The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

hapter 15

-Ava’s PON-

The rooms was colder than it had been just a moment ago The ughter between Isabella and me died instantly as soon as save what was happening in front of me. My stomach twisted, and my feet froze to the floor.

Liam and Elaine.

Having sex.

Right there, in the bar Grayson probably used more than anyone else.

I couldn’t look away, though I desperately wanted to. They scrambled, rushing to pull their clothes on. My eyes flicked to the floor, my heart racing as the room filled with awkward tension. I could feel the beat rising in my cheeks as I stood there, watching them fumble with their clothes like two teenagers taught sneaking around. The embarrassment wasn’t mine to feel, but it clawed at me nonetheless.

Isabella, though, didn’t seen fazed at all. A slow, amused smile crept onto her face as she stepped forward, eyes dancing with mischief.

“Well, isn’t this interesting?” she squealed, her voice light and teasing.

Liam, still buttoning up his shirt, cleared his throat He was trying to regain some semblance of control, but the moment was 100 far gone. The way he straightened his back, attempting to seem unaffected, only made the scene more ridiculous. Elaine, on the other hand, wasn’t trying to hide her irritation. She was glaring at me like I was the problem here, like I wi

the intruder.

Which, technically, I was, but that wasn’t the point,

Her eyes narrowed, lips pulling into a tight, angry line. She didn’t like me before, and now this? Now, I was sure she hated

me.

The silence hung in the air, thick and suffocating, like the weight of what we’d just walked in on was sinking into the very walks of the root

Isabella broke the tension first, her voice slicing through the awkwardness. “Well, is anyone going to say something to ease the tension in here?”

That was enough to set Elaine off. Her lips curled into a sneer as she took a step toward us, her words dripping with venom. “Who the hell are you?”

Her gaze flicked to me, eyes filled with disgust. “This is what

caught off guard by the blatant insult. My heart thudded harder, not from fear but from the irritation that had been bubbling under the surface since the moment I stepped into this place. I hardly knew Liam, and I sure as hell didn’t care about Elaine about what her problem

new level of

a minute Isabella started, but before she could finish, Liam finally

that you had to see that, but Grayson must not find out about

would the Alpha king care if you’re banging

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as she teased her hair over her shoulder, her voice dripping with superiority: “Because I’m his cousin,

beat. “So you agree you have attitude

insult was perched on her tongue, I stepped forward, raising a hand between them. I had to put a stop to this

at Liam. “We won’t say

I cared in the first place. Everyone’s business

and pretend this never happened but then Elaine stepped forward, eyes burning with

think you have the right to act all light and mighty?” she snapped. “You think you’re so important that your promise to keep

had been holding it in all day, swallowing down the irritation, the snide remarks, the stares. But now? Now,

face her, my pulse pounding in my ears. “What the hell is your problem with me, Elaine?” I asked, my voice sharp and cutting. “I’ve been here for what, a day? And ever since I arrived, you’ve made it your personal mission to make me feel

expecting

my voice steady despite the adrenaline rushing through me. “You’ve been treating me like trash since the moment we met. And for what? Because you think you’re better than me? Because you think I don’t belong here? Newsflash: I don’t care what you think.

in her eyes, but I wasn’t

stay out of my way, and 11 stay out of yours. You can keep your attitude, your snarky comments, all of it.

actually try to hit me. But she stopped just short, her face so

flinch under her glare. I wasn’t going to let her intimidate me. Not now. Not

here to survive. But if you want to push me,

mouth to spit something else out, but Liam, who Had been silent up this

until

voice firm but not loud. He placed a hand on Elaine’s arm, pulling her back a

wanted to burn a hole through my head. “She’s nothing. She shouldn’t even be here,” she muttered, but Liam shot

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