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.

the fact that he kept this photo hidden away only confirmed that whatever had happened still mattered. The secret between them

even now.

all come back and ruin him

let that

to protect him when I couldn't even remember what the

the chair. My fingers pressed against my

wrong with

so vividly recall David's face when he sentenced me to death

I had to remember.

secrets were too deeply ingrained, too important to him. I couldn't rely on him to be open or honest,

this, I'd have to do it behind

resolve and guilt. I rubbed at my temples, willing myself to focus,

even the most pressing

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

sadly and shook my head, the weight of

deny that I love him anymore, can I?" I

in the air, a quiet confession that I hadn't

through the silence.