Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0176

Ella POV

Even before I fully processed what I was seeing, an uneasy feeling settled in my chest. Beside me, Alexander stood silent, either gauging my reaction or caught in disbelief himself.

The ground was ruined. Deep furrows crisscrossed the earth in jagged, uneven lines of soil and stone. Mixed throughout were patches of white.

I moved cautiously toward the fields, crouching to scoop up a handful of the soil. Rubbing it between my fingers, I noticed its hardness and coarseness. Without thinking, I brought it to my lips and tasted it. The harsh sting was unmistakable.

I dropped the dirt and turned to Alexander. My voice was hoarse and uneven as I forced out the single word.

“Salt.”

Alexander stared at me, his expression unreadable for a moment before fury darkened his features.

thick with outrage as he yanked his phone from his pocket and

said, stepping toward him. “What are

without missing a beat. “We have a contract, and I’m certain it includes provisions guaranteeing the state of the land. I want to confirm the exact wording before I go down to Alpha Derrick’s and

startled. “No, we can’t confront

at what he’s done! This land was rightfully yours after everything he put you through. He owes you far more than this, and now he’s destroyed it. You can’t grow anything on salted land. It’s useless–it’ll never be fertile again, not in our lifetimes. He

keep my voice calm, even though my own anger simmered just beneath the surface. “But storming

gaze held mine, his jaw tight. He didn’t interrupt, but it was

admit it. He’ll claim the land was vandalized by someone else. And if we take legal action, he’ll twist it into

was obvious, but I could see in his expression that he knew I was

folding my arms across my chest. “I’d love nothing more than to make him pay for this, but it would be a bad move

field, his fists balled at his sides. “So what do you propose we do? Leaving this useless land to sit here

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