His Blue Moon Princess
His Sunshine Baby Chapter 71

We drive to the address, and Daniel doesn't stop saying how we will get in trouble for entering the Blood Moon Clan's territory, but I couldn't care less. I'm still mind-linking Nora, silently, feeling her anger, her sadness, and her distress.

We finally spot Nora, standing under the restaurant's sign, and Moon Goddess, she looks like a mess. She gets in the car, soaked and crying loudly. Her black hair is stuck on her cheeks, and her makeup running down on her face. And how come she is wearing an expensive-looking dress ...? "Nora... What happened?" I ask, trying to calm her down.

"Wait, it smells like blood, babe;" says Danny.

I check Nora. Is she injured? She doesn't look like she could have been fighting... I finally see her feet.

"Oh my Goddess, Nora!"

Moon Goddess, how could she even stand like this! Her feet are covered in blood! Is that glass? Her white skin is cut in multiple places, it looks damn painful just by looking at it! But she acts as if she had only just realized it too, and keeps sniffling and sobbing the same, shaking her head.

"Danny, you think you can handle that?" I ask, looking at the injury. "Or do we take her to a hospital?"

Danny gives a few glances back. I know this isn't exactly his expertise, but his mom and sister are nurses, so...

"It should be ok," he finally says. "But we need to disinfect it quickly."

"My Goddess, Nora... What happened to you?"

She looks at me, and starts talking, but crying a lot more too.

"I... I thought there was something wrong with Damian, and... And Liam said there was this party... For the Black Corp, their... company... So I... I hid that I was going, and Liam took me there, and Bobo too, and..."

She starts crying a lot louder, breathing with difficulty. I pat her back, feeling sad as she is, trying to comfort her. She keeps trying to push her messy hair out of her face, with trembling hands and erratic moves. "Damian was... there, with that woman, and they said she's... His fiancée!"

What the actual f**k? Nora is his fated mate, isn't she? He even made all a ruckus about replaceing her for years, and now the King is getting engaged to someone else? What the hell is going on!

"That... That woman, King, she... She was acting like they were really close, and she was by his side, and Damian was okay with it, and... And he said it's true... He's... He's engaged, to her... Elena, I don't get it! He said he loves me, but he doesn't want me as his Luna... I don't get it! She's just... She was..."

But her words are lost in her crying, and it goes on for a while.

My gosh, poor Nora... How could he do that? The King is... "...Men are jerks."

"Not helpful, Danny!" I growl at him.

Seriously, can he not make it about him for once? I take a deep breath, even though I'm probably as mad as he is at the King for doing such a thing. Engaged to Alexandra King, of all people? The Gold Moon Clan's daughter? That woman is known to be a mythic b***h! She's crazy rich and so full of herself, too, for what I've seen or heard of her. So that was that shitty alliance Clark mentioned...

I take a deep breath. I need to calm down, Nora is already enough of a wreck as it is...

"Nora, I'm so sorry about what you went through tonight, really. But don't worry, ok? Tonight you will stay at our place, have a good sleep and calm down. And we can talk about it tomorrow when you feel better, ok?"

She nods weakly, her cheeks till soaked with tears.

"What is there to talk about? She needs to ditch the guy and Basta."

"Danny, park the damn car and shut up!"

It feels like a short ride back to her place, but Nora manages to calm down a little. Her feet worry me, though, her shoes literally turned red from all the blood... I wrapped her in the blanket meant for me, but she doesn't look good. She's whiter than usual if possible, and the rain got her all cold and wet no matter how Danny pushes the heater on in the car.

By the time we get back to our apartment, she has somewhat calmed down, and I suspect all this crying has exhausted her. We get her to the couch, and Danny runs to get the first aid kit his mom gave us. I can't even look at her feet, all this blood makes me so

nauseous.

"How is it, Danny?" I ask without looking.

"Bleeding a lot? I'm gonna have to make sure she doesn't have any glass left in her foot, but it should be ok. Not a good idea to run around with your feet in that state, sweetheart..."

"Sorry... I didn't realize."

While Daniel starts to look at her feet and do whatever he can with a frown on, I get up and head to the kitchen to get her something hot to drink.

"I would love a cappuccino, too," says Danny.

"I wasn't asking you!"

"Thank you, babe."

I roll my eyes but of course, I do some for it too. I grab the coffee out of habit, but Daniel's head turns like a hawk.

"No coffee for you, mama!"

"Crap, I forgot..."

