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

me realize I was gasping, on the edge

breaths, leaning heavily against Alexander as I let

1. me.

frightening," he said softly, "but I'm going to take care of it." "What do you mean?" I asked, pulling away from the embrace to look up at

was a hard, serious expression on his face that sent a chill through me. Alexander released me and repeated, his tone resolute, "I'm going to take care of

my chest tightening. "You're not making any sense,"

You can't just run

cut me off. I recognized the

I said,

work to do," he said simply, avoiding my

these messages. I'm the one being drawn into this

you need to concern yourself with," Alexander

the face, igniting a white-hot anger that

and I were truly allies. That I'd proven myself to him. That

no-he was

it wasn't something innocent or irrelevant, something

business. This was my business. It involved me-affected me