Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

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Chapter 0305

“Alexander.”

I looked up as Derrick addressed me, his posture rigid, shoulders back, and head held high. But I could tell he was

nervous

“Yes?” I asked.

“I wanted to speak to you about my wife,” he said.

I raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised. Lily had been an old friend of my mother’s, which was why I had felt confident confronting her when she had been upsetting Ella

I had remained appropriately polite when I warned her that if she kept staring at Ella, I’d give the rest of the restaurant a reason to stare at her. She had taken the hint and excused herself.

Since then, our only contact had been her awkward apology to Ella, and honestly, I had nothing more to say about the woman.

“What about her?” I asked.

answered. “They had an argument recently. Look, I don’t put much stock in women’s gossip, but Lily was very shaken up and insisted that I let you know.” “Let me know what exactly?” I asked, irritation creeping into my tone. “Say what

or Ella was ill. It was odd, and maybe Lily just misunderstood, but she wanted me to check and make

smiled slightly. “My mother is dramatic,” I said. “Please

hear that,” Derrick said.

handled yourself well today,” I told

praise. “Thank you,” he said. “And I could say the same to you. Some will claim that showing emotion is a sign of weakness. But I’ve always found that if you don’t stand your ground on what matters, you set yourself up for

appreciate the advice,” I said sincerely.

as he approached us. “People are

they should be,” Derrick replied. “This is going to be huge for our packs–a real step in

spokesperson for the project, Roman said, patting

excuse and stepped away. I caught the serious expression on his beta’s face and couldn’t help but wonder if he was about to

turning my attention back to Alpha

liked seeing you defend my daughter,” he said. “I

do my best,” I replied, feeling slightly unworthy of the praise, considering all the danger I had

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recently.

is she doing?” he asked, “It’s been