All Chapters of The Luna He Never Deserved: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Aurelia’s POVFor several seconds after the medical team disappeared with the woman, nobody around the restaurant seemed to know what to do.Then the noise returned all at once.“She knew exactly what to do.”“Did you see how quickly she got her onto her side?”“I thought she was going to die.”Someone behind me asked whether I was a doctor, and I corrected them automatically. “I’m a trainee.”That only seemed to impress them more.A man near the entrance started clapping.I turned toward him, startled, but another person joined in before I could say anything, followed by a woman beside one of the festival stalls.Within seconds, the sound had spread across the small crowd.I wanted the ground to open beneath me.“There’s really no need—”Nobody listened.I stood there with my coat still lying on the pavement while strangers applauded because I had done what any properly trained person should have known to do.Across from me, Rosalie wasn’t clapping.Her expression had gone tight, but

Aurelia’s POVFor a moment, I only stared at him.Then I remembered Grandmother clutching her side in the kitchen, the suspicious timing of it and the way she had brightened the second I agreed to stay.“Wasn’t she pretending?”Darius rubbed a hand over the back of his neck. “About the pain tonight, yes.”I almost laughed. “So she manipulated me into staying.”“She wanted you here.”“That doesn’t answer the question.”His mouth tightened before he continued. “The pain tonight wasn’t real, but the health problem is. Her blood pressure has been unstable for a while, and the nurse wants her monitored properly. Grandmother keeps missing appointments because she says there’s nothing wrong with her.”I folded my arms and looked toward the hallway, lowering my voice so she wouldn’t hear us. “And now suddenly the cure is watching us play happily married?”“I didn’t say that.”“You just told me one of the reasons she agreed to cooperate is because she wants to see us together and have a child.

Aurelia’s POVNobody answered me immediately.That silence told me more than any denial could have.Evander slowly set his cup down while Ronan stopped pretending to be interested in the food on his plate. Even Adrian, who usually seemed capable of finding something clinical to say about everything, remained quiet.I looked from one face to another. “You know exactly who Laura is.”Evander exhaled before meeting my eyes. “Yes.”The single word tightened something inside my chest.“Who?”“Our mother.”For a moment, everything around me seemed to disappear—the faint clatter coming from somewhere beyond the dining room, Helena shifting beside me, even the sound of my own breathing.Laura.The woman in the square had looked directly at my face and called me by my mother’s name.I leaned back slowly. “Mother is alive?”Ronan’s face changed, and the hurt in it gave me my answer before Evander could speak.“Yes.”I stared at him.Six months.They had known where I was for six months. I had b

Aurelia's POVDr Aldridge arrived shortly after nine the following morning.I recognised him as soon as I entered Ardis's office. He was sitting across from her with a leather folder open on his lap, dressed almost exactly as he had been during my interview.He was explaining something about Soren's earlier treatment when Ardis noticed me at the door."Ah, Aurelia. Come in. We were just getting started."Aldridge turned, and for a moment neither of us spoke."Mrs Vane?""Good morning, Doctor."His gaze dropped to the blue trainee lanyard around my neck before returning to my face."I wasn't aware you'd found a placement.""I started here shortly after our interview.""I see."He seemed to consider saying something else, but Ardis was already gesturing toward the empty chair beside her."Now that everyone's here, shall we begin?"I sat down and opened my copy of Soren's records.Ardis started by explaining his injuries, the treatments he'd received over the previous fourteen months, an

Darius's POVThe nurse called just as I was preparing to leave the packhouse.I'd been expecting another complaint about Grandmother refusing her appointments, but instead, she informed me that the transport arrangements were confirmed, her medication had been reviewed, and someone from the elder home would accompany her to every follow-up until her blood pressure stabilised."And she's agreed to all of this?" I asked, setting my keys down."Yes, Alpha. We went through the schedule with her this morning, and she understands why the appointments are necessary."I looked toward the festival programme lying open on my desk. "If she refuses another appointment, contact me directly. Don't wait until the next review.""Of course, but I believe she'll cooperate now."I thanked her and ended the call, although I remained beside my desk for several moments afterward.Grandmother's health had been one of the reasons I'd given myself for delaying the dissolution. I'd told Aurelia that upsetting