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.

she was gone for good. My contacts were keeping a close

had become important to

had no doubt 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,

the rumors and suspicions that had always swirled around me. Whatever the truth about

Ella made that persona far

do. The agreement was simple: I would help her, and she would

only end after I became king. Until that moment, she was my top priority. Anyone who threatened

sound of a phone ringing cut through my thoughts. Ella’s eyes went wide and

the phone to her ear. She had

father would like you to bring me home. He wants to talk to both of us about what happened yesterday,” she said

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

I went into my room to get dressed and allow her some privacy to speak to her

dangerous precedent, blurring the lines between the reality of our situation and the farce we had agreed to carry out.