Chapter 136 – The Moon Wolf

“I had no say in if I was going to die or not. I wouldn’t have left you guys alone if I had the choice, you have to believe me”, I told them, my voice breaking towards the end as I tried not to cry.

“You had a choice, Lola”, Lyla said with a voice so calm, it scared me. A very loud and angry Lyla, I could take but I can’t stand her being so calm about things that hurt her. It is usually a bad sign.

“Yeah, Serena told us that you knew you were going to die. She told us that you could have lived if you hadn’t gone ahead to play hero and save Fay”, Avianca spoke up from where she was leaning by the door and I sighed.

I guess there’s no point in keeping it a secret, they already know everything.

“I couldn’t bring myself to tell anyone, I’m so sorry, guys”, I said in a small voice and Lyla scoffed. “You had different opportunities to tell me, to tell us, but you kept mute”, Lyla said, her voice rising with every word.

“You promised to be my daughter’s godmother, guess who wasn’t around when I gave birth to her. Because Adrian blamed himself for what happened to you everyday, he refused to touch my daughter for 3 months”, she was basically screaming at this point.

“He is her godfather. Do you know how much Nathan is hurt that his best friend avoids his daughter? Do you know how much your selfishness has cost us?” Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she screamed in my face.

I cried as I realised just how hurt everyone that matters to me was because of my selfishness. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry”, I kept on repeating while crying.

“I can’t even stay mad at you for long”, Avianca said before coming to wrap her hands around me. “I missed you so much. Every day that you were not here was a torture. Don’t ever do that again”, she cried into my neck and I hugged her back.

“Never, never again”, I smiled through my tears and we pulled back from each other. Lyla was still sitting away from us crying but I could see that her eyes had softened.

“Are you going to be mad at me forever? Even when I’m your daughter’s godmother?” I asked as I held my arms open for her. She rolled her eyes before she hugged me.

“I missed you so much”, she said in a small voice. “I want a hug too”, Avianca said before hugging us, making it a group hug.

“Oh goddess, the ceremony. Everyone must be waiting for us”, Avianca exclaimed but Lyla just waved her off. “The star of the show is here, the ceremony isn’t going anywhere without her”.

“The ceremony is for me?” I asked in confusion and they both nodded. “It’s your 19th birthday, of course, Adrian threw a party for you.

Eveb though no one knew you were going to come back to us today”, Lyla said and my heart swelled.

“We got the best man in the universe”, Jasmine said happily through our mindlink. We sure did.

“Let’s not keep the whole pack waiting then and I also have to see my goddaughter. She looks exactly like you, I can’t wait to hold her in my arms”, I said exactly.

“Did Adrian already tell you all about her? I knew he adored her every though he refused to carry her “, she clapped her hands together like she just discovered the biggest secret of the century.

“Not Adrian, the Fates showed me”, I laughed. “That’s not to be discussed now”, let’s get this show on the road, shall we?” I asked while fist pumping the air and we all cheered.

“Thank the moon that I left some make up around here, we all look like casts for a horror movie”, Lyla said and we all laughed about it.

We fixed our faces and stepped out of the room chattering amongst ourselves while they tried to catch me up on all that i missed.

I’m so glad I chose to come back.

Adrian’s POV

“What???” Nathan whisper-yelled at me once Lola left to go after Lyla. “What?” I asked him.

“Are you being serious right now? When you said you had a surprise for the pack, that was it?” He asked and I nodded. His eyes bulged out of their socket in astonishment and I know that he would have scratched his head if he wasn’t holding Lola.

“When did she wake up?” He asked as he gently rocked Lola that was starting to wake up in his arms. “She was already awake by the time I got back to the house”, I replied happily.

Lola started crying but Nathan was trying to talk to me and rock her at the time which was just not working since she started kicking harder.

“I think she needs to be fed” he muttered as he started pacing around lightly to pacify her. He gently placed her to his chest but she kept kicking. Her head rolled to my side and my heart hurt watching her cry.

I reached out a finger to her and she suddenly stopped crying and held onto my finger tightly like a lifeline. “Hi, cutie”, I cooed and she smiled, making my heart feel funny and fuzzy.

“Well, it’s high time you paid her attention. My angel can finally get her godfather’s care”, Nathan said. I looked up from her face and realised that he had stopped pacing.

“She’s perfect”, I told him before turning my attention back to her. My heart fluttered at the thought of having small versions of her running around in our house.

“Do you think I’ll be a great dad?” I blurted out before I could think too much about it. “Think? I know you’re going to be an awesome dad, Adrian”, he gently shifted Lola to one hand and gave me a pat on the back.

With those little fingers still wrapped around my large one, I motioned to Nathan that we should move towards the stage. As soon as we stepped on stage, the whole pack went silent and all attention was on me.

“Good evening, everyone”, I greeted and cleared my throat before I continued. “Tonight was supposed to be used to celebrate your Luna that gave her life to save one of us but it’s now a celebration to welcome her back into our midst”.

“It was hard to rule without her by my side, it was so damn hard”. “Language, man”, Nathan said and everyone laughed, including me.

“What I’m trying to say is that after those 3 months of navigating through life without her, she’s finally back and I hope we’ll all treat with the same respect and loyalty that you accord me as your Alpha”.

“Tonight, we celebrate not just our Luna’s 19th birthday but also her return to us from the brink of death. Let’s party away, people”, I bellowed with unbridled happiness and cheers of heartfelt happiness erupted from the crowd.

I looked towards the fingers still holding onto mine and my smile widened. “You need to get your mind out of the gutter, mate”, Daxon teased and I chuckled. “Don’t act like you don’t want it too”, I said and we both laughed.

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