Rebirth of the Broken Luna A Second Chance at Luna's Heart novel Chapter 300

Chapter 300

ZADE

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The knock on my office door had been so quiet I’d barely heard it over the sound of Lyn’s breathing. I’d been too focused on the way

his pulse raced beneath my lips, too consumed by the taste of his skin and the heat of his body straddled across my lap to register that

someone was entering without waiting for permission.

The horrified gasp snapped me back to reality with brutal efficiency.

Liana stood frozen in the doorway, her arms full of reports that were now sliding toward the floor as her grip went slack. Her eyes

were wide with shock, darting between my face and Lyn’s bare chest before she seemed to realize she was staring.

The papers hit the ground with a scattered thump as she stumbled backward.

“I’m so sorry, Alpha! I didn’t mean to- I should have knocked louder- I’ll just-” She was backing toward the door, her face flushed

crimson with embarrassment as she fumbled for the handle.

“Liana, wait-” I started, but she was already gone, the door clicking shut behind her with finality.

I covered my face with both hands, mortification burning through me like acid. “She’s going to tell everyone what I was doing.”

Lyn had gone very still on my lap, his earlier enthusiasm replaced by careful tension.

“Is that an issue?” he asked quietly. “I assumed since we were going public next month…”

The uncertainty in his voice cut through my embarrassment like a knife. This was exactly what I’d been trying to avoid making Lyn

feel like I was ashamed of him, like our relationship was something to hide rather than celebrate. I’d spent years keeping him secret,

protecting him from pack politics and my own fears about how being with a male werewitch would affect my authority.

The decision to go public had been hard-won, a commitment to stop hiding the most important person in my life.

“No, it’s not you,” I said quickly, dropping my hands to look at him properly. “I want to mate you, so badly. I just…” I trailed off,

struggling to articulate the complicated tangle of emotions. “I’m used to being in control, to managing how information spreads through

the pack. Having Liana walk in on us like that, having that be how people find out… it feels chaotic.”

Lyn studied my face with those pale eyes that saw too much. “You’re embarrassed that she caught us being intimate, not embarrassed

by who you were being intimate with.”

“Exactly.” I pulled him closer, pressing my forehead against his. “I don’t care who knows about us anymore. I’m done hiding what we

have. I just wanted our announcement to be on our terms, planned and deliberate.”

“Instead of your assistant catching you with your mate’s shirt off and your hands on his-”

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“Yes, thank you, I remember where my hands were.” I cut him off before he could finish that sentence, though I couldn’t help the small smile that tugged at my lips despite my mortification.

Lyn relaxed slightly against me, some of the tension leaving his shoulders.

“For what it’s worth, I think Liana will be discreet. She’s worked for you long enough to know when something requires confidentiality.”

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I wasn’t so sure about that, but before I could respond, my office phone started ringing with sharp insistence.

I groaned, reaching for it while trying to keep Lyn balanced on my lap. The caller ID showed Xenois’s name, and I briefly considered letting it go to voicemail.

Whatever crisis had developed in the hospital could wait until I’d properly reassured my mate and maybe finished what we’d started.

But Xenois never called during business hours unless it was urgent. With another resigned sigh, I accepted the call and brought the

phone to my ear.

“Absolutely no,” I said before he could speak. “I don’t care if there’s a new bloodthirsty scheming villain worse than Andy, or if Sophia

rose up from the dead-”

“Lake’s awake,” Xenois interrupted, his voice carrying an edge of nervousness that made me sit up straighter.

“What?” The word came out louder than I’d intended, sharp enough that Lyn looked at me with sudden concern.

“Lake,” Xenois repeated. “He woke up about thirty minutes ago. Fully conscious, coherent, all his cognitive functions intact. The

doctors are running tests now, but initial assessments look good.”

I fumbled for the speakerphone button, switching the call so Lyn could hear. His expression had shifted from confused to wary, and I

understood why. Lake represented complicated territory for both of us a kid who’d been manipulated by Andy into participating in Lyn’s

torture, but who’d also nearly died saving Riley and the others during the warehouse explosion.

–

“That’s… that’s good news,” I managed, trying to organize my thoughts around this development.

“How’s Riley handling it?”

“Like someone just restored oxygen to his lungs after drowning,” Xenois said, and I could hear the relief in his voice.

“He’s been sitting with Lake for the past twenty minutes, and it’s the most present I’ve seen him since this whole nightmare started.

The medication dulls his emotions, but not this. Not with Lake.”

Lyn leaned closer to the phone. “What are the doctors saying about his recovery? Any lingering effects from the curse or the coma?”

“Nothing yet. They’re being thorough, running every test they can think of, but so far everything looks surprisingly normal. His vitals

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are stable, no signs of neurological damage, no complications from the extended unconsciousness. It’s like he just… woke up.”

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Something about that struck me as odd. Lake had been in a magically-induced coma for days, his condition critical enough that we’d all been preparing for the worst. People didn’t just wake up from that kind of trauma with no lasting effects. Not without intervention.

“Did someone do anything? Riley possibly? Was there a curse that was broken?” I asked, leaning forward in my chair.

“Or did it dissipate on its own?”

There was a pause on the other end of the line, long enough that I knew Xenois was choosing his words carefully.

“The doctors aren’t sure. They’re saying it might have been the natural course of the magic running out, or it could be related to Andy’s death. Curse magic sometimes unravels when the caster dies. I overheard Lake telling Riley that Riley told him to come back so he

did. It is really freaky but I’m trying to roll with it”

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