Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0012

Ella POV

In my last life, I had naively believed that opening travel routes to the North would be a good thing and that it would bring opportunity to our pack. But now I had seen enough as a Luna to know that the North couldn’t be

trusted.

There was far too much rogue activity to safely open a travel route.

Of course, in this timeline, no one would expect me to know that.

I stood up as I prepared to answer. I could feel my father staring at me, and I wasn’t sure if he was concerned or confident. I didn’t dare to look. I took a deep breath and then began to speak.

“I can see the allure of opening travel with the North,” I said. “But considering the level of rogue activity around the northern border, I think that to make such a thing work we would be forced to open checkpoints and increase patrols at the border. It wouldn’t be cost–efficient, and it would compromise the safety of our people.”

A hush fell over the room as everyone stared at me. I kept my face neutral, though I worried that I had said something wrong.

David and his father were both staring at me as if I had lost my mind.

Did I misunderstand the situation, or had I revealed too much? Would people become suspicious that something strange was going on with me?

My hands started to shake from the nerves, then a voice spoke up.

It was the Alpha King.

“She makes a very good point,” the Alpha King said, “We must consider the safety and well–being of our people above all else, and the risks outweigh the benefits.”

He was smiling approvingly at me, and I felt relief wash over me. He had always been kind to me, but that was when I was only a child.

The Alpha King was a kind man and a devoted father. Everyone knew how much he loved his daughter and made sure that she was as capable and informed as any man in the kingdom. There had even been rumors that he planned to have his daughter inherit their pack when she grew up

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Chapter 9012

to walk around and socialize again.

ann around me.

his connection to me. I kept a friendly. smile

to pretend that everything was okay and that we were a happy couple deeply in love. That

watching me with a look of distaste

us to congratulate us on our engagement, and I nodded with a smile stuck to

looked at him and

couple,” one of the older alphas said, reaching

be so excited,” his

idea,” I

always knew it would be Ella,” David said. He made a show of gripping my waist

touched mine, my heart turned to ice. I had never been so

far away. I heard cheers and

your side,” the older alpha said, “you’ll have no problem convincing people

1 wanted to scrub my face and get the sensation of David’s touch off

attention back to the Alpha and Luna he was chatting with.

my lips.

quickly made my way out of the large lobby. As I passed by Alexander,