I'll just make myself some lemon tea too then. We need to buy more soon, I've been drinking nothing but citrus tea lately... Suddenly, my phone vibrates. "It's Nate..." I sigh.

Why is he calling now, of all times? Danny frowns, turning to me with his gloves full of blood.

"They are probably looking for her," he says. "You should answer before the whole Blood Moon Clan rushes to our territory."

Damn, he's probably right... If they are intensely worried and searching, Boyan probably told them before it escalates. Of all places, this is the first Nora could think of that is not within the Blood Moon's domination. Nora is looking at me with her eyes full of worry and something that looks like... wariness. I take a big breath. Damn, I haven't talked to Nate in ages, and we barely texted each other too. I was too busy hiding my pregnancy from him...

"Yes, Nate?"

"Hi, Elena. Are you okay?"

"I'm ok, thanks..."

"I haven't heard from you in a while, I was... A bit worried."

I bet. He probably thought we would be able to talk soon. Honestly, I hoped so too. I didn't expect to be under Clark's surveillance so soon, but since he discovered the truth about the baby... I take a look down at my little bump, hidden under my sweater. "I know, sorry, I've been busy."

Busy watching tv and eating pizza. I feel so damn useless now that I think about it. If only I wasn't sick on top of pregnant... Deep breath, Elena, it's for your daughter's health too. Moon Goddess, it's so hard to hear his voice and not spill anything. But I still haven't heard from Clark, and the wrong word could get me banished and penniless in a minute...

"Sorry if this question seems really out of the blue for you, but have you heard anything from Nora Bluemoon, by any chance?"

"

I frown. So Boyan did let him know about my relationship with Nora? How much did he actually say? Damn, I don't know how much he knows...

...Yes, yes, she's here with me, at my place."

"Really? How is she? Is she hurt?"

"Yeah, she's ok," I answer, a bit annoyed. "Well, a bit shook up, but she is safe, and Daniel is taking care of her feet..."

Who got her in this state in the first place? I seriously hope the King is regretting being a damn i***t and doing this to my cousin. At least, they do sound worried about her.

"All right. Good to know. I'll dispatch someone to come and get her, and..."

I stop him right there.

"Not tonight, Nate. It's not a good idea. Nora is still too upset, she needs some time."

A brief silence, and I wonder if he's talking or mind-linking someone. Is he with his brothers? Does the King know? He's probably with him, considering how Nate is not mentioning anything about our own relationship... By the way, how much do his brothers actually know about us?

"Elena, do you mind looking over Nora for us? I understand if she feels better staying with you, at least for tonight...

"Yes, of course. As long as she needs."

She could stay a full month, I wouldn't mind. Actually, I'm happy she's here. I'm mad at her mate, King or not, for being such a jerk to her. To be honest, there are a few very impolite and disrespectful things I wish I could say to him but now is probably not the right time.

Finally, I hear Nate talking to someone, but then, his tone changes a little.

"Who is with you?"

"That's none of your business, Nate."

What, is he making this about Levi again, seriously, now? I hear him sigh.

"It's... Boyan wants to come over."

Oh. Not what I thought, then. Well, I think Boyan is not to blame, but Nora definitely needs some time from the Blood Moon to think... Maybe not now, but at least tomorrow morning, when she feels better. "Nora?" I call her.

She was watching me all this time, but Daniel turns his head to me too. "Yes?"

"Bobo wants to come and see you tomorrow morning... Is that ok?"

She hesitates for a while, but in the meantime, Daniel's eyes are literally shining. To think he was mad at him an hour ago... I can't believe him. He's so childish at times! Finally, Nora nods. "She said yes."

"All right, let's do that then," says Nate, with a bit of relief in his voice.

"...Ok."

He hesitates a while, and I wonder if I should hang up.

"Elena, you... Are you sure you're fine?"

I get red immediately. Why is he saying that? Did he sense something? He couldn't tell just from my voice over the phone, right? I get really nervous. Is he just asking to be polite? Or does he suspects something? Boyan wouldn't have told him, right? And he didn't seem to notice anything at the fight either! "Yes, I'm fine, I told you. Good night, Nathaniel."

I hang up a bit fast and leave out a big sigh. Damn... Just five minutes on the phone and I'm such a mess already...

"... Are you ok, babe?"

"I am," I reply to Danny. "And don't ask, Nora is the one to be worried about."

I can't take too much attention on me right now, and I want to focus on Nora anyway. At least Nate didn't have the guts to get engaged to some other bitch...

"Well, she should be happy, Boyan is coming for her."

