Lahat ng Kabanata ng Pursuing My Rejected Luna: Kabanata 221 - Kabanata 230

Skye In the days since my abduction and involuntary stay at the Savin wayhouse, I’ve fallen into a sort of watchful quiet. Maybe I just needed time to process the trauma or maybe I’m just adjusting to my new normal now that things are settled between Nicolai, Jaxon and I and I no longer have to worry and wonder what comes next. Either way, it’s allowed me to notice things I might otherwise overlook. Like the way pack members who used to pause when I entered a room now continue their conversations. The way the administrative staff has stopped organizing themselves slightly differently when both my men are openly affectionate with me. The way Rena moves through the house with the settled ease of someone who has stopped waiting for the arrangement to resolve itself into something more familiar.It hasn't resolved into something familiar. That part will come with time. But it's resolved into something real. And that seems to be enough.The statement I wrote months ago, telling the pack t

JaxonThe Consort Alpha designation in practice is nothing like I expected. I expected it to feel like a diminishment. The former Alpha of Ironwood, reduced to a secondary role in another man's house. I'd prepared myself for the grief of that—the loss of something I'd prided myself on for years.But I haven’t felt that at all. I have a seat at the table. Not Nicolai's seat—mine. I’ve been given responsibilities that are mine because I'm suited to them, because my years at Ironwood produced knowledge and relationships and ways of thinking that are useful in the Woolf pack's governance in ways that Nicolai's strengths don't cover. Not because I’m being placated. The eastern territory intelligence network is mine to manage. I have relationships there that predate his by years, that operate differently, that give the Woolf family reach it didn't have before.Security consultation is something else I enjoy. I've already helped Mikhail restructure three vulnerabilities in the estate's syst

Four Months LaterI'm six months pregnant and I can’t believe how different the experience has been this time around. I love my son and I wouldn’t change anything about him, including the circumstances around his conception. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying this pregnancy so much more. With Benji, I spent the entire pregnancy managing everyone's feelings about it—the pack's surprise, Jaxon's absence, the shame and embarrassment of being visibly pregnant while simultaneously navigating a divorce. I was thrilled to be pregnant and also miserable.This time I'm just pregnant. And I've stopped apologizing for taking up space. Not that either of my mates would let me. I tried apologizing to Jaxon for bumping into him with my belly yesterday and he threatened to spank me for it, which Nicolai found thoroughly amusing. As it turns out, having two mates to spoil and pamper you while you’re busy growing a human is a game-changer. It makes being so big, constantly too warm and havi

Another 3 Months LaterI call Noah on while Skye is feeding Mila and Benji is explaining something at length to the dog that Nicolai inexplicably agreed to and which has been named—by Benji, with great authority—No.The dog's name is No. We have all made our peace with this.Noah answers on the first ring. "How's Ironwood?" I say."Good." A pause. "Mostly good."I note the “mostly” part but let it go. He’ll explain when he’s ready."And you?" he asks."Good." I watch Benji finish his explanation to the dog, who is listening with more patience than the explanation deserves. "Really good, Noah.""The baby?""Mila." I say it and feel what I feel every time I say it—the warmth of a name that belongs to someone who has already made it entirely her own in three months of life. "She's remarkable. She looks like Skye and she has Nicolai's attention span and she's going to be catastrophically self-possessed.""High bar.""She'll clear it."He's quiet for a moment. "You sound different," he says

Noah“Beta,” a call from the gate comes in, rescuing me from the mind numbing paperwork I’ve been pouring over all morning. “A woman and child are requesting to see Alpha Vale. He’s not answering. Can you authorize her entry?”Normally, I’d send someone else to handle Jaxon’s unscheduled visitors. But if it gets me out of this office and a chance to uncross my eyes, I’m all over it. “Just hold her at the gate, please. I’ll be right out.” I tell them, already heading for the front door.Anxious to stretch my legs, I decide to walk the long driveway down to the gate. I’m almost there when I stop in my tracks. Because I can see the woman standing there and she’s the last person I expected to turn up in Ironwood. Cassandra Winters. Our Luna Skye's older sister and our Alpha’s ex. Skye was my best friend growing up so of course I’d met Cassie, though the two didn’t spend much time together. And I knew she'd been with Jaxon, briefly, before everything fell apart when he mated Skye.No one