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.”

it out before I could overthink it. “The note in my bedroom–the one from David. Could

he said, his voice thoughtful. She certainly

spinning, pieces of the puzzle falling into place faster than I could

“What about my pills?” I asked. “The ones that were tampered with–the ones meant to cure

like a fog. My parents exchanged a tense, knowing look, and the silence between us suddenly felt heavier

I asked again, my voice barely a whisper, desperation clawing

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

good questions, and I promise you we will find the answers. But not tonight. I need you to go up to your room

good. If Dr. McIntyre was trul behind all of this, she wouldn’t stop running until she’d left our packlands.

and could never return. There wouldn’t be an opportunity to

lot,” my mother said, her voice calm but firm. I turned to look at her, and there it was again- that serious, stern expression she always wore in dangerous or

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

me, his tone filled with

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