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-”

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

I could trust my mother to make sure everything was completely perfect, but I still felt anxious

mother calmly led the driver out of the room to speak with him privately, and I leaned against the counter, eating the pastry as my mind raced with all of

at the wedding could change everything. There was no way for me to know if things would proceed the way they had

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

be able to sit still to get my hair and makeup done. I

but

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Chapter 0037

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into a storage room across the hall

time I had ever called Alexander. Usually, I would text, and he would call me if he was available to talk. But now I was shaky and frightened, and he was

is it?” he asked in a curt tone.

Alpha King will be attending tonight,”

to do.”

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

understand how odd it was for the King to come to

the other end of the phone. Someone was speaking to Alexander. I couldn’t be certain, but it sounded a little bit like his beta. That’s when I

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 supposed to have

strange if anyone knew I had called him. As far

I

ruined everything with my impulsiveness had to

with my assessment?” Alexander

replied quickly. “You’re right, of

plan anyway. I would just have to

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

the information,” he

I answered before quickly hanging

in frustration, but I resisted the urge. Even hiding in a storage room, there was a possibility that someone would hear me. I didn’t