Page 66 of Luna Ascending
“I agreed to a price to get Freya back safely Sam... but it can't be that”
“You made me a deal Alpha Aaron” the vamp's voice is sickly sweet “that's the price I name”
“Name another” Aaron growls.
“No” her voice sounds harsher this time “If that baby is Marciel's you will give it to me. If the child is yours – you keep it and our deal is complete”
Aaron's warning growl fills the air.
“I will sweeten the deal” she sighs “although I shouldn't have to. I will return Aurora's wolf. I know a way. Now, a deal is a deal. If you don't keep it, you know the consequences to the Luna.”
I hear the silence almost as if Aaron is speaking. He is genuinely considering this. My baby for his sister's wolf. I feel the panic rising inside me. I've only known I'm pregnant for a few hours, and I already know I will fight with everything I have to protect this baby.
“There must be another way Sam” Aaron's voice lacks certainty. I think maybe she's already won.
“No other way Alpha Aaron, unless you want to renege and let the Luna pay the price” the vampire sings out. “But feel free to try and find me a better deal”
The bitch sounds almost amused.
“Fine.”
I shrink back against the wall. I can't believe what I'm hearing. He just agreed to giving my baby to the fucking vampires if it's father is Marc. This can't be happening. I feel my whole world slipping away.
Turning from the library I rush back to our rooms. I have to get out of here. I love Aaron with all of my being, but I will not let him do this. How fucking DARE he make this decision?
It takes only a few minutes before I've packed some essential items. I toy over leaving a note. In the end my need for a goodbye wins, and I scribble it down quickly.
“I Freya Faye, reject you Alpha Aaron Varg of the Fenrir Watch.”
I pause, I've no idea if rejections in writing work. It's almost irrelevant. I never intend to let him find me, or my child again. I feel like my heart is tearing in two, but I have to protect this baby inside me. I end the note.
“This baby is mine, your vampire will never have it. Do not look for me”
I've no hope in hell that he won't look, but I'll be damned if he finds me.
The End
Epilogue
I struggle to pull on my shoes, grumbling to myself as I try to bend over my bump.
“Nearly there little one” I pat my stomach “Soon I can meet you, and maybe even see my feet again!”
“Any day now!” chirps a voice at my shoulder and I look up to see Aurora peering at me
“There's no bloody privacy anywhere” I snipe.
“Be grateful for the company – You're busy talking to something that can't bloody hear you. Not sure if it's privacy you need, or a psych ward!”
“Oh fuck off. I'm holed up in a one bed crappy apartment with a fated-mate pair, who may as well be fucking rabbits, and a bump the size of a small elephant. AND it's about to get a shit load more crowded when this one arrives!”
The further along in this pregnancy I get, the grumpier I am.
“Are you two squabbling again?!” a deep voice growls "That baby better be a fucking boy, I can't cope with another bloody female round here.”
I round to snarl something back when a sharp pain hits the base of my spine, and then radiates through to my lower abdomen. Ah fuck. I sit down with a bump on the floor. My stomach tightens and I suck in a breath of air.
“It's starting...” I gasp out.
I thought the first few contractions were meant to be gentle. My insides feel like they're in a fucking vice, and I want to vomit.
Lyell strides into the room, picks me up from my huddle on the gound and deposits me on the bed.
“Call the midwife, now.”
