THE LUNA WHO CONQUERED DEATH novel Chapter 68

Episode 37-3

“You did what you had to do

“Did I? Or did I risk everything because I couldn’t accept any path that didn’t end with me winning?” I felt tears building. “Marcus tells me I’m reckless. Katherine says I take too many risks. You never say it, but I know you think it too.”

“I think you’re brave. I think you do what needs doing, consequences be damned.” He touched my face gently. “I also think you’re exhausted, traumatized, and probably experiencing some postpartum complications on top of everything else.”

“Is this the part where you tell me to rest?”

“This is the part where I tell you it’s okay to not be okay. You conquered death, built a school, reformed

pack hierarchy, survived a war, gave birth prematurely, and then portaled through space while bleeding out

to save me.” He kissed my “You’re allowed to be a mess right now.”

“I don’t have time to be a mess. The Covenant is still out there. European Alphas are still angry. We have

prisoners to interrogate, cells to destroy, a coalition to build…”

“And all of that can wait twenty–four hours while you heal.” His voice was firm. “Doctor’s orders. Or mate’s

orders. Whichever you’ll actually listen to.”

“I don’t take orders well.”

“I’ve noticed.” He smiled. “How about a suggestion then? Spend tomorrow with Luna. Just you and her. No Alpha duties, no war planning, no saving the world. Just a mother and her daughter.”

The idea was tempting. Terrifying, but tempting.

“What if something happens while I’m resting?”

“Then Marcus, Katherine, Elena, and I will handle it. We’re not helpless, you know.”

“I know. I just…” I looked at Luna, feeling emotions I couldn’t name. “What if I’m not good at this? Being a mother. I barely had mine before she died. I don’t know how to do this.”

“None of us know how to be parents. We just figure it out as we go.” He touched Luna’s tiny hand. “Besides, look at her. She’s already extraordinary. I think she’ll be fine even if we mess up occasionally.”

“Occasionally? We’re going to mess up constantly.”

“Then we’ll mess up together,” he said carefully. “I’m going to get some food. Try to rest while I’m gone.” After he left, I held Luna close, breathing in her scent. Baby and power and something uniquely hers. “Your father’s right, you know,” I whispered to her. “I am a mess. I’m terrified of being your mother, of protecting you, of giving you the childhood I never had.” I kissed her forehead gently. “But I promise you this. I will fight for you. Every day. Against every threat. You will grow up free, Luna. Free to choose who

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you become, what you believe in, how you use your gifts.”

Luna’s silver eyes opened, focusing on mine with that uncanny awareness.

And I swear, she smiled.

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“You already understand, don’t you?” I laughed softly. “Of course you do. You’re going to be terrified when you grow up.”

A knock at the door. Katherine entered, carrying a box.

“I brought something. From your mother.” She set the box on the table. “Elena found it in storage. Your mother left instructions that it should be given to you when you have a daughter of your own.”

My hands shook as I opened it. Inside, wrapped in silk, was a journal. My mother’s handwriting covered the first page.

For Sera, when she becomes a mother herself.

By now, you know what you are. What your daughter will be. Seventh generation, passed down through our

blood.

I wish I could have been there to meet her. To hold her. To tell her stories about her grandmother who

loved her before she was born.

But since I can’t, I leave you this. Everything I learned about being a daughter and a mother. About balancing power and love. About protecting your child while teaching her to protect herself.

Your daughter will be extraordinary. More powerful than you, than me, than any daughter who came before. The eighth generation, born of seventh–generation power and hybrid strength.

Raise her well, my darling girl. Raise her to be brave, kind, and unbreakable.

And tell her that her grandmother conquered death to give birth to the woman who would conquer everything else.

I read through tears, Luna sleeping peacefully in my arms.

My mother had known. Somehow, she’d known I would have a daughter who would need this guidance.

“Thank you, Katherine.”

“Your mother was remarkable. Just like you.” She moved to the door. “Rest, Sera. Tomorrow the world can

wait.”

After she left, I settled into the chair with Luna and my mother’s journal.

For the first time in days, I felt peace.

The war wasn’t over. The Covenant still existed. Threats still loomed.

But tonight, I was just a mother with her daughter, reading wisdom passed down through generations.

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Tomorrow, I’d be Alpha again.

Tonight, I was enough.

TO BE CONTINUED…

D Dewumi Ezekiel

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