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

Chapter 113

There was no softness in the way she touched Alex’s hair, no lingering affection in her gaze. She was still a mother, still present–but something within her had closed off.

Charles noticed it too. His eyes darted between them, his lips pressing into a thin line.

This wasn’t the Sarah they knew.

She wasn’t trying to make conversation with Arnold. She wasn’t glancing his way like she used to, hoping for a moment of connection. And she certainly wasn’t trying to mend things with Charles or Cole, who

had once been like family to her.

She was distant.

Almost as if she was already gone.

Charles suddenly felt uneasy.

He had assumed that her coldness was a trick–some kind of strategy to make Arnold chase after her.

But what if it wasn’t?

What if Sarah wasn’t playing a game?

What if she had truly… given up?

For the first time, Arnold felt something he hadn’t expected to feel at all.

A strange, unfamiliar sensation curled in his chest.

It wasn’t anger.

It wasn’t guilt.

It was fear.

dining hall was quiet except for the soft clinking of cutlery against

knitting together in disapproval. She had watched for years as Sarah poured her heart into this

shift in Sarah’s attitude was as clear as day.

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spoon down.

up, simply cutting her meat into small, precise pieces.

gaze to Arnold, who had barely spoken throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her voice carrying a hint of reproach, “you let her become

as if he hadn’t heard

the old lady continued. “She used to care. But now, look

took a sip of water, and placed it back down

indifference.

unreadable, but the way he held his fork–a little too tightly–suggested he wasn’t as unaffected as

a sigh and shook her

Sarah refused to

left to say.

Arnold’s phone vibrated on the table.

voice was curt. “what

so

didn’t need to ask.

It was Linda.

as Arnold stood up, grabbing his jacket. “Something came up,” he

plate. “Dad, wait!

for a second, then nodded. “Get your

scrambled out of

son, and suddenly suggested, “It just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend, why don’t the three of you go back together, and go out

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hesitation on Alex’s face. He