All Chapters of The Human Luna's Goodbye: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Orion's POVI knew Argent was right. We needed to win Elara back. But I kept seeing her hand locked in Samuel's. The way she looked at him. That soft, devoted look no woman had ever turned on me before her.No woman had ever betrayed me before, either. Whatever her reasons were, I couldn't forgive it. I couldn't talk myself into crawling back to a woman who'd betrayed me.Argent caught where my head was going. He snarled. You're a fool, Orion. From now on, I'm done talking to you. Done protecting you. Done answering when you call. I'm going dormant until you fix your mistake. However long that takes.Then he went silent and buried somewhere deep in my head.I sighed. I wasn't going to waste breath talking him out of it. My world was messy enough. I didn't need him much anyway.What I actually needed was a way to talk myself past Elara's betrayal. A way to clear up the misunderstanding between us.So I decided. Tomorrow, I'd take her to visit Celeste in prison. The three of us, face to

Elara's POVSamuel was still worried. I did what I could to settle him down. Tomorrow was something I had to do."The only way Orion and Celeste will ever truly let me go is if the three of us settle this properly. Especially Celeste." I paused, then added, "I'll be honest, love. Before all this happened, I did think about taking Mia and moving to France with you.""Then let's go," Samuel said instantly. No hesitation at all. "We can leave tonight if you want."I shook my head. "No, love. I'm not running unless I'm out of options. My work is here. My family's here. Your kingdom is here too. I'm not letting cowardice take all of that from me. If the three of us can actually settle this, that's what I want. As long as they leave Mia and me alone afterward, that's enough."Samuel looked at me, something tender and pained in his eyes. He touched my cheek, guilt written all over his face. "I'm sorry, Elara. I didn't protect you well enough. That's why you don't feel safe. That changes now.

Elara's POVMy heart felt like it was going to climb straight out of my throat.Three seconds later, the full report appeared in front of me. I saw the line clearly. Three weeks pregnant.Dr. Merritt took the paper and studied it carefully. She kept her voice steady. "You're pregnant. And the baby is healthy."My mouth opened. Nothing came out. Tears started falling and wouldn't stop.I threw my arms around her. "This is wonderful. Thank you. Mia, she's saved!"Dr. Merritt and Damien were both thrilled. Damien said, excited, "I knew it. I knew Mia was a lucky kid. She's going to make it."But Dr. Merritt took my hand and looked at me, serious. "I'm the one who helped bring this life into the world. If I ever find out you love this baby any less than you love Mia, I will come for you."I understood exactly what she was worried about.I didn't love Orion anymore. And this baby had been conceived at a time when neither of us loved the other.Someday, I might have another child with Samue

Elara's POVI hadn't expected Orion's temper to hold up this well. Even when I snapped at him more than once, he swallowed his pride and let me have my way, none of the usual push-back I expected from him. It didn't soften me, though. I stayed because I was curious. That was all.Five minutes later, a guard brought Celeste in, wrists and ankles bound in silver."The prisoner has been injected with a wolf-suppressant," Officer Kade said, addressing us both, his tone rehearsed from a hundred prior visits. "She's lost all capacity to attack. You can proceed safely." He glanced at the clock on the wall, checking it against his own watch out of habit. "Your visit is limited to twenty minutes. If anything either of you says makes her uncomfortable, she can press the button on the table and request removal. If you see any sign of aggression from her, you can press it yourselves and end the visit immediately."Orion and I both nodded. Celeste watched me the entire time with a cold, flat stare

Orion's POVIt took me a full ten minutes to actually process what Elara had just said. It landed like something a man says to a woman he's decided not to take responsibility for, the kind of line you hear in a bar at closing time, tossed off without a second thought. When had Elara become someone who could say something like that?I realized I'd never actually met this version of her. Sharp, quick, a little cruel in a way that suited her better than I would have expected. She wasn't obedient anymore. She was, somehow, exactly the kind of woman with real spine that I'd always told myself I wanted.I wasn't angry with her. If anything, I felt something closer to relief. She'd still bothered to hurt me on her way out. That meant she wasn't as indifferent as she wanted me to believe.I turned to Celeste and told her I needed to go too."Take care of yourself. I'll see what I can do about getting your sentence reduced." I tried to sound comforting.Celeste's tears started again. "Just sta