"Oh, stop being a baby, Danny! Bobo is worried about Nora, as a friend! Now drop the jealousy act, or baby or not, I'm really kicking your scrawny a*s!" Nora suddenly looks at us with wide-open eyes.

"So you're Bobo's mysterious boyfriend!"

Oh, right, she probably had no idea about those two until now... Daniel immediately turns red as a beet while I chuckle.

"Bobo's mysterious boyfriend, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"I knew it! I always saw him texting someone so I knew he had a partner, so..."

Danny's embarrassed face is priceless. He pretends to be twice as focused on Nora's feet, but his ears are red, very, very red right now.

"We...we need to disinfect th... This quickly, and..."

"You already disinfected it, Danny, stop pretending. Well, don't you have things to ask Nora?" I ask, taking the spot next to her on the couch.

Nora frowns and grabs the hot tea.

"I'm sorry Daniel, Boyan is always with me, you must miss him..."

"It... It's fine, I understand..."

"Really? I thought someone was on the verge of breaking up with him..." I whisper behind my cup.

"Elena, shut it!"

I laugh. My gosh, now that he's facing Nora, he is so embarrassed it's cute.

They talk about Boyan for a bit, and now that she can think of something else, Nora looks a lot better. It's the first time we can actually see each other since we know about our real relation... I see her more like a little sister, though. It's hard, I can't remember much, yet I have this feeling of closeness with her like we know each other from before...

I wonder how Reagan would react to Nora, actually. She probably has no idea there's another survivor to the Blue Moon Clan...

Nora, Daniel and I talk for a bit, mostly to distract Nora out of her bad evening. She falls asleep shortly, though, and Daniel and I watch her for a while. She's even prettier than before, somehow, despite her red eyes and nose.

"It's funny," says Daniel. "She doesn't look much like you physically, but... I still see how you too are alike."

"Really?"

"Yeah... I don't know, like an impression or something. In the way she talks, or she moves... Is it a Royal thing?"

I sigh and shake my head.

"I'm not a Royal, Danny..."

"A part of you is. At a lesser degree than Nora, for sure, but... I want to see the results. If she is as pure-blooded as we think, it may explain why you are so different too. Your mind-linking ability, your slow healing..."

I put a hand on my belly, a bit worried. If I am any part Royal, my baby will inherit this... And her father is a pure Alpha, too. Will that reinforce her Royal blood? I have no idea how it works. I just wish she could live a normal, happy life. Her parents being of different packs is enough of a nightmare as it is...

"I will tell Nate. Next time I see him... Even if Clark banishes me."

Daniel frowns, unable to hide his worry.

"I understand, Babe. I hope he doesn't, but... The King's engagement confirms there is something bad going on. Damn, Moon Goddess may prevent a war. I thought things had been calmer with the Black's father's death, but..."

We both look at Nora, whose eyes still get teary in her sleep.

"She probably will be the first thrown in the middle of all this, you know. I don't know why the King got engaged, but Nora won't put up with it. She's a Luna, deep down, she knows that."

"Oh, I would pay to see her get rid of that b***h of Alexandra King," sighs Daniel. "Damn the Gold Moon Clan..."

"Come on, let's get her to bed. Let's think about this mess another day, I'm tired."

"All right..."

Danny carries Nora all the way to his bed and agrees to sleep on the Sofa. Thank Moon Goddess she's petite, Daniel's muscle mass isn't the most impressive of the pack. We finally get to bed, but I can't replace sleep for a while.

Hearing Nathaniel's voice for the first time in a while made me feel a bit better. My wolf is yearning for him. I try to imagine how he'll react to my pregnancy. Nate can be really sweet sometimes... I just hope he'll take it well. If I'm rejected by both him and the White Moon Clan, I really will have nowhere to go.

Babe.

Mh?

Why is Danny mind linking at such a late hour? I sit up in my bed, confused.

Look out your window.

I push my curtain, and take a while to see it in the darkness. A wolf, sitting at the corner of a building, completely still. Damn it, it's Diego...

How long has he been here?

No idea, I just spotted him. What the hell is he doing?

I don't know, but it's odd he won't approach.

Clark may have put someone to watch you, don't you think?

Or he knows I'm not alone. Damn it!

Babe, you really need to talk to Black. I don't care about Clark's decision, I don't want this guy to keep loitering around you. If he knows about your baby...

I know, Danny.

I growl unconsciously and keep watching. After a while, it starts raining outside, and Diego walks away, but I can't settle down.