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.”

in my bedroom–the one

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

was spinning, pieces of the puzzle falling into place faster

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

my words settled over the room like a fog. My parents exchanged a tense,

do it?” I asked again, my voice

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

“these are all very good questions, and I promise you we will

knew it would do no good. If Dr. McIntyre was trul

and could never return. There

turned to look at her, and there it was again- that serious, stern expression she always

to be done about it

his tone filled with conviction.

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Chapter 0223