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.”

I blurted it out before I could overthink it. “The note in my

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

falling into place faster than I could

again. “What about my pills?” I asked. “The ones that were tampered with–the ones meant to cure my wolf. She’s a doctor; she would have had access to them. Could she have been

weight of my words settled over the room like a fog. My parents exchanged a tense, knowing look, and the silence between

would she do it?” I asked again, my voice barely a whisper, desperation clawing

his jaw tightening as if bracing for a storm.

he said softly, “these are all very good questions, and I promise you we will find the answers. But not tonight. I need you to

that I could do something, but I knew it would do no good. If Dr. McIntyre was trul

There wouldn’t be an opportunity to

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

sigh. “There’s nothing to be done about it tonight. I’ll head up to

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