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-”

of everything,” she promised. “All you

my mother to make sure everything was

of the room to speak with him privately, and I leaned against the counter, eating the pastry as my mind raced with

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

my head. No, it would do no good for me to think that way. I had to move forward and trust that I would finally be able

if I would be able to sit still to get my hair and makeup

but

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left and going into the bridal suite, I ducked into a storage room across

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 me feel better and restore

second ring. “What is

just been told that the Alpha King will be attending tonight,” I said in a breathless rush. “I

to do.”

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

down at the phone. He was reacting strangely 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

stupid for having called him. I should have been more careful and texted him to see if he was in a place where he could talk. After all, we were not

extremely strange if anyone knew I had called him. As far as anyone knew, we

I

could have just ruined everything with my impulsiveness had to be

my

“You’re right,

make any changes to the plan anyway. I would just have to

said, trying to sound calm, “so

for passing along the information,”

answered before

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