Abandoned Luna Now Untouchable (Cecilia) novel Chapter 356

Chapter 356: Chapter 356 The Reckoning

Cecilia ’s pov

I stumbled through the darkness, every step shaky and unsure.

In my rush to chase after Harper, I hadn’t even thought to grab a flashlight.

Thankfully, the moon was bright enough that my eyes slowly adjusted.

I could just make out the shapes of cracked headstones and mossy angel statues rising from the weeds.

"Harper! Stop! Please!" I shouted at the shadowy figure ahead. "Let’s go back!"

I’d been running too long. And being pregnant wasn’t helping.

My chest ached. My lungs burned. My legs felt like they barely belonged to me.

Finally, I stopped and pressed my hand against the nearest column to steady myself.

That’s when I looked down and froze.

It wasn’t a column.It was a gravestone.

Old, chipped, and leaning at an angle, half-buried in the dirt like it was trying to disappear.

I’d been bracing myself against someone’s actual grave.

My stomach flipped. I jerked back, hands up like I’d just touched something electric.

"Sorry," I mumbled automatically. "Didn’t mean to... uh... sit on you."

The place looked like no one had visited in decades. Weeds had taken over, headstones leaned at odd angles, and the silence pressed against my skin like something alive.

I was just about to move again when a scream shattered the stillness.

"AHHH!"

My head snapped up.

I saw Harper’s silhouette vanish into the darkness like she’d been pulled into a void.

I took off running. Panic drowned out everything else.

"Harper! HARPER! Where are you ?"

My voice echoed off stone and trees, but there was no reply.

Only the wind and the soft creak of old branches.

I reached the spot where she vanished. A group of ancient trees stood there, their thick branches blocking out the moonlight.

The space beneath them was pure black.

I hesitated, then stepped closer.

"Harper ? It’s me. Say something!"

My voice cracked. I hated how scared I sounded.

Still nothing.

My body couldn’t decide if it was hot or freezing. My heart pounded so hard, I was sure anything with ears could hear it.

I called out again. And again. Until my throat hurt.

How could she just disappear ?

Unless someone took her. Or something did.

I dropped into a crouch behind a tall gravestone.

My fingers found a loose rock on the ground, and I held it tight against my chest like a weapon.

All around me, the wind whispered through dried leaves.

A distant night bird let out a call that raised the hairs on my neck.

The shadows twisted everything. My sense of time slipped. It felt like I’d been crouched there for hours.

Then I heard it.

"Cecilia..."

Someone was calling my name.

The voice was deep. Familiar.

It was the voice I’d heard more than anyone else lately.

Sebastian.

My heart leapt.

Then I froze.

Wait... that couldn’t be right. He was supposed to be in Denver.

This cemetery was miles from anywhere civilized.

There was no way he could be here.

Every instinct screamed. Something was wrong. Really wrong.

But I hadn’t eaten the cake. This couldn’t be a hallucination... could it ?

Maybe I got it all wrong. Maybe the cake wasn’t the problem. Maybe it was something else.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

Don’t respond, I told myself.

This isn’t real. It’s just your brain playing tricks.

Cecilia melted into him with a soft sigh.

Fine. Real or not, this version of reality felt better than the one where she was curled up alone in the dark.

Now she understood why Tang and Harper hadn’t wanted to snap out of it. She wouldn’t have either.

She buried her face against his chest and breathed him in.

Alpha Sebastian looked down at her.His breath brushed her cheek, warm and soft.

She reached up and touched his face, fingertips trembling.

"Wait... are you actually real ?"

He didn’t answer right away. Then he leaned in and kissed her. Light at first. Familiar.

"Does it matter ?" he murmured. "If it feels real, isn’t that enough ?"

The kiss deepened.

His mouth moved with hers like it had a hundred times before.

The heat and rhythm felt like home.

It was too real to be fake.

That’s when reality snapped back.

Cecilia pushed him away, blinking hard.

"Wait...how did you even get here ? Why didn’t you tell me you were coming ? Harper’s missing! I followed her and then she just vanished!"

Sebastian didn’t flinch.

"She’s fine. So is Tang. They’re both back at the house now."

Cecilia stared at him.

"What ?"

Alpha Sebastian nodded. Calm as ever.

"You were the last one affected. You didn’t eat the cake, but the air must’ve carried something. A hallucinogen, maybe. You’ve been seeing things."

Of course it wasn’t true. But he couldn’t just leave her out here. She was pregnant, trembling, and stuck in a graveyard that felt colder with every breath.

It was obvious—she wouldn’t leave without Harper.

So if lying was the only way to get her out of here, then fine. He’d lie.

Her mouth fell open.

She looked at him like he had three heads.