The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 37

-Ava’s POV-

Grayson was going to kill my father.

In all actuality, he was going to kill my father. I watched paralyzed as Grayson’s claws tightened around my father and it 1 like I forgot how to move.

Or maybe I didn’t want to because I didn’t know whose side to pick.

Did I even know whose side I was on anymore?

After what felt like an eternity, Grayson let him go. My father staggered back and didn’t miss a beat, throwing his head ba with a dark, bitter laugh. That sound… it only fueled the rage radiating from Grayson. His chest was heaving, fists clencher tight

I could practically feel the lethal intent pouring off him in waves.

The anger that my father had fueled the moment we walked into his office and I was starting to regret telling Grayson that my father would still be at the hospital not like it mattered, he was already driving in that direction.

I followed him as he stormed through the building, his strides powerful, purposeful. Two things were on my mind:

How the hell did he know exactly where my father’s office was?

And were people clearing the way because they recognized me as Luther Pierce’s daughter? Or because of the look Grayson’s face?

I was betting it was the latter.

When we got to the office, my father was on the phone, and Grayson didn’t even bother knocking. He just shoved the door open. Luther took one look at him and ended the call without hesitation, a cruel smile twisting his lips.

“So he’s alive after all. Quite unfortunate.”

That was it. The moment that sentence left my father’s mouth, everything escalated. Grayson crossed the room in an instant, grabbing Luther’s coat and pulling him so close their noses almost touched. His voice was a low, dangerous growl. “You sent them?”

Luther didn’t flinch. Not even with Grayson’s claws extending, pressing into his throat. Instead, that sadistic smile grew, his eyes gleaming. “Ah, the bastard finally reveals what he is.”

The laugh echoed off the walls, taunting, daring Grayson to do something. And for a second, I thought he might. I could see the raw fury in his eyes, the animal inside him itching to tear my father apart.

think, stepping between them.

me with an expression that was both amused and condescending. “Ah, my ungrateful, disowned

his coat like Grayson’s hands had

keep my voice steady.

tone so casual it made i my skin crawl. 1] nonchalance infuriated

people to attack Grayson. To poison him with wolfsbane. Was that you?”

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voice.

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whole lif “In all the years I’ve raised

instinctively raised my hand, pleading with him to stop. “Please,” I

that he didn’t do it. My father had an ego the size of a

didn’t stoop to petty tricks.

my eyes meeting his, trying to show him that I was telling the

voice cut through the to again, dripping with anger. “Of course I didn’t. And the only reason you aren’t being thrown through that wall right now,” spat, his eyes narrowing at Grayson, “is because I’d never dirty my hands on filth

Grayson stood still, calculating. Deciding.

again, keeping my voice soft. “Let’s just go. You’ve been through enough. You haven’t rested. Please,

He ignored me, sinking back into his chair, dismissing the entire situation like it was

to Grayson

his body tense, every muscle coiled like he was still deciding whether or not to finish what he’d started. But then, slowly,

him, but before I could fully leave the office,

not a slimy bastard. I wanted you dead, I’d be the one to plunge the knife in And you

“As long as she’s with you, no

admit. My daughter. The way he said it… it hurt. It always did. I closed my eyes for a

both know how this story ends. One of us has to die And it won’t be

slammed the door behind him, leaving the finality of his words hanging in the air. I stood there for a moment. letting it sink in before my legs finally moved, carrying me out of the office and into the

known this confrontation was coming, but nothing had

which side 1 picked, someone

to the car. His expression was unreadable, cold as ever, but I knew this wasn’t over. Not by

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