Shattered Bonds A Second Chance Mate (by Yui) novel Chapter 267

Chapter 267

(Go to Francesco Point of View)

Something was wrong.

I knew it the moment I entered the garden.

What is this I felt? I thought in wonder.

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Ellaine stood with her arms wrapped around herself, shoulders trembling, her face pale beneath the moonlight. But it wasn’t fear of an enemy. It wasn’t exhaustion from battle. It was…

Weakness.

A type I had never felt through our bond before.

“Ellaine?”

My voice cracked on her name. I didn’t care if Drake heard. I didn’t care if the whole kingdom heard. All I saw was her–my Luna, swaying like the ground beneath her feet no longer remembered how to hold her.

She looked up at me slowly, eyes shimmering with something I couldn’t understand.

Not pain.

Not fear.

Something else.

Something new.

When I reached her, her knees buckled. I lunged forward and caught her before she hit the ground.

“Hey–hey, amore, look at me.”

I cupped her face. Her skin burned against my palms. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt? Did Drake—”

“No…” She swallowed, breath shaking. “Francesco, I don’t—I don’t feel right.”

Her voice.

Her scent.

Her pulse.

Everything was wrong.

I pulled her into my arms, lifting her easily. “We’re going to Lira. Now.” I turned and ran, not bothering to check if Drake still stood in the shadows. If he wanted to watch, let him. If he wanted to interfere, he’d die

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before his loot touched my Luna.

But he didn’t move.

I felt his eyes burning on my back, but he did not follow.

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Inside, the castle servants gasped and bowed as I stormed through with Ellaine in my arms. Audrey and Marlow appeared almost instantly.

“What happened?” Audrey barked.

“I don’t know,” I growled. “She’s faint–her scent shifted–her heartbeat-”

I froze mid–sentence.

Her heartbeat.

I stopped in the middle of the hallway. Every muscle in my body locked.

Marlow’s eyes widened. “Alpha?”

I didn’t answer.

Because I was suddenly aware of something that wasn’t there before.

Something small.

Something fragile.

Something beating–inside her.

Slow. Faint. New.

My breath tore out of me like a punch.

“Ellaine…” I whispered, barely able to form the word. “Your heartbeat–there’s-”

I pressed my palm to her abdomen.

The bond didn’t lie.

Her pulse was steady.

But beneath it–A second rhythm.

So tiny I would’ve missed it if I weren’t Lycaon.

The world broke open inside

my chest.

“Ellaine,” I breathed again, voice strained, raw. “You’re… you’re pregnant.”

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She blinked up at me, startled. “What?”

Audrey gasped. Marlow swore under his breath. Lira dropped the bandages she was holding.

My throat tightened painfully. “There’s another heartbeat. Inside you. A life.”

Her lips parted. Her hands moved instinctively to her stomach.

“I thought… I thought I was imagining it,” she whispered.

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I sank to my knees with her still in my arms, my forehead pressing to her belly as emotion ripped through me–joy so violent it broke something open in my soul.

A sob escaped me before I could stop it.

“My Luna,” I choked out. “My love… you’re carrying my child.”

My heir.

Our blood.

A miracle neither of us believed we could have.

Ellaine touched my hair gently, the

dy she does when she wants to calm me. “Francesco…”

I lifted my head, eyes burning, vision blurred. “You’ve given me everything, and now–now this-”

I trembled.

The King Alpha, trembling.

“I’m going to be a father,” I whispered, voice breaking.

Ellaine’s eyes filled with tears. She cupped my cheeks. “Yes… yes, Francesco.”

I crushed her against my chest, breathing her in like she was air after drowning.

Joy.

Wonder.

Terror.

But one emotion rose above them all- ‘Love so fierce it felt like a second heartbeat of its own.‘

I kissed her her forehead, her lips, her hands, her stomach–unable to stop myself. She laughed softly through her tears.

But then–Her body tensed.

Her scent changed again.

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A sharp, metallic tang hit my nose.

Blood.

Not hers.

Ours.

My vision snapped into focus.

“No.”

My voice dropped into a deadly growl. “No, no, no-

Ellaine gasped and curled slightly, one hand gripping my sleeve.

“Francesco… something’s wrong.”

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Audrey shouted for Lira. Marlow barked orders for space. The castle became a storm of movement.

But I didn’t move.

I couldn’t breathe.

The second heartbeat–stuttered.

Disappeared.

Came back.

Weak.

Too weak.

Panic struck me so violently I thought my own heart stopped.

