Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 365

Something in his tone made my heart skip. He was serious, but there was something else beneath it–hesitation.

I sat up straighter, nerves tightening in my chest. “What is it?”

Alexander hesitated, then met my gaze. “I had a meeting with Sabrina.”

I blinked, surprised. “You did?”

He had seemed so devastated when I brought up the idea of talking to her that I could hardly believe he would go ahead with it. Part of me was annoyed he hadn’t told me beforehand, but mostly I just felt relieved.

It couldn’t have been easy for him to face her, but it had to happen. We needed to make sure that she didn’t cause a scandal that could sink his campaign.

He nodded. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you beforehand. I should have. But I… I needed to do it.”

I could sense the weight behind his words, the turmoil he had been carrying. My pulse quickened, and I braced myself. “What did you learn?”

moment, he didn’t speak. Then, with a steadying breath, he said, “The

My breath hitched.

had suspected. The resemblance, the secrecy, the way Alexander reacted when he saw the pictures–it had all pointed to

him confirm it, made my heart twist in a way I hadn’t

watched me closely, waiting for

“How

and Sabrina too. There’s no reason not to. I have the resources

be as cold as ice when he needed to be, but this was the side of him that I had fallen in love with. It was a side that he hid most

to care for people. It was what made him a good Alpha and I had no doubt that it

looked at me questioningly and I nodded at him, assuring

his throat bobbing as he swallowed. “I’m meeting her.” He hesitated, then

expected

much, but the fact that he wanted me there–wanted me to be part of something so

down the lump in my throat. “Of course,” I said softly. “I’ll be

across his face, and he reached for my hand again, squeezing it tightly. “Thank you.”

my head. “You don’t have to thank me, Alexander.”