Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

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Ella POV

When David’s eyes met niine, he smiled brightly. It was a genuine smile, and it took me off guard. Then I realized why he was so happy: everyone around him was looking at me in shock, and he liked the attention.

He stepped away from the group and put his arm around my waist.

“This is Ella,” he said, introducing me to the women. “My fiancée.”

The women all turned their attention to me, leaving Amanda to pout on her own

“It’s so nice to meet you,” the first woman said. I reached out my hand to her, and she shook it.

“It’s nice to meet you too,” I replied. Then I turned to the second woman and smiled. “Nice to see you again.”

“It’s nice to see you too,” she said weakly.

“Are you all right?” I asked. “You seem a little shaken.”

She smiled awkwardly. “I’m just surprised. You seem so different than the last time I saw you.”

“You’re nothing like the spoiled little princess I’ve heard stories about,” the first woman said.

I raised my eyebrows at her in faux surprise. “Is that what you’ve heard about me?” I asked. “Who would say such a thing?”

Both of the women glanced at Amanda, and she looked away from all of us.

Excited whispers started up in the crowd, and we turned to see Alexander approaching the podium. I pulled away from David’s grip and moved forward with the crowd so that I wouldn’t miss the speech. David and the rest of his friends followed after me.

giggling as Alexander waved and smiled in greeting. I couldn’t blame them

stepped up to the microphone and

own pack but for all of us. I want this to be a safe and inclusive place for all of our packs to interact together.”

long time. I could see why people

I could feel the crowd shift

snidely. “He’s just putting on this show for

able to bring this to the capital for everyone to enjoy, so I hope that you’ll all come in today, check out what we

there was a row of cameras and some Journalis jotting down notes. The crowd applauded Alexander’s short speech, and as the sound died down, one of the reporters called out in a joking tone,

when

throwing their arms up in the air and waving to get

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could be seen as a disadvantage for an Alpha King candidate,” the reporter added.

eye contact. Then he looked back at the crowd, and with a sly smile on his face, he said, “Actually, I’ve already fallen

open in shock, and I could hear the crowd having a similar reaction. Some people even booed, and I’m pretty sure I heard one woman crying. Mostly,

was confident, willing to take risks, and charming, far more so than people who played it

mystery love was. He could also trust that they wouldn’t uncover anything because there was nothing to uncover–we’d never

winning people over could only be done if they were thinking and talking about him. Plus, he was setting the stage for our

in and saying that he hoped everyone had a great day. Then he left

would look suspicious if I did. As I was trying to decide what to do, Amanda linked

outfit today that you need to refresh your wardrobe and

that she just wanted to make sure I looked immature in public. She wanted herself to look better

make people see her as the better Luna, the more mature and reasonable one. No one could know that I was acting as I did because of

Council is coming up, and I think I’d like to go with

to. He used to stress how important it was that I learned how to be a leader. I knew he hoped that I would be able to learn more about pack affairs, but he always let me go when I acted spoiled in front of him.

had more