Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 364

Ella POV

The rooftop was bathed in the soft glow of city lights, the distant hum of activity below drowned out by music playing softly from unseen speakers. The air was cool, but the view more than made up for it.

As I sat at the table in the center of the roof, the patio heaters created a warm buble that I was happy to spend the evening in.

Alexander had gone all out. A beautifully set table stood between us, adorned with flickering candles and a meal that smelled divine.

A bottle of wine sat in a bucket of ice, the deep red liquid glistening in our glasses. It was perfect. It should have felt perfect.

But my mind was elsewhere.

This unexpected romantic gesture was sweet of him, but it felt wrong to be indulging when there was so much work for us to do.

I sighed, swirling my wine in its glass as I tried to focus, to be present. It had been days since we’d had a quiet moment together, and I wanted–desperately–to enjoy it.

But my thoughts kept circling back to everything that had happened, everything that was still happening.

take my hand. His touch was warm, grounding. “Your mind is somewhere else,” he said gently.

knowing I wasn’t fooling him. “Just

“About?”

there was no point

nearly over,” he said. “The evidence is overwhelming. Between the financial records, the testimonies, and everything Amanda’s revealed under

but the weight in my chest didn’t lessen.

the others will be charged with treason.” He hesitated, then sighed. “They found evidence that David wasn’t just conspiring

had happened to my father in

regicide, conspiracy, murder…” He let out a slow breath. “The penalty for that is death.”

looked down at my plate, suddenly losing my appetite. It wasn’t that I wanted David to escape justice–he had been ruthless, cruel, dangerous. But death. The finality of it made my

was coming,” I admitted quietly. “I just…

hand

his gaze, the warmth in his eyes soothing some of the pain inside me. He didn’t offer empty reassurances.

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Chapter 364