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Guess my body had other ideas.
“The timing isn’t ideal given the spell,” Isolde said gently. “Termination is always an option, if you’d like.”
“NO!” I cried before I even knew what I was saying.
But suddenly it seemed so clear.
This pup was a piece of each of us-me, Xander, and Zane.
It was a reminder of the strange, undeniable thread that seemed to keep drawing us together, even now when I was about to do a spell designed to rip us apart.
“I want to have this baby”
My mother walked over to me and placed a shaking hand over my own. Her eyes were glassy with tears.
“She isn’t going to remember anything from this life. surely this one carryover is acceptable, isn’t it?”
Gabriela looked concerned.
“It seems risky,” she said. “You’d wake up with too many questions.”
“I don’t know,” Isolde jumped in. “It might be a comfort to Lanie. Plus, vampiric powers often sk ip generations in hybrids, which means Lanie’s baby will likely never go through what she is going through.”
I felt a sudden rush of warmth for Isolde, I needed to keep this baby. I’d never felt more sure of anything in my life.
“But wait… What will happen with the rest of my family and my friends?” I asked.
I thought of Selena at home with my dads, and Mindy with her men at the Constantine mansion, probably blissfully unaware of all the sh it that had blown up in the last three days.
F uck.
I hadn’t even gotten to say goodbye to her.
Tears sprang to my eyes.
“I know you made a deal with my boys, Lanie,” Gabriela said. “They agreed to let you disappear after you helped them make Alice look like a picture-perfect Luna.”
“You knew about that?!” I asked.
“Please.” Gabriela smirked. “I have eyes and ears everywhere.”
Dam n, she was good.
“Anyway, now you’re getting your wish, Lanie. You can disappear, and you don’t have to do a thing.”
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, and a hand reached in holding a small vial of dark, thick liquid.
“Except to drink this,” Isolde said, taking the vial and holding it up to the light.
“Just drink that.” Gabriela smiled and nodded toward the vial. “And you can get exactly what you wanted.”
“Yeah…” My voice was choked with emotion. “I just didn’t think getting it would mean giving up everyone I’ve ever loved.”
“If you don’t do this, Lanie, then you die,” my mother whispered as fresh tears fell. “And so will your pup.”
“So.” Gabriela pointed to the potion. “Are you going to take it or not?”
Lanie
I took the vial from Isolde’s hand.
And then my mother’s arms were around me and hot tears were streaming down both of our faces.
“This is for the best, Lanie,” she whispered. “You and your pup get to live.”
“Your mother is right,” Gabriela said. “If Gustav and the Council found out about your vampire side, they would kill you and your pup anyway. And probably anyone who tried to cover your tracks.”.
That meant my mates, Gabriela, Braden, my mother. and Selena would probably get caught in the crossfire, too.
So many people who put themselves on the line to keep me safe.
But there was no way we could all keep this secret forever. Not without locking me away like hidden so no one could sense my tainted blood.
That was no way to live.
It was a prison sentence.
This was better.
My pup and I could have another life, a normal life.
We’d start over, never knowing what I’d left behind.
Love, Lily reminded me.
The feeling I’d had yesterday, knowing it was the last time I’d see Xander and Zane.
But I could find love again.
If not with another mate, then with the pup I was carrying.
Apiece of the men I’d once loved.
Aldon had, “You’ll give them the potion, Gabriela?” I asked again even though she’d already said she would. “You’ll make them forget about all this?”
She nodded. “Consider it forgotten already.”
Xander
Aldon sat across from Zane and me, stroking his painty chin.
“Alice’s pregnancy is unexpected, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary.”
But he knew basically everything and he wasn’t the slimy little s hit we thought he m -so he seemed like the best option.
Especially since my mother was mysteriously missing in action today.
No surprises there. Keeping secrets from me was apparently my parents’ f ucking specialty.
“The timing isn’t right,” Zane told Aldon, “That’s not a valid reason to take extreme action.” Aldon sounded exhausted. “Gustav gave you orders to produce pups with both of your mates…I would think you’d be pleased to share that you’ve followed his command.”
I glanced at Zane and he gave me a nod. “Just say it”
“We don’t trust Alice.” I growled. “I don’t think the pup she’s carrying is ours.”
Aldon’s wrinkled face twisted into a mask of horror, and he clutched at his chest.
“That’s a very serious accusation, Xander.”
She-wolves caught cheating on their mates were punished severely, in some cases even put to death.
I never believed in such a punishment for that petty of a crime, but it was up to the Council, not the Alpha. “She was off all night with my dad, wasn’t she? Are we crazy for thinking this baby isn’t ours?” I asked Zane silently “No,” he reassured me. “Things with Alice aren’t adding up.
“Oh for g ods’ sake, will you two just speak out loud?!”
Aldon rose from his chair in a huff.
Zane and I stood, too.
“Aldon, look, we have reason to believe Alice was with my-
But just then, another wolf stomped into the room.
“Father.”
He was standing there, right in front of me, a wild look in his eyes “There’s been an accident.” He sounded breathless and upset.
“Lanie is dead.”
Xander “I don’t believe you,” I said.
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