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.

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