The Vampire's Luna
Chapter 142: Jason Mraz - I Won’t Give Up On Us

Chapter 142: Jason Mraz - I Won’t Give Up On Us

Damien turned to her slowly, blinking, uncertain. He wanted to believe her. Hell, he did believe her. "You haven’t exactly made it easy," he admitted. "You’ve run. You’ve hesitated. You’ve pushed me away more times than I can count."

She turned to him now too, eyes glimmering in the moonlight. "Yeah. I was worried. About my people. About my parents. About choosing wrong and losing everything I’ve ever known. And now... they’re moving on like I never even existed."

"No," Damien said softly, firmly. "They miss you. I hate to say this, but... Kyllian’s actions? They’re the screams of a heartbroken man. He lost you, and now he’s lost his mentor, his king. That kind of pain, back to back? It can break a man."

Luna looked down, trying to hide the quiver in her lips. "What would I do if I lost you too?" she asked, lifting her eyes again to meet his. "What would be left of me if I lost you?"

"I’m still here," Damien murmured, pressing his forehead to hers, his arms winding around her gently. "And you still owe me a wedding."

Luna let out a soft laugh, one of the first in what felt like days, and tilted her head up to look into his eyes. "Yeah," she said. "We need to get home first."

"I like the way you say that," Damien said, pulling her closer until her head rested against his chest. He ran his hand up and down her arm, slow and soothing. "Home."

Luna closed her eyes, breathing in his scent. "It is my home now," she whispered. "I’d do anything to protect it. And you."

Damien leaned back just enough to look at her face. "Actually," he said, "Morvakar came up with a solution. Said you asked him to. Did you threaten him?"

"No! I got on my knees and begged. I think he likes that sort of thing. You know, powerful sorcerer... fragile ego..."

"Luna," Damien whispered with a grin, lowering his voice dramatically as he leaned in, "He can hear you." fre.eweb novel\.c om

"I know," she whispered back, biting her lip to keep from giggling.

"I can still hear you," Morvakar’s voice rang out through the room.

"Morvakar," Damien called out loudly, "Please. Just a little privacy. At least until morning. Or do you really want to eavesdrop while I’m fucking my mate?" Damien finished loudly.

Morvakar’s voice rang through once more, dry as bone.

"Too much detail. All you had to do was ask. Idiot."

"Thank you," Damien said. He turned to Luna, his eyes scanning her face.

"What is his solution?" Luna asked eagerly, her heart thudding with hope.

Damien sighed and ran a hand through his hair, then muttered, "To find my true mate... and mark her."

The air between them froze, so tense it could snap in two. "Of course," she said finally. "Because our bond was... man-made. Artificial. That means you still have a blood-goddess-ordained mate out there, just like I had a moon-goddess-ordained mate."

"Exactly." Damien nodded, relieved she understood—at least logically.

There was a beat of silence. A heartbeat, maybe two. And then Luna, clapped her hands together, eyes lit with a determined fire. "Well, then we have to start actively looking."

"Excuse me?"

She turned to him fully, squaring her shoulders. "We have to start looking. One way or the other, you have to live, Damien."

He stared at her. "I should’ve known," he muttered bitterly, turning away. "Another excuse to get rid of me."

Luna’s jaw dropped, and her nostrils flared. "What?!"

"You heard me," Damien snapped, refusing to look at her. "The moment there’s a way out, you’re all for it. You don’t even hesitate. It’s like you’ve been waiting for an excuse to push me away again."

"What do you want me to say?" Luna shouted, stepping forward. "To ignore the one thing that might save your life and just...watch you die?"

"Yes!" Damien roared suddenly, rounding on her. "For once in your life, just say you want me to live because it would break you if I didn’t. Tell Morvakar to keep looking for another way. He seems to listen to you." fr.eew eb novel..com

"Oh, for goddess’ sake!" Luna yelled. "I would walk on hot coals to the end of the world for you! You think I would have my feelings hurt if fucking another woman would save your life?!"

"Admit it!" Damien snarled, so close now Luna could feel his breath on her lips. His fangs glinted, half-bared in frustration. "You want to have it both ways. You don’t want my death to be your fault, and you want a convenient, neat little excuse to leave me! Admit it!"

"I do not want to leave you, you insufferable, blood-drunk, overdramatic idiot! I’d beg Morvakar to chain me to your hip if that was possible!"

"Oh, now I’m the idiot?" Damien growled, his eyes flashing red with the heat of his vampire emotions. "The second there’s a way out, you pounce on it like a bone-starved wolf."

Luna’s hands balled into fists. Her throat was closing, her vision blurring, her fury tangled in the agony of love—and then she broke.

"I’m pregnant!" she shouted.

It was her last resort, the only arrow left in her quiver. She hadn’t planned to tell him yet.

The rage dropped from his face. "What?" he whispered.

"I am pregnant," Luna said again, quieter this time. She held his eyes, daring him to run now. "And I am not raising this child by myself. If I have to whip you, chain you, torture you—hell, mark your goddess-given mate myself just to keep you breathing—I will. Do not test me."

Damien staggered back half a step. His hand reached out blindly for her face, and when his fingers touched her cheek, they trembled. "You’re... you’re...Oh goddess... You’re carrying my baby."

A grin spread across his face. His fangs showed, his eyes sparkled.

"You’re carrying my baby." Damien repeated it.

"Yes." Luna said, still teary-eyed, still furious, but amused now by the way he looked utterly derailed by his own reproductive success.

Bit of a rant: I’m getting utterly discouraged. I don’t know if it’s because I am old fashioned but turns out my kind of writing isn’t the IT on NovelFire. Not because I think I am a better writer no. But because the popular tropes are the ones getting more visibility. I cannot write harem or reverse harem books. I believe a woman or man should end up with one only. Not multiples but that’s what NovelFire likes and wants. That’s whats popular. I will try to finish this book. It takes too much work for too little reward. The target is too high for a book that gets little visibility. For those who stayed true to my art, thank you. For those expecting harem stuff, sorry to disappoint, I don’t know how to write it.

End of rant.