Chapter : 848
Judy’s POV
My heart stopped in my chest. Daisy and Lila wanted to speak with me… I looked up at Gavin, and I could see his jaw tense. His eyes blazed with protection and anger.
“She’s not going anywhere,” Gavin said through his teeth.
I swallowed hard, stepping back just enough to get a good look at him, meeting his eyes. He was determined to keep our little family safe.
“I should talk to them,” I spoke the words before my mind could fully catch up. “Gavin, if they’re asking for me… It’s not random.”
“It doesn’t matter,” he snapped. “They sent rogues to the house, Judy. To you. And now they want you to just scroll over there alone? Absolutely not.”
“I won’t go unprotected. You can come with me, and so will some of the gammas,” I told him, stepping closer to him.
“I don’t trust them,” he said, turning to look at me. “I can’t—”
“Gavin “
“No,” he said sharply, closing the gap between us; his hands gripping my arms, gentle but full of frustration. “You’re pregnant. Those rogues could have taken you, and now I’m supposed to let you walk towards the people responsible?”
“They sent rogues to get me; we don’t know what they wanted,” I say, my eyes narrowed. “For all we know, they just want to talk.”
“And if they don’t?” He asked, narrowing his eyes right back at me. “If they try to take you? What happens then…. I can’t lose you, Judy.”
He pressed his forehead against mine and took in a deep breath.
I closed my eyes, breathing him in as well.
“You won’t,” I assured him. “You’ll be there the entire time, and you’ll protect me… I know you will. I trust you more than anyone in this world, Gavin. You won’t let anything happen to me. Please… I need to see what they want, and if anything, I need to get that Moon Gem from Lila. According to Cora, it belongs to me. I don’t want it in her hands any longer.”
He stepped back, dragging a hand through his hair. He looked like he wanted to punch a wall, and I wanted to reach out and comfort him, but I stood my ground. Taylor stood awkwardly in the doorway, his eyes shifted to the ground, refusing to look at either of us.
“You’re asking me to let you walk into danger… again. You shouldn’t be worried about stuff like this…we have a wedding to plan and a future to work towards. A baby to prepare for…a Luna ceremony to hold.”
I reached up and touched his cheek, holding it and making his eyes meet mine.
“And we will plan for all of that,” I said, my voice a soft whisper. “I promise you…I will be walking down that aisle and marrying you. I will be having your baby and standing by your side as your Luna. But want what belongs to me… I want to know where I came from. I want to hear what they have to say and figure out what they know.”
He was quiet for a long while, both of us staring at one another like we held the answers to everything.
He soon let out a breath and bent to brush his lips across mine.
“I’m coming with you.”
“I know,” I say without hesitation.
“And so are some of the other gammas. You won’t be alone with them even for a second.”
“I know,” I said again, a smile tugging at the corner of my lips.
After a moment, he nodded.
“If anything feels wrong, I’m getting you out of there,” he promised, cupping my face
in his warm hands. “Swear to me that you won’t take risks.”
“I promise,” I say without hesitation.
He nodded, looking relieved, though his body still held tension.
I grabbed my jacket off a chair and headed towards the door. Taylor stepped aside so I could walk through it. Before we left, we
checked in on Irene and Mattinet
who
were sitting in frene’s bedroom Erik leaning against the far wall one of them was talking, and Irene’s face was flushed; she refused to look at Erik, and he looked utterly miserable. But he was there to protect them, and I was grateful for that.
Erik and Gavin exchanged some words; he explained what was going on, and
though Erik also protested about us walking into the lion’s den, he knew better than
to argue. Soon, we were leaving, my heart heavy in my chest.
The outside was much quieter than it had been most of the rogues were either gone. or dead. I tried not to look at the dead bodies on the ground and tried not to feel sick at the sight of them continued to walk through the villa yard, my mind whirling.