Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

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With shaking hands, I picked up the photo and shoved it back into the box. My movements were frantic as t

snapped the lid shut, hurried to the kitchen to grab a chair, and fed up to return the box to its place on the top

shelf.

Once it was back where it belonged, I sank into a kitchen chair and pressed my hands to my face.

This wasn't the discovery I was hoping for.

I wasn't looking for ghosts from Alexander's past. I just wanted to understand why he was sneaking around like a thief in the night. This woman couldn't be connected to that-not now.

He wasn't sneaking off to meet a secret girlfriend. That much I could be certain of

The late nights, the emergency meetings, the cryptic phone calls-none of those things made sense in the context of this woman. But even if she wasn't tied to his current behavior, her existence was still important.

Alexander was connected to her in a way that had nearly destroyed him once before. In the original timeline, the scandal had ruined his life. I couldn't remember the details, but it had to have been serious.

he kept this photo hidden away only confirmed that whatever had happened still mattered. The

even now.

could all come back and

couldn't let that

I supposed to protect him when I couldn't even

My fingers pressed against

was wrong

David's face when he sentenced me to death but not the endless stream of news

I had to remember.

on Alexander to tell me. That much was painfully clear now. Whatever his reasons, his secrets were too deeply ingrained, too important to him. I couldn't rely on him to be open or honest, even

I wanted to fix this, I'd have to do it behind

a mix of resolve and guilt. I rubbed at my temples, willing myself

even the

text message from a mysterious sender-likely part of the scheme to steal my wolf and, ultimately, to kill me. That's

my head, the weight of

that I love

words hung in the air, a quiet confession

the silence.