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.

me as I sifted through the box. I felt like an intruder, prying into memories that weren't mine to see. This

present.

where else was I supposed

regret knotting together in my chest. There

This was pointless.

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

from my hands. It hit the floor at an awkward angle, and something fluttered out from beneath

item on the floor. A

up, my heart seizing in my chest the moment I

smile that seemed to light up the frame.

connection between

beautiful, but that wasn't why I couldn't tear my eyes

her, not personally,

the floor, holding the photo in trembling hands. My

That smile-it stirred something deep within me, a feeling I couldn't

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