Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0277

Ella POV

The contents of the box were baffling. It was filled with a dotle assortment of papers: business receipts, handwritten letters from people whose names I didn't recognize or who hadn't signed them at all.

From the few lines 1 skimmed, the letters seemed meaningless, scattered fragments of someone else's life. I wasn't willing to sit and read them one by one. That still fell like too much of a violation of Alexander's privacy.

I carefully began separating the contents into piles: receipts, letters, technical documents that might as well have been written in a foreign language for all I understood them, and photos.

There weren't many photos, but the ones I found did little to illuminate the mystery of who Alexander was or what he was hiding.

A few were of him as a young man, standing beside his father or with a boy who I assumed was his younger brother. I couldn't help but notice Diana was conspicuously absent from any of the pictures.

There were also group photos-classmates, friends at parties, happy moments frozen in time. One photo stood out: Alexander in racing gear, grinning broadly as he posed next to a sleek car.

They were snapshots of happier days, glimpses of a life before he became Alpha, before he had to guard every part of himself so carefully.

memories that weren't mine to see. This

present.

where else was I supposed

the disorganized piles in front of me, frustration and regret

This was pointless.

the box, trying to erase the evidence of my intrusion. If Alexander noticed the mess, I'd just say I

from my hands. It hit the floor at an awkward

staring at the item on the floor. A sheet

in my

with a radiant, loving smile that seemed to light up the frame. His arm was wrapped around her, and

connection between them

was breathtakingly beautiful, but that wasn't why I couldn't tear my eyes away from her face. There was something hauntingly familiar

her, not personally, but I'd

in trembling hands.

as I tried to place her. That smile-it stirred something

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