Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0274

1 expected a system notification or a breaking news alert. Instead, it was a text message.

The blood drained from my face as I recognized the number. It was the same one that had sent me the strange warning weeks ago.

I looked at the body of the message, but it didn't make sense. There were no words, just two rows of numbers separated by dots and dashes..

"What is it?" Alexander's voice was low, but there was an edge of concern.

I glanced up at him, my unease evidently written across my face. There was no point in pretending I wasn't startled. Without a word, I handed him my phone.

"It's the

same number," Alexander said under his breath, his tone laced with quiet intensity.

I nodded, confirming it for him.

since then?" he asked, his

confirmed. "I didn't block the number, just in case we could

his expression hardening. "We believe

to me?" I asked, confusion and frustration

jaw tightening as he glanced down at the message. "But it appears

coursed through me at the thought of confronting

body of the message," he said, turning the phone around so I could see. "These numbers are coordinates and the second line appears to be a date. I'll have to double-check to be certain, but I believe it's a location near

my head. She's in hiding, isn't she? Hasn't she just given away her location? Wouldn't it be easy for us to send someone to

dark and thoughtful. "Which means there must be a

could she possibly have to gain that outweighs

know that at this point," Alexander pointed out, handing my phone back. He pulled out his own and began tapping quickly at

in his network. His jaw was tense, and the brightness in his eyes had hardened into

Dr. McIntyre reaching out,

of his plan to lower my defenses, to lure me to the border where anything could happen, far from my father's influence or even