Chapter 1045:

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She could feel him — not just emotionally, but in her mind.

Cece? His mental voice carried surprise and wonder.

Sebastian — our baby. I can feel our baby.

Cecilia pushed herself to her feet, ignoring the water swirling around her ankles.

“You want my daughter?” she said, her voice cutting through the chaos with unnatural clarity. “Come and take her from me.”

A radiant light began to pour from Cecilia’s skin, rising from her chest and spreading outward. It was not merely light — it was power in its purest form, untainted by ambition or greed.

Belinda screamed, throwing her hands up to shield her eyes. “Impossible! A human cannot channel the power of the Moon!”

“I am not just any human,” Cecilia said, advancing as the light around her intensified. “I am a Luna. I am a mother. And I am done being afraid of you.”

𝗙i𝘯𝗱 n𝗼𝘃еl 𝗣𝘋𝗙𝗌 on 𝗀𝘢𝗅ո𝗈v𝘦𝗹𝗌.𝗰𝘰𝘮

The witch’s face contorted with rage, abandoning any pretense of subtlety. Black tendrils of magic shot directly toward Cecilia’s abdomen.

“If I cannot have the vessel, I will take the power itself!” she shrieked.

But instead of recoiling, Cecilia raised her hand. The dark magic struck an invisible barrier and shattered — like glass against stone.

“My turn,” she said coldly.

Sebastian lunged forward — not to shield her this time, but to fight beside her. Belinda’s counterattack caught him, but he rolled with the impact and used the momentum to circle behind the witch.

Alpha Xavier and Gavin attacked simultaneously from opposite angles. And this time, when Belinda moved to repel them, Cecilia’s power reinforced their assault.

The witch stumbled, losing control.

“What’s wrong?” Cecilia pressed, advancing step by step. “Not feeling so brave now that your victim is fighting back?”

Cecilia felt no fear. The light within her grew stronger as she placed both hands over her abdomen in a gesture of protection. The mate bond between her and Sebastian pulsed like a living thing, spinning a thread of gold that held them together through the chaos.

What happened next took only seconds, though it felt like it unfolded in slow motion.

Cecilia did not wait for Belinda to strike again. She reached outward with her new power — not to destroy, but to free.

Xenia, she called, her voice finding somehow the girl trapped within. You are stronger than she is. Fight.

Belinda’s dark magic collided with Cecilia’s protective light. Sebastian’s Alpha power surged through the mate bond they shared. And from somewhere deep inside Cecilia, a third force rose — the pure, untouched power of a new life, amplified by the Moon Goddess’s blessing.

The collision released a shockwave that froze everyone in place.

Inside Xenia’s body, something shifted.

The real Xenia — suppressed for so long — found strength in the pure magic surrounding her. Cecilia’s words had given her permission to fight.

“Get… OUT!” Xenia’s true voice finally broke free, and her hands rose to seize the cracked ruby pendant.

“No!” Belinda shrieked as Xenia crushed the ruby in her fist.

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