His Moonsilver Mate (Abby and Kade) novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Kade

“I think I could be pregnant.

For several seconds, nobody moved.

Sloane sat across from me with both hands folded tightly in her lap.

My attention went straight to Abby.

The color had drained from her face.

She wasn’t looking at Sloane.

She was looking at me.

Knox surged forward.

Abby.

I smelled the change in her scent.

Shock first.

Then hurt.

Fuck.

Cassandra recovered before any of us.

“Sloane,” she said carefully, “have you taken a test?”

“No.”

“Have you spoken to Daphne?”

“Not yet.”

Cassandra frowned. “You’ve been under enormous stress. You were attacked, injured, barely sleeping. Any of that

could delay your period.”

“I know.”

“How late are you?”

“Almost a week.”

A week.

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Sonne and had been together before Abby’s wolf awakened. Before I knew Abby was my mate.

Nothing about that was wrong then..

That didn’t make it easier with Abby sitting across from me now.

Cassandra folded her hands on the table.

“Then the first thing we need is confirmation. Until Daphne examines you, none of us knows what this means.”

Sloane’s gaze stayed on me.

“I know it isn’t certain.”

“Then we’ll find out,” I said.

Something shifted in her expression.

“That’s all you have to say?”

“What would you like me to say?”

Her face hardened.

“Maybe that this matters to you.”

“It matters.”

I kept my voice even.

“If there is a baby, it matters very much.”

Hope flickered across her face.

I stopped it there.

“But first we establish whether there is one.”

The hope disappeared.

Sloane looked down at her plate.

“And if there is?”

“I’ll take responsibility.”

Her eyes lifted.

“For the baby,” I added.

1:50 pm

If she was carrving my child, that child would have everything I could give it.

A father.

Protection.

A place in this pack.

Whatever I suspected about Sloane did not change that.

Her mouth tightened.

“And me?”

The entire table seemed to go still again.

Cassandra looked between us.

Sloane continued before I could answer.

“What happens to me if I’m carrying your child?”

“Sloane-” Cassandra began.

“I want him to answer.”

She looked directly at me.

“I’ve spent years beside you. Everyone in Moonhaven expects me to become your Luna. And now what? You walk away and leave me carrying your baby?”

Her voice cracked on the last word.

My eyes moved to Abby.

She was staring down at her plate.

Too still.

Sloane followed my gaze.

Of course she did.

“What am I supposed to do?” she demanded. “Who is going to choose a she-wolf carrying another man’s child?”

Abby’s chair scraped against the floor.

My head snapped toward her.

She stood.

“Abby.”

“I’m tired.”

Her voice was quiet

Cassandra’s face softened immediately.

“Sweetheart-”

“I just need to lie down.”

Knox pushed hard.

Go.

Every instinct in me agreed.

But I couldn’t leave this conversation unfinished and make it worse later.

Abby turned and walked out.

I watched until she disappeared through the doorway.

Then I looked back at Sloane.

“If there is a baby, I will take care of my child.”

She stared at me.

“I’ll be there. I’ll provide for them. I’ll protect them. You never need to question that.”

Her expression softened slightly.

“But it doesn’t change what happened between you and me.”

Her face fell.

“Kade-”

“You and I are over.”

I kept my voice low.

“A child would make us parents. It would not put us back into a relationship.”

Sloane’s lips parted.

“You can’t know that.”

“I do.”

1:50 pm

thated having this conversation in front of my mother,

I hated that Abby had already walked away,

But leaving Sloane any room to mistake responsibility for reconciliation would only make this worse,

“If you’re pregnant, you won’t go through alone, But I won’t lie to you about what that means.”

Sloane looked away.

Her hand moved toward her stomach,

That stopped some of the anger building inside me,

Because there might actually be a child.

And if there was, none of this was the child’s fault,

1 pushed back my chair,

“Go upstairs and rest. I’ll have Daphne come to you,”

Sloane looked up sharply.

“Where are you going?”

I didn’t answer.

Her expression changed as she understood,

Cassandra reached across the table and touched her hand.

“Come on. We’ll deal with one thing at a time,”

Sloane’s gaze followed me as I left.

I didn’t look back.

Knox had only one demand now.

Find her.

Footsteps followed me into the corridor,

Liam.

“Kade.”

“Give me a minute with her first.”

He caught up.

“She’s my sister.”

“I know.”

“That didn’t stop you from-”

He cut himself off.

I stopped.

Liam’s face was tight with anger.

Not my Beta.

Abby’s brother.

“If you want to hit me, do it later.”

His eyes flashed.

“Don’t tempt me.”

“I need to talk to her.”

“What are you planning to say?”

“The truth.”

“You think that’s going to help?”

Probably not.

There was no version of the truth that didn’t hurt Abby.

Sloane and I had slept together.

A pregnancy was possible.

I couldn’t erase either fact because I hated what they meant now.

Liam rubbed a hand over his face.

“She was finally starting to trust you again.”

The words landed exactly where he intended them to.

Last night Abby had let me close.

Let me touch her.

1:50 pm

W

Trusted me enough to tell me what Sloane had said.

For the first time since the rejection, it had felt like she might be starting to believe me.

That I wanted her.

Not Diana.

Not a Luna.

Her.

And one sentence at dinner might have undone all of it.

Liam watched me.

Then his expression hardened again.

“What happens to the investigation?”

“It continues.”

“If Daphne confirms she’s pregnant?”

“We handle her carefully.”

“And the trap?”

“We proceed.”

His eyebrows rose.

“You still want to do it?”

“If Sloane had something to do with Abby’s kidnapping, pregnancy doesn’t make her innocent.”

“No. But it changes how far we can push.”

“It changes how we handle her. That’s all.”

Liam nodded slowly.

“More surveillance?”

“Yes. Quietly.”

“And she can’t know.”

“She won’t.”

1:50 pm

He glanced toward the family wing.