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?”

flicked to me, eyes filled with disgust. “This is what happens when we let strays in. They bring

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

a new level

started, but before she could

“I apologize that you had to see that, but

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over her shoulder, her voice dripping with superiority: “Because

attitude issii Might I add

rage. Before she could spit out whatever insult was perched on her tongue, I stepped forward, raising a hand between them. I had

directly at Liam. “We

place. Everyone’s business was their own. I had bigger issues to worry

that might be enough. That maybe we could just leave and pretend this

think you’re so important that your promise to keep your mouth shut actually matters? You’re nothing here. You’re insignificant. You’ll keep

the snide remarks, the stares. But now? Now, I was done. I couldn’t

me, Elaine?” I asked, my voice sharp and cutting. “I’ve been here for what, a day? And ever since I arrived,

clearly not expecting

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

in

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

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

steady. m here to survive. But if you

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

until

placed a hand on Elaine’s arm, pulling her back a step. “This isn’t helping anyone. Ava, we’re done here. You and your

at me like she wanted to burn a hole through my head. “She’s nothing. She shouldn’t even be here,” she muttered,

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