Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0150

Chapter 0150

Ella POV

“The f

food was incredible, as always,” Elizabeth remarked as we stepped out the front door.

“I’ll pass that along to the kitchen staff–they’ll be thrilled” I replied with a smile.

It was one of those rare, warm days that clung on past summer’s end, so we decided to take a walk before Elizabeth had to return to the capital. There was still so much left unsaid, but as we strolled down the path, I noticed an unmistakable shift in her mood.

any more days like this,” I commented, glancing at the sky. “The weather’s going to change

“We won’t have many

soon.”

in her brow. “I think it’ll

was tight, her gaze distant as she kept glancing at me, then quickly looking away. After the easy, lighthearted mood we’d shared all afternoon, the sudden tension felt like a cold wind. I told myself not to press if she had something to say, she’d say it in her own time. But as we turned the corner at the end of the block, her silence

being away from the constant noise of the capital?”

like this back home. You can’t even step

I muttered, thinking of how relentless the scrutiny on her must be.

sigh that felt too heavy for such

I

forced a

in her eyes told me otherwise. There was something she wasn’t saying–something weighing her down that she didn’t feel she could share with me.

trust with almost anything. It unsettled me to think that she couldn’t

again, I hadn’t exactly been open with Elizabeth about everything. I’d done my best to shield her from the turmoil surrounding David. The

told her about the attack at the hotel. I’d simply ignored the rumors swirling around it. Alexander, ever protective, had used his influence to keep the story out of the headlines, offering the press

persisted. The rumors might have lost momentum in

me: I knew that Elizabeth spent time on social media, where rumors circulated endlessly. If she’d heard any of it,