The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

09:28 Mon, Dec 16

Chapter 63

-Ava’s POV

Screw him.

I repeated the words over and over, stomping around my room with a mixture of anger and frustration. It wasn’t even my room–no, this was his territory. Every piece of furniture, every glinting object, and all the suffocatingly lavish decor was his I grabbed whatever I could find, stuffing it into a pile of suitcase I’d dragged out from the back of the closet.

I wondered why he had bought them. Did he think we would have to travel a lot or did he plan for this moment? Probably the latter. Nothing about Grayson seemed accidental; he had aruncanny knack for control and forethought, a quality that I had actually felt was enticing.

Now, it was smothering

The clothes, the jewelry, all of it–it wasn’t mine. But I was taking it anyway. Consider it compensation for the time he’d stolen, the feelings I hadn’t meant to have, and the heartache he clearly didn’t care about. This was my payment, a small price for the emotional wreckage he’d left me in..

Each item l’packed felt like a stab, like I was closing the book on something I shouldn’t have even opened in the first place. I knew, from the very beginning, what he was: cold, calculating, untouchable. Yet somehow, I’d allowed myself to believe I could crack through that glacial exterior even though I told myself I didn’t.

What a fool I’d been.

After what felt like hours, I finally finished packing. Four heavy suitcases lined up by the door, each one bearing the weight of memories I couldn’t wait to leave behind. I dragged them down the hallway, every step echoing in the oppressive silence, and just as I rounded the corner, I came face–to–face with the last person I wanted to sec

Elaine.

Her gaze dropped to my suitcases, then back to my face, but for once, she didn’t smirk or look smug or say I told you to count your days because you won’t last. She just stared, her expression unreadable, before saying softly, “You’re leaving

My anger flared up again, and the words came out harsher than intended. “I’m sure you’re thrilled. Feel free to pop open some champagne.”

No snide remarks, no gloating. Just.. silence. For a second, I felt a pang of something–Relief?-but I shoved it aside and focused on

cab when one of Grayson’s men appeared, striding toward me with that intimidating

slight bow of respect. “Luna, the Alpha King has ordered me to take you wherever you wish to

this was just another business transaction to him. Fine. It saved me cab fare, and Goddess knows I needed every cent I could get now. I nodded, swallowing the bitterness

were there. He helped me unload the

for the right

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it’s like a match waiting to be ligand, like a ticking time bomb. No one likes that aura because when it doesite, things get really bad I know you’ve only been here for two weeks but the moment you cane, that aura started dimishing I’m not saying it’s not there tout r’s move like a litle spark now and it makes us feel better

left, leaving me standing there, watching the dust settle from his tires as he

two months

even a passing message. Nothing It was like I’d never existed in his world. I’d moved in with bubella, who had welcomed me with open

“Please don’t quit your job on my

lightly, “Good, because I didn’t really want to. The

him, but it was like he lingered everywhere. Every time the phone rang, my heart leapt, only to plummet when

end of it. I could almost hear that arrogant

I didn’t and

work at the hospital, throwing myself into my job, one of the few things I actually loved. Maybe it was fate’s way of compensating, but Mikayla’s mother had started responding to treatment. Her little face lit up when I told her the

down on the couch and lifted my legs to rest on her laplaven’t seen you smile in weeks,” she

worried about you, Lilian. You’re barely eating, pulling extra shifts, looking like a ghost and you won’t even

“What’s the point? I’ve always been latent. Why

at

I’m fine, Bels. Really”

voice held a note of disbelief. “But you’ve been holed up in this apartment for weeks, going to work and back, and that’s it. You need to go out, breathe air that doesn’t smell like aufseptic and disinfectant.