against my sternum, trying to push the sensation away, but it only seemed to amplify under my touch.He was gone. I'd known that the moment I opened my eyes, even before I registered the empty chair by the window where he'd stationed himself last night after our argument. Some part of me—the part connected to him through that damned bond—could sense his absence like a missing tooth my tongue kept finding.I hated it. Hated that I could feel him at all, hated that my body responded to his proximity without my permission, hated that seven years of trying to forget him had been r

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