Abandoned Luna Now Untouchable (Cecilia) novel Chapter 428

Chapter 428: Chapter 428 The Witch’s Shadow

Author’s pov

During the acrobatic performance, Cecilia felt uneasy.

Something was wrong tonight. She kept looking around the room, watching every face for danger.

Then she saw Alpha Xavier and Alpha Gavin coming back into the hall. They walked over and sat at a table close to where Cecilia and Alpha Sebastian were seated.

Jessica and Xenia followed behind them like quiet shadows.

Xenia caught Cecilia’s attention. Something about her seemed different tonight.

Now that they were nearby, Cecilia could observe them more clearly.

As the acrobats did a dangerous flip, Xenia started humming softly.

The tune was quiet but strange.

It sounded like an old nursery rhyme, but twisted.

Wrong for this fancy party.

Cecilia put her hand over her stomach protectively.

The moment she heard Xenia’s humming, her baby moved violently inside her.

The feeling was so sudden and strong she almost cried out.

"Are you okay?" Alpha Sebastian whispered. His hand covered hers immediately. His touch felt warm and safe.

"The baby," Cecilia whispered back, leaning closer to him. "It’s never moved like this before. It started right when Xenia began humming."

Alpha Sebastian’s eyes narrowed as he looked toward Maggie’s daughter.

In the dim lighting, Cecilia noticed something creepy. Everyone else’s shadow looked normal on the floor.

But Xenia’s shadow moved wrong. It twisted and bent in ways that didn’t match how she was standing. Like something else was casting it.

"Sebastian," she whispered urgently, "look at her shadow."

He followed her gaze and tensed up beside her.

"That’s not possible," he said so quietly she barely heard him.

"There’s something wrong with Xenia," Cecilia said once they were alone. "The way she moves, that humming, her shadow. And every time she looks at me, the baby goes crazy."

Alpha Sebastian’s face got more serious as she spoke.

His fingers tightened around hers. Not enough to hurt, but enough to show how tense he was.

"Three hundred years ago," he said in a whisper, "my pack trapped an evil spirit. A witch who could take over people’s bodies and stay alive by eating their souls."

He looked straight into Cecilia’s eyes. "She loved targeting unborn babies from powerful packs. Kids who would make strong hosts."

Cecilia felt her blood turn cold. "Are you saying..."

"I’m saying everything makes sense now," Alpha Sebastian replied, staring at Xenia. "Remember when she moved faster than Alpha Xavier in the garden that night?"

Cecilia nodded, her voice sharp and confident. "And she’s a young woman we all know well. She’s close to Maggie. She acts completely obsessed every time she sees you. And because everyone thinks she’s just some harmless fool, none of us ever saw her as a threat."

Just then, Cassian walked over to them. He looked worried. "I’ve been checking the Moonveil Ascendancy’s records,"

He said quietly. "They claim to be new, but I found references going back centuries. Always the same symbol, always hiding in the shadows."

"Three hundred and twelve years, to be exact," a child’s voice said.

They all turned to see Xenia standing there. Her small face had an innocent smile, but her eyes looked cold.

"Belinda," Cecilia said, understanding hitting her like a punch. "It was you all along." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

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