Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

The Alpha King is unavailable 210

I paced anxiously across the polished hardwood floors of Rosewood Haven, my phone

clutched tightly in my hand. For the fifth time in an hour, I dialed Maxwell Chen's number, only

to be sent straight to voicemail again.

"Maxwell, this is Victoria. Call me back immediately. I need to know where Ethan is."

I ended the call with a frustrated tap, fighting the unfamiliar sensation of panic rising in my

before. Maxwell always answered my calls,

messages. Something

Matriarch Evelyn Stone's death, I had put on

to help Ethan with the funeral

while secretly relieved that the old woman was finally

thorn in my

expectations-we weren't officially together yet, so I had no legitimate status in handling

or attention.