Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0275

Ella POV

By the time we returned to the apartment, Alexander was noticeably agitated. Seeing him in such a state did absolutely nothing to calm my own nerves.

"It's David, isn't it?" I asked as Alexander closed the door behind us.

He looked at me, startled for a moment, then shook his head. “No, I don't think so,” he said. “I don't see how David could be responsible at this point."

I chewed my lip nervously and shook my head. "A few people have warned me that there's something more going on here," I confessed "That David is just being used by someone even more dangerous. Do you think this could be related?"

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"I think that's more likely," Alexander confirmed.

"But who?" I demanded. "Who could possibly be doing all of this, and why? Why are they so determined to get rid of me? I'm not that important, and my father's not that powerful. It's an overreaction at best!"

"I truly don't know," Alexander said, his voice calm but firm. He stepped closer, lightly gripping my elbows as he pulled me into a hug. "Take a deep breath," he said gently

but his words made me realize

breaths, leaning heavily against Alexander as I let his steady

1. me.

of it." "What do you mean?" I

chill through me. Alexander released me and repeated, his tone resolute, "I'm

chest tightening. "You're

You can't just run

phone cut me off. I recognized the tone immediately:

off," I said, my voice tinged

do," he said simply,

this. I'm the one receiving these messages. I'm the one being drawn into this trap, and yet you think it's okay to run off and

concern yourself with," Alexander said

slap in the face, igniting

thought that at this point, Alexander and I were truly allies. That I'd proven myself to him. That I had his trust and

was still

it wasn't something innocent or irrelevant, something could

It involved me-affected me directly- and yet he still didn't respect me enough