Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 262

Chapter 262

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Chapter 262

DANIELLE

It takes a lot of courage for me to let Rowan in and when I finally do, I still can’t keep it together. I thought talking to someone would help, so I didn’t break down when I finally saw Rowan, but from the moment he came into the room, I’ve been hyperventilating, and sobbing like a wounded pup..a pup that I can’t have.

The more I think about it, the harder it hits. “Why can’t I be a mother? What’s wrong with me?”

“Nothing is wrong with you babe,” he tells me, his voice even softer than usual.

“I want a baby, Row.” I sob, “I want to be a mom too, shouldn’t every woman get a chance? So why are all my chances taken? Why are yours stripped away too like we committed some grave sin?!”

He holds me tighter, restraining me physically but my emotions continue to spiral, it continues to remain unfair, it continues to feel like I’m being torched repeatedly. “Shh, it’s okay.”

My head shakes against his chest. “It’s not.”

“It is,” he confidently argues, but the hurt in his voice gives him away. “You’re alright, and that’s all that matters, I don’t care about anything else.”

“I do, I want you to be a father.” I sniff, taking deep breaths to steady my words. I pull away from him, but he doesn’t let go completely. “Row, I want to see you have a child. You can still father a child, even if it’s not with me.”

He freezes, his hold on me slipping. “Wha-wh-what are you saying?”

I look at Luna Aeliana, then him. “There’s no hope for me to give you an heir, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have one.”

“Danielle,” he warns, finally grasping what I’m hinting at. Except I’m not hinting at all, I’m speaking. I’ve thought about it already, the thought crossed my mind instantly after Maddox told me I would never be able to carry a pup of my own or use a surrogate. All I could think of was that he could, nothing is wrong with him, and I won’t stand in the way of that dream.

“You can have a baby with someone else,” I tell him, the words heavy in my throat, but I manage to speak them with ease. I love Rowan, I love him so much that this doesn’t feel wrong, it doesn’t feel like a sacrifice. “Babe, you have to, I promise I’ll love it like mine, I won’t be upset.”

He pulls away from me, pacing on my left. “Dani do you hear yourself?” He snaps, his voice sharp and startling. Rowan doesn’t yell, so that means I’ve upset him, but how? I said nothing wrong.

I nod slowly, “Yes, I don’t want to take your chance away too,” I tell him, wiping my tears away. “You can still have kids, and there are plenty of omegas willing to carry your baby, I’ll find a nice girl, you just have to bed her.”

He gasps, “I’m not having a child with anyone else, Danielle. Stop this nonsense now!”

“It’s not nonsense,” I counter, my voice much softer and calmer than his. “I’ll spend my life mourning our baby, and you’ll grow to hate me for never being woman enough to give you another, for taking away your chance.” I

suck in breath.

“Where are you getting this?” He turns to Luna Aeliana. “Are you hearing this? When did I ever-”

“We’ll have an open marriage,” I swallow. “I don’t want you to lose hope, I want you to fulfil your dream, to have your heir, it’ll make me feel better. I promise I won’t feel jealous of the….”

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He steps away, “I can’t do this right now, stop talking.”

“Rowan please,” I start to panic, watching him walk away the way I fear he will when he realises what I’ve done to us. “Relieve me of some of this burden, I……Rowan!”

Luna Aeliana sighs, her gaze flickering from me to the open door Rowan just walked out of. “You should rest.”

“Did I say something wrong?”

“You just asked him to sleep with another woman,” she frowns. “So I’d say yes.”

I don’t like sharing my mate, I don’t want to either, but I have to. “I want him to have his baby, I can’t let us both lose,”

“It’s not a competition Danielle,” she tells me, sounding just as worked up as Rowan did. “And you don’t really want that, you’re talking crazy. You’ll hate the idea when you’ve rested and grieved.”

“No.” I confidently tell her. “I know what I want, I want him to be a father, and by extension, I’ll be a mother too.”

“There are plenty of options for you both to be parents, less drastic options than your suggestion.” She sighs, shaking her head. “Why don’t you take some time to grieve..adjust, and think clearly?”

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