Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

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Chapter 0024

“If you really loved her, you wouldn’t use the term ‘wolfless.‘”

I turned toward the voice and found Alexander approaching with a fiery look in his eyes.

should

as you “It’s an inherently offensive term, and it’s not accurate. Her wolf is merely dormant due to illness, all well know since she is the daughter of a prominent Alpha and her first shift was well celebrated. Having a dormant wolf due to illness is temporary, even if it lasts for years, and it is something that Ella will no doubt recover from. It is in no way a defect.”

I felt my heartbeat flutter as I listened to Alexander’s defense of me. He was right, but more importantly, he was making David seem like a jerk.

“He’s right,” I said, turning back toward the cameras. “My wolf is with me still; she’s only dormant, and I’m following the advice of my doctor to recover from this illness and bring my wolf back to full strength. It’s only a matter of time before it happens. I am not wolfless, and I am perfectly capable of fulfilling my duties to my pack.”

The crowd around us applauded, which caught me off guard and made me blush with embarrassment. Alexander was still standing close behind me, which helped me feel a little more confident as I turned toward David.

“You’ve known about this for years,“I pointed out. “So if you had a problem with it, I really hope you wouldn’t have proposed to me anyway.”

This got a loud reaction from the crowd as I heard people murmuring to themselves about David’s pompous behavior.

I could see her frowning deeply; her unhappy expression mirrored

David’s.

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He was so humiliated by Alexander’s speech and the crowd’s reaction to him that he couldn’t bear to stay. He and Amanda had met

of Ella’s illness but also

and chosen the words carefully. He never expected using the word “wolfless” to cause a

word choices? There was no real difference between being wolfless.and having a dormant wolf–either way, it meant that Ella couldn’t shift and she

whole point of tonight was to take Ella down a peg and damage her newfound self–confidence, but thanks to Alexander stealing the spotlight

of Alexander was growing by the day. It would make it all the more satisfying to defeat him in the race for

had a tendency to lash out when

David’s phone began to ring. It was a

it immediately. What’s

Ella replied. “You left so quickly that I was worked you

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Chapter 0024

good at speaking to reporters like that, and I didn’t want to say something

of your