Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0223

Chapter 0223

“Who did it?” my mother pressed, her composure razor–sharp.

My father hesitated, his eyes flicking to me for a brief moment before returning to my mother. “We’re confirming the identity, but we believe it was Dr. Brianna McIntyre.”

For a moment, my mind refused to process the name. Then it hit me. Dr. McIntyre–the substitute occupational therapist I’d been working with for the past few weeks.

The same woman I’d overheard on the phone the other day complaining bitterly about the “spoiled children of Alphas.”

“Why would she do such a thing?” I asked, confusion twisting in my chest.

“I don’t know,” my father said grimly. “But when we catch her, I’ll make sure we find out.”

“She got away?” my mother asked, her voice betraying a rare flicker of surprise.

“Yes,” my father said, frustration lacing his words. “She was too quick for the guards.”

“The note in my bedroom–the one from David. Could

captured. “It’s possible,” he said, his voice thoughtful. She certainly knows the grounds

the puzzle falling into place faster

“The ones that were tampered with–the ones meant to cure my wolf. She’s a doctor; she would have had

a fog. My parents exchanged a

it?” I asked again, my voice barely a whisper, desperation clawing at me for

hardened, his jaw tightening as if bracing for a storm. “That’s what we’re going

you we will find the answers. But not tonight. I need you to go up to your room and try to rest. I’ve increased the security for

but I knew it would do no good. If Dr. McIntyre was

could never return. There wouldn’t be

a lot,” my mother said, her voice calm but firm. I turned to look at her, and there it

said with a sigh. “There’s nothing to be done about

safe,” my father assured me, his tone filled with conviction. “You can

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