All Chapters of The Luna He Left To Burn: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

AVA”I am really sorry. The insemination did not work again."The doctor's voice sounded far away like she was talking to me from a different room as I stared at the paper in her hand without being able to understand what it said.Failed? Again?I did not even remember how many times I had heard that word before but it kept happening for seven long years repeating itself until it did not even feel like a warning. Just something that always happened.I had been married to Lucas Dan, the leader of the Nightfall Pack for seven years and I still had not given him a baby.A Luna who cannot have a baby is often looked down on, perhaps seen as a curse too. In the pack, a Luna's worth was tied to the strength of the bloodline she carried, and whispers had already begun to spread among the elders.I tried everything I could think of and everything others suggested. I tried to get pregnant at the time, took medicine from the pack healers, got hormone injections that made my body weak and hurt

AVAMy mother's face was a picture of shock when I told her I did not want to marry Lucas. She just stood there frozen. After a moment she let out a sigh. It was a sound that said she felt helpless."The wedding is all arranged, Ava," she said. "The invitations have been sent out. How can you say something like this now?"I buried my face in her shoulder. I held onto her like a child. I did not want to let her go."I do not want to be far from you,” I said. My voice was muffled against her shoulder.My mother stroked my hair, her touch was warm and gentle. It was a touch I knew well."You silly girl,” she said. She was trying to be calm. I could hear the concern in her voice. "You have loved Lucas since you were little. You have always wanted to marry him and have a family with him. So why do you not want to now?"Her words hurt me. They felt like a knife turning in my chest.I could not say anything for a moment.Because she was right. In the previous life, I had loved Lucas for as l

AVAMy mother.The moment she heard my voice she turned to me. Her eyes got all teary, the anger she had just a minute ago disappearing.I forced a smile even though I was still feeling pretty tense inside."Mom, do not get so upset, " I said softly, trying to calm her down before things got worse. "It is not worth getting sick over someone like that."As I stopped my wheelchair Lucas finally looked at me and for a second something flashed across his face like he just remembered I was there.His eyes went to my leg. His face got a little tighter."Your leg..." he said, his voice changing. I could hear the tension in it. "Is it okay?" For a brief moment, his aura wavered, like his wolf was reacting before he could suppress it.I looked him in the eye. I gave him a small cold smile."If I had gotten really hurt last night " I said slowly "Mr. Lucas Dan, what would have mattered to you?"I thought to myself of course he did not even remember why I got hurt in the place he was so busy wit

AVAThe security guard looked at me like I had asked a question that wasn't just odd but was completely detached from our current conversation."I thought you would know, Miss Ava," the guard said slowly, his eyes darting back to the gate as if he had let a potentially dangerous man walk free."Maybe he was referring to the meeting going on inside right now," I said. It stung that I had to remind myself about those two backstabbers still in there, but I didn't want to paint Kael up as a villain."Okay, Miss Ava," the guard said. Hopefully he took my word for it, enough to make a good second impression."Please can you wheel me back?" I requested, and he did so, helping me back to where I had been positioned in the first place. The cook came shortly after."Miss Ava, I wondered if you were hungry, so I've made something light. The herbs in it should also help accelerate your healing," she assured me."Fine," I agreed. "But take me inside first," I said, hoping the meeting inside would

AVA"Eight," I managed, sucking on my lower lip to nudge past the pain. "Nine.""You've done enough," Amina said, racing to my finish line even though I had told her not to."Ten." I managed one last limping step forward before the weight of it caught up with me.If I had seen her there from the onset I doubt I would have been able to take three steps to begin with. At times, one would think to fail when they knew there was a safety net."Amina, if I am going to walk sooner, you would have to tone down on your angel duties," I said, but I couldn't hide the discomfort I felt on my face. It's almost as if those ten steps would keep me benched for another week."I'm sorry," Amina said, looping my arm over her shoulder as she escorted me back toward my wheelchair. "I just didn't want you getting injured again. Going back to square one isn't ideal.""That's why I have the railings," I said. It was the exact reason I had chosen to practice here in the recovery corridor."Yes, but the gaps,