Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0121

Chapter 0121

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I didn’t know what David planned to do to Ella, but I knew wouldn’t have been good. He was obsessed with her power, her position. To him, Ella was just a pawn. And I had no doubt David wouldn’t hesitate to break his toys if it suited his twisted agenda.

David’s connections to the Rogues were relatively new, according to my sources. He must have thought manipulating Ella would be easy, and in his desperation after losing control of her, he began reaching out to less- than–reputable friends to help fix what he had screwed up.

But it clearly wasn’t working for him. He was too brash and arrogant to navigate the criminal underworld. If he kept pushing his luck, he was going to get himself killed messing with the wrong people.

It took a cold, calculating person to survive with one foot in civilized society and the other in the underworld. David lacked both the intelligence and the level–headedness to pull it off. That only made him more dangerous to Ella.

And then there was Amanda. She seemed to have an even darker side than David. She’d been laying low since the wedding, and I couldn’t blame her.

I wouldn’t show my face in public either. But I didn’t trust that she was gone for good. My contacts were keeping a close eye

she had become important to me,

that Ella would hand me the kingdom, whether she realized it or not. There was something about her that people loved–the public was drawn to her, invested in her, and they took her words

her by my side softened all the rumors and suspicions that had always swirled around me. Whatever the truth about me was, it didn’t matter. What mattered was the persona I projected.

persona far more

wanted to stick to our contract, and so that’s what I would do. The agreement was simple: I would help her,

Until that moment, she was my top priority. Anyone who threatened her was a threat to me, and anyone who made her unhappy

sound of a phone ringing cut through my thoughts. Ella’s eyes went wide and she rushed to retrieve her phone from my bedroom.

a moment later with the phone to her ear. She had a slight blush on her face and a concerned expression.

bring me home. He wants to talk to both of us about what happened

an hour,” I said, loudly enough for the phone to pick up

I went into my room to

and the farce we