Rebirth of the Broken Luna A Second Chance at Luna's Heart novel Chapter 501

Chapter 501

XENOIS

I had a nightmare,” I said slowly. ‘About three months ago. About your mother dying. About- I couldn’t say it with Ollie sitting right there.

‘About me dying, Ollie finished quietly. I heard you. That night. You were crying and saying my name over and over.”

My heart clenched. ‘You heard that?”

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I came to check on you, Ollie admitted. “But Mom was already there. She told you it was just a nightmare and held you until you calmed down. Then she saw me in the doorway and put me back to bed. She said you’d had a bad dream and that sometimes even alphas get scared.

I pulled Ollie into my lap, holding him tight. I’m sorry you had to see that.”

“It’s okay, Ollie assured me. I have nightmares sometimes too. About bad things happening. About people I love getting hurt.”

“We all do, Lake added quietly. After the facility, I have nightmares a lot. About being trapped again. About Riley being taken away. About- he stopped, his young face troubled.

“About what?” I asked gently.

About you not coming,” Lake whispered. “About being left behind because we’re too much trouble or too dangerous or-*

‘Never, I interrupted firmly. “That will never happen. You boys are the most important thing in my life. You and your mother. Everything else is secondary.”

I meant it. Looking at them gathered around Lumina’s hospital bed, I knew with absolute certainty that these four people were my entire world.

If that vision had been real-if Lumina had somehow lived through that nightmare timeline where I’d prioritized everything wrong-then she’d chosen to come back. To try again. To give us all another chance.

And this time, I wasn’t going to fail her.

“Riley,” I said, ‘your precognition-can you see her waking up? Can you see her recovering?”

Riley was quiet for a moment, his eyes unfocusing in that way they did when he was accessing his abilities. ‘Multiple possibilities,” he said finally. “In most timelines, she recovers fully. In some, there are complications. In one- he stopped abruptly.

“In one what?’ I demanded.

“In one timeline, she doesn’t wake up,” Riley said quietly. “But that probability is low. Less than three percent. The most likely outcome is full recovery with extended rest period.”

Three percent. That meant ninety-seven percent chance she’d be fine.

But I’d seen that three percent timeline. Had lived it, felt it, experienced the devastating consequences of failing my family.

‘Then we make sure we’re in the ninety-seven percent,’ I said firmly. Whatever she needs, whatever it takes. We get her healthy.”

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10:52 am

Chapter 501

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The hours passed slowly. The boys eventually dozed off in various positions around the room-Lake curled up in a chair, Riley stretched out on a couch someone had brought in, Ollie asleep with his head on my lap.

I stayed awake, watching Lumina breathe. Counting each inhale and exhale like they were precious gifts.

My parents came and went, bringing food I couldn’t eat, offering support I couldn’t fully accept. Thorne checked in periodically with pack updates I barely registered.

All I could think about was that vision. That other timeline. The terrible possibility that this was some kind of cosmic correction, that fate was trying to take Lumina from me regardless of what choices I made.

“You’re being irrational,” I told myself. “Lynn said she’s stable. The doctors confirmed she’ll recover. This isn’t that timeline.”

But the fear wouldn’t release its grip on my chest.

Around midnight, Lumina’s eyes finally opened.

“Xenois? Her voice was hoarse, confused. “What-where-

“Hospital,” I said quickly, carefully waking Ollie so I could lean forward. “You had a heart attack during the planning meeting. Do you remember?”

She frowned, clearly trying to piece together the memories. “I was talking about the eastern cell targets and then- her hand moved to her chest. “Pain.

Sudden, sharp pain like my heart was being crushed.*

“The doctors stabilized you, I assured her. “You’re going to be fine. But you need rest. Significant rest.”

“The offensive operations- she started.

“Can wait, I interrupted firmly. “Lumina, you nearly died. That takes priority over everything else.”

“But Jerome-

“Will still be there when you’re recovered,’ I said, ‘Right now, you need to focus on healing.”

She studied my face, and I saw the exact moment she registered something was wrong beyond the obvious.

‘You’re scared, she observed. ‘Not just worried-actually terrified. Why?”

I couldn’t tell her. Couldn’t explain the vision without sounding insane. Couldn’t admit that I’d somehow witnessed a timeline where she’d died cursing

my name while I held her lifeless body.

I almost lost you,” I said instead, which was true enough. “That’s reason enough to be scared.”

“Xenois- she started, but then the boys were waking up, alerted by our conversation, and the moment was lost in their excited reunion with their

conscious mother.

I watched them cluster around her, all talking at once, and felt that vision’s weight settle heavier on my shoulders.

This was real. This timeline, this version where Lumina lived, where Ollie thrived, where Riley and Lake were home and safe.

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