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.”

thought struck me, and I blurted it out before I could overthink it. “The note in my bedroom–the one from David. Could she have been the one

his attention fully captured. “It’s possible,” he said, his voice thoughtful. She certainly knows the grounds well and the guards likely wouldn’t have

falling

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 David’s spy all

fog. My parents exchanged a

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

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

me in the eye. “Ella,” 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 go up to your room and try to rest. I’ve increased

to argue, to insist that I could do something, but I knew it would do no good. If Dr. McIntyre was trul behind all of this, she wouldn’t stop running until she’d left

return. There wouldn’t be an opportunity to question her

look at her, and there it was again- that serious, stern expression she always wore in dangerous or upsetting situations.

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

safe,” my father assured me, his tone filled with

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