The Lost Pack (Paige) novel Chapter 132

*Paiges*

The small corridor outside the treatment room is quiet and dimly lit. I make it halfway to the door that leads outside before my legs give out, and I slide down the wall, burying my face in my hands.

It’s only when I’m alone that the tears really come. Not deep, painful sobs this time, but quiet, shaking relief. I cry for everything! almost lost, for every moment I thought I’d never get back. For Ryder’s heartbeat that stuttered under my hands, for Callen’s fear, for the helplessness that almost broke me.

“Hey.”

Poppy’s voice comes softly from behind me. I look up to see her leaning against the opposite wall, a small smile tugging at her lips. She slides down until she’s sitting beside me, handing over a tissue.

“You did well in there,” she says gently.

| laugh weakly, wiping my face. “I didn’t even know I could do that.”

“Me either,” she says, resting her head back against the wall. “Though if I’m honest, I think we both could’ve done with a little warning before you decided to announce to the universe that you’re a literal descendant of the Moon Goddess.

I blink, startled. “What?”

She turns her head to look at me, eyes glinting with amusement despite the exhaustion written across her face. “A Moon Child, Paige.

That’s what Ronnie called it, right? You could have at least mentioned that part before pulling off divine-level healing.”

Heat creeps up my neck. “I… I wasn’t sure yet,” I admit softly. “And you already had so much to deal with when we first started figuring it out. I didn’t want to add another earth-shattering revelation until I had something more concrete than a maybe. It didn’t feel fair to throw another impossible thing at you when you were already trying to hold everything together.”

Ronnie’s footsteps echo down the hall before I can say more. He stops beside us, raising a brow. “Well, it’s definitely not a maybe anymore,

” he says with a grin, crouching down to our level. “Pretty sure what you just pulled off qualifies as divine intervention.”

Poppy laughs under her breath, glancing up at him. “He’s got you there, Paige.”

I groan quietly, scrubbing at my face with my sleeve. “Okay, fine. Maybe I should’ve said something. But it didn’t feel real. It still doesn’t.”

Poppy reaches over, curling her hand around mine. Her touch is warm against my clammy skin. “Hey,” she says gently. “I get it. Honestly, I think I would’ve done the same. You’ve got good instincts, and I trust you. You’ve looked after me all these years, and you’ve never done me wrong yet. You knew what I could handle, and that I wasn’t ready to hear anything else so soon. You don’t need to apologise for that.”

I lean into her, resting my head on her shoulder, so glad that she’s not upset I kept this from her.

“Besides,” she continues, “it wasn’t a massive shock. I already figured something was different about us. I know how rare it is for a human to be fated to a wolf, never mind multiple of them. It’s too much of a coincidence for all of this to be chance.”

Ronnie hums in agreement. “Yeah, I’ve been around a while, and l’ve never seen anything quite like it. We get the occasional human mate here and there but not anything like this.”

Poppy nods. “Exactly, and Leo and Jake have been telling me about old legends lately. About divine bonds and gifts from the Goddess. When they mentioned the Moon Goddess and her chosen children, something about it just… clicked. The term Moon Child felt right. Like I already knew it somehow. So, when you glowed like a freaking sunrise in there, I can’t say I was completely shocked.”

Ronnie chuckles, rubbing a hand over the back of his neck. “You were both glowing. It scared the hell out of me for a second.”

I let out weak laugh, wiping at my eyes again.

“You’re making it sound like some kind of myth.

It’s not like you’ve not seen it before, Jake glows too.”

Ronnie tilts his head, eyes widening. “No, he doesn’t.”

I frown and look at Poppy, who shakes her head slowly.

“I’ve seen it,” I insist. “When he is trying to heal, his hands get this faint glow. I’m not imagining it.”

“I believe you,” Ronnie says with a reassuring smile. “If anyone had the ability to see a gift that comes directly from the Goddess, it would be one of her Moon Children. When things calm down here, I’d love to work with you both to see just how gifted you are, because after what I saw you two do today. I think we’ve only just scratched the surface of what you are capable of.”

“I’m in,” Poppy grins. “But for now, let’s just be grateful for the miracle my sister just pulled off, because honestly, I was about 70% sure Ryder wasn’t coming back from that.”

The lump in my throat grows thicker, and I squeeze her hand. “We saved him,” I whisper. ” All of us. I couldn’t have done it alone.”for more updates visit J(o)b(ni)b_._{c}omRonnie’s expression softens. “You might be right about that,” he says, glancing down the hall toward the closed door of Ryder’s room. ” An alpha is only as strong as his pack, and tonight his strength grew in that room.”We all sit quietly for a moment, letting the gravity of everything that happened settle.

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