“Ellaine,” I whispered, voice trembling violently. “Stay with me. Please. Stay with me.”

She looked up at me, trying to smile. “I’m not… going anywhere.”

But her body sagged in my arms, exhausted.

I lifted her again, refusing to let anyone else touch her. “Lira. Fix her. Now.”

“I–I’ll do everything I can,” Lira stammered.

“Everything,” I growled. “Or I swear the gods themselves will answer to me.”

Audrey touched my arm carefully. “Alpha… she needs calm. Stress will-”

“I AM CALM,” I snarled.

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Chapter 267

(Go to Francesco Point of View)

Something was wrong.

I knew it the moment I entered the garden.

What is this I felt? I thought in wonder.

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Ellaine stood with her arms wrapped around herself, shoulders trembling, her face pale beneath the moonlight. But it wasn’t fear of an enemy. It wasn’t exhaustion from battle. It was…

Weakness.

A type I had never felt through our bond before.

“Ellaine?”

My voice cracked on her name. I didn’t care if Drake heard. I didn’t care if the whole kingdom heard. All I saw was her–my Luna, swaying like the ground beneath her feet no longer remembered how to hold her.

She looked up at me slowly, eyes shimmering with something I couldn’t understand.

Not pain.

Not fear.

Something else.

Something new.

When I reached her, her knees buckled. I lunged forward and caught her before she hit the ground.

“Hey–hey, amore, look at me.”

I cupped her face. Her skin burned against my palms. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt? Did Drake-”

“No…” She swallowed, breath shaking. “Francesco, I don’t–I don’t feel right.”

Her voice.

Her scent.

Her pulse.

Everything was wrong.

I pulled her into my arms, lifting her easily. “We’re going to Lira. Now.” I turned and ran, not bothering to check if Drake still stood in the shadows. If he wanted to watch, let him. If he wanted to interfere, he’d die

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before his foot touched my Luna.

But he didn’t move.

I felt his eyes burning on my back, but he did not follow.

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Inside, the castle servants gasped and bowed as I stormed through with Ellaine in my arms. Audrey and Marlow appeared almost instantly.

“What happened?” Audrey barked.

“I don’t know,” I growled. “She’s faint–her scent shifted–her heartbeat-”

I froze mid–sentence.

Her heartbeat.

I stopped in the middle of the hallway. Every muscle in my body locked.

Marlow’s eyes widened. “Alpha?”

I didn’t answer.

Because I was suddenly aware of something that wasn’t there before.

Something small.

Something fragile.

Something beating–inside her.

Slow. Faint. New.

My breath tore out of me like a punch.

“Ellaine…” I whispered, barely able to form the word. “Your heartbeat—there’s—”

I pressed my palm to her abdomen.

The bond didn’t lie.

Her pulse was steady.

But beneath it–A second rhythm.

So tiny I would’ve missed it if I weren’t Lycaon.

The world broke open inside my chest.

“Ellaine,” I breathed again, voice strained, raw. “You’re… you’re pregnant.”

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She blinked up at me, startled. “What?”

Audrey gasped. Marlow swore under his breath. Lira dropped the bandages she was holding

My throat tightened painfully. “There’s another heartbeat. Inside you. A life.”

Her lips parted. Her hands moved instinctively to her stomach.

“I thought… I thought I was imagining it,” she whispered.

I sank to my knees with her still in my arms, my forehead pressing to her belly as emotion ripped through me–joy so violent it broke something open in my soul.

A sob escaped me before I could stop it.

“My Luna,” I choked out. “My love… you’re carrying my child.”

My heir.

Our blood.

A miracle neither of us believed we could have.

Ellaine touched my hair gently, the way she does when she wants to calm me. “Francesco…”

I lifted my head, eyes burning, vision blurred. “You’ve given me everything, and now–now this—”

I trembled.

The King Alpha, trembling.

“I’m going to be a father,” I whispered, voice breaking.

Ellaine’s eyes filled with tears. She cupped my cheeks. “Yes… yes, Francesco.”

I crushed her against my chest, breathing her in like she was air after drowning.

Joy.

Wonder.

Terror.

But one emotion rose above them all- ‘Love so fierce it felt like a second heartbeat of its own.’

I kissed her her forehead, her lips, her hands, her stomach–unable to stop myself. She laughed softly through her tears.

But then–Her body tensed.

Her scent changed again.

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A sharp, metallic tang hit my nose.

Blood.

Not hers.

Ours.