Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0010

Ella POV

“That’s so generous of Alpha Alexander. Please make sure he knows we’re grateful for this.” I smiled at the employee.

“Who needs him to pay for it?” David muttered bitterly.

Amanda’s mouth was hanging open in surprise as she stared at the expensive clothing. I knew if she were in my shoes, she’d go on a spree and get everything in the shopping center that even remotely interested her. I wasn’t going to do that, though; these two outfits were more than enough for me.

The employee bagged up the clothes for me, and I thanked her again before turning to head out of the shop.

David was fuming, which I found amusing, and I knew it was at least in part Alexander’s goal. He wanted to show me that he was serious about this arrangement. I did appreciate the reassurance; it seemed that our alliance was off to a great start.

“That’s a very nice gesture from Alpha Alexander,” my mother said.

“Maybe he’s more generous than we realized,” I said thoughtfully.

“Is there anything else you want to do while we’re here?” my father asked.

I shook my head. “This is everything that I needed.”

“So you’re leaving?” Amanda asked in disbelief.

“I should get home and study up for the council meeting,” replied.

I saw David and Amanda exchange a quick glance, but I didn’t react. They could spend the rest of the day here. alone if that’s what they wanted to do–it didn’t bother me

Now that I collaborated with Alexander, his men would soon give me a way to prove their affair. More alone time for the two of them would only help my plan.

Hopefully.

opened her arms and stepped toward me for a hug. It disgusted me, but wrapped my

her back. “But we’ll always

course,” Amanda said, squeezing back

pretended that I was still the naive, trusting girl they had taken advantage of, but I wasn’t that person anymore, and I hated pretending that I

worth

we got to the house, I started to head up the stairs to my room. I heard my mother call after me, “Don’t forget to take

won’t called back.

but It was Important that I keep the habit, I set the bag on my bed and

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Chapter 0010

always did when I had to take them. When I had first turned 18 and shifted, everything was fine, but shortly afterward, for reasons the doctors couldn’t understand, my wolf had gone dormant.

deal–in these modern times, we didn’t show our wolves off much. There wasn’t much reason to shift, so we were

day I would be cured. The pills were supposed to help with that, but they never had. I turned the bottle over in my hand, frowning

I knew it was pointless, why should I keep taking them? All they ever did was give me a stomach ache.

more meaningful for me to investigate my

death, David mentioned someone had

rogues.

knew that couldn’t be true. I had to discover who the betrayer was and why they had done it. I needed to stay close

the shadows,

went down to my father’s office. “When exactly

said. “Are you

completely out of

pointed to the seats across from his desk. I immediately sat down. When I was young, my father used to help me with my homework like this, and it always felt very grown up to me. Now, hopefully, there was more he could teach

feeling unprepared about?” he asked.

know that we are in a good position,

For the next few hours, I listened attentively as my father explained how his Beta and several Gammas had worked out a system to manage our

of a certain sector, and they all reported back to the Beta, who put together

made sure that every sector got individualized attention so nothing