Crippled Luna's Farewell: Half A Life Without My Alpha's Deadly Deception

Chapter 106

Sarah blinked.

Arnold raised an eyebrow.

The housekeeper looked away, pretending not to hear.

For a long moment, Alex simply stood there, frozen in shock.

Then, with a dramatic huff, he stomped his foot. “This is so unfair!”

Sarah sighed, pressing her fingers against her temple. “Alex, it wasn’t-”

“No! You went camping! Without! Me!” He repeated, emphasizing each word like a dramatic declaration.

Alex dragged his backpack along the floor, gripping the worn straps tightly,

With a grunt, he jumped off the couch and bolted upstairs, his small feet thudding against the wooden

steps.

His frustration was palpable, radiating in the way he stomped with every step.

Sarah frowned, watching him go.

She parted her lips, ready to call after him, but before she could, Arnold lowered his newspaper with

deliberate slowness.

His voice was faint, almost casual.

“Alex, come back.”

There was no anger in his tone, no sharp reprimand–just a simple, quiet command.

Alex stopped immediately. His breath caught in his throat.

For a moment, he stood there, unmoving, gripping the strap of his bag so tightly his knuckles turned

white.

Then, hesitantly, he turned around and shuffled back, dragging his book bag behind him like a weight too heavy to bear.

Stopping in front of Sarah, he kept his eyes downcast. His voice was small, hesitant.

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with you next

was an olive branch, a

softened. She reached out, brushing his tousled hair. “Vll try, sweetheart.

shadow of dould remained in his eyes. The charp ring of the home phone cut through

Lancelot was calling

Lancelot Manor loomed ahead, its grand structure as imposing, as ever. Inside, the scene of polished wood and aged books

usual chair, regal despite her age. Her sharp gaze landed

“Where is Arnold?”

Sarah answered simply. “He

old woman’s face. “Work,” she echoed, shaking her head. “As always.”

There was nothing to

change the subject when

Twice.

coming from her temples and a slight rise in temperature on her forehead.

old woman

cold.” Sarah forced a smile, “I went camping a couple days ago, I might

deal.”

left her lips when her phone buzzed. A message

was at the mall, and guess what I saw? Arnold and Linda were

stared at the screen. Her fingers tightened around the phone,

There was no need

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news as permission to collapse. The aching in her

fever consumed her.

out of consciousness, her dreams a tangled mess of past and

she finally awoke, her surroundings were unfamiliar.

dark wooden furniture, the faint scent of aftershave–this was

laptop open. The glow of the screen

movements smooth, controlled. Without a word,

to accept anything from him.

weak.

took the

burning throat. She drank slowly, then placed