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?”

though. Her gaze flicked to me, eyes filled with

the surface since the

was a new level of

a minute Isabella started, but before she could finish,

that you

me. “Why would the Alpha king care

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over her shoulder, her voice dripping with superiority: “Because I’m his cousin, you

agree you have attitude issii Might I add an irritating voice to

tongue, I stepped forward, raising a hand between them. I had to put a

at

I cared in the first place. Everyone’s business was their own.

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

and mighty?” she snapped. “You think you’re so important that your promise

the snide remarks, the stares. But now? Now,

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 like crap. I don’t know you,

expecting me to snap back. “Excuse

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

lips twitched, anger flashing in her eyes, but I

11 stay out of yours. You can keep your attitude, your snarky comments, all of it. But if you ever

Elaine’s eyes blazed with fury as she stepped forward, closing the space between us. Her nostrils flared, and for a moment, I thought she might actually try to hit me. But she stopped just short, her face so close I could feel her breath. Her voice was a low hiss. “You think you’re tough? You think you can waltz in here and speak to me

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

cold and steady. m here to survive. But

she opened her mouth to spit something else

until

voice firm but not loud. He placed a hand on Elaine’s arm, pulling her back a step. “This isn’t helping

at me like she wanted to burn a hole through my head. “She’s nothing. She

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