Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0151

Chapter 0151

“I’m just worried about you,” she admitted, her voice a soft whisper. “I’ve heard some terrible rumors… about you being attacked. Is it true?”

A surge of tension twisted in my chest, but I gave a slight nod. “It’s true that I was attacked,” I said carefully. “But I don’t know exactly what you’ve heard. I haven’t been able to say much because… the situation is still under investigation.”

Elizabeth’s eyes searched mine, her worry evident. She took a step closer, keeping her voice quiet as she asked, ” what can you tell me about it?”

drugged, so some of it is very hazy,” I admitted softly, trying to steady my voice.

“Drugged?” Elizabeth’s face paled, horror flashing in her eyes. “How?

1 swallowed, the memory thick in my throat. “David somehow found out about my usual coffee shop. He bribed one of the baristas to slip something into my drink when I came in.”

that?” she said in

the hotel restaurant. He sent me a message and made it look like it was from you. I thought you’d wanted to meet. When I got there, he ambushed us. He injected my bodyguard with a

clenched her fists, her expression fierce. “How could

I said, bitterly. “I looked like I was just… drunk. Everyone assumed I was safe, that I was just another guest who’d had a little too much

free?” she demanded, anger flaring in her eyes. “He should

don’t have solid proof,” I replied, frustration heavy in my voice. “My father and Alexander have people investigating, but they don’t want to move against him until they’re certain they can prove it. David is… he’s good at talking his way out of things.”

could say, so many dark truths just under the surface, but I didn’t dare. I couldn’t bear for Elizabeth–or anyone else to know the full horror of what David had tried to do. Even thinking about it made me feel sick to my stomach.

indignation. “He used my name to hurt you.” Her voice trembled with fury.” He won’t get away with it. I promise you, every resource at my father’s disposal will be made available

of relief knowing she was on my side. But a new

distance she could keep from David and his twisted schemes, the better. But how could I refuse her

you,” I said softly, my voice choked with emotion.

hurts my friends and gets away with it. My father would never allow someone that despicable to

words. I didn’t know the