Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter Coa

Chapter 0037

I stared at the young, panicked driver as I tried to make sense of his words.

Of course, we invited the Alpha King to the wedding–it would be an Insult not to–but he never attended events like this. There were too many weddings too frequently, and he didn’t want to give the appearance of favoritism by only going to a few chosen events.

I knew what the driver was saying was unlikely, but he seemed so panicked that I knew he wasn’t lying

The entire kitchen had gone still as everyone stared at the boy, waiting for someone to react.

I turned my eyes to my mother. She was staring at me with the same look of surprise that I was sure was on my own face.

“Who told you this?” my mother finally asked.

“We got a message,” the boy replied, “a message from the king’s driver, that they would be arriving shortly before the ceremony is to begin. They told us to be prepared for the king and his guest.”

“Are we prepared?” I asked, turning my uncertain eyes to my mother. “If the king is truly coming, then everything has to be perfect.”

“It will be,” she said.

“We can’t afford for any slight thing to go wrong or to be out of place. We can’t risk upsetting or insulting the king, even accidentally.”

“I know,” my mother said, grabbing both of my arms and making me look into her face. “Take a deep breath and calm down, Ella. Everything is going to be perfect.”

The king had not come to my wedding in the original timeline, and I had no idea why he would have changed his mind now. Could it be because I had been attending Alpha Council meetings and made such a good impression that he was going out of his way for me? I had a hard time believing it, but I had no other explanation.

My mother released my arms and grabbed a pastry from the counter.

“Eat this and drink a cup of coffee,” she instructed, “then go upstairs and get ready for your wedding.”

“But I need to make sure that the staff-”

care of everything,” she promised. “All you need to focus on is

flaky pastry from her and nodded in agreement. I knew I could trust my mother to make sure everything was completely perfect, but I still felt

privately, and I leaned against the counter, eating the pastry as my mind

me to know if things would proceed the way they had in the original timeline. What if everything went wrong? What if my plan fell

it would do no good for me to think that way. I had to move forward and

drank a cup of coffee and then started to head upstairs. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to sit still to get my hair and makeup done. I was feeling anxious, and, if I was honest, a little frightened. I needed reassurance, I didn’t know who to go

but

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Chapter 0037

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suite, I ducked into a storage room across the hall and pulled my phone out of my pocket.

would call me if he was available to talk. But now I was shaky and frightened, and he was the only one I could think of who could make

the second ring. “What is

be attending tonight,” I said in a breathless rush. “I don’t

to do.”

you proceed as usual. I don’t think this warrants an adjustment in the

to this. Surely, he must understand how odd it was for the King to come

bit like his beta. That’s when I understood why he was speaking strangely he wasn’t alone. He was being guarded so that he wouldn’t

if he was in a place where

had called him.

I

have just ruined everything with my

with my assessment?” Alexander

replied quickly. “You’re right, of course.”

was too late to make any changes to the plan anyway. I would just have to hope that the king’s presence wouldn’t alter things in an unexpected

wanted to give you a heads up,” I said, trying to sound calm,

you for passing along the information,” he replied. “We’ll talk again soon.”

I answered before quickly hanging up.

but I resisted the urge. Even hiding in a storage room, there was