The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 152

-Grayson’s POV-

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I had always seen myself on top. In the world of power, I was untouchable. Every time I saw a towering building. I imagined myself at the top, looking down on everyone below, knowing I was in control.

But lately?

Lately, things had changed.

I didn’t feel untouchable anymore. It wasn’t just about being above the rest–now, it was more about survival. I felt like I was on a much lower level than I was supposed to be. And maybe I wasn’t on ground level with the common people, but in this moment, I felt more like one of them than I ever had.

Deep down, I knew I had to climb back to the top. To get back on my feet and reclaim the power that was slipping away. But the first step was getting out of here, finding a way out of whatever mess we were in.

I had made the mistake of putting Carter on it, but once we got out, I was going to tell him to stop looking for my mate and figure out another loophole to ending that dreadful curse once and for all because Ava was right; no more of this back–and- forth, this constant game of tug–of–war, it was tiresome and exhausting and it was time to put an end to all of it.

I was Grayson Blackwood and I was going to fix every single thing and have the woman I wanted by my side afterwards.

The world just needed to remember what that name meant. But that didn’t mean I was going to tell Ava the truth–not yet. I wasn’t going to bring up anything that would form cracks because from now henceforth, we would only take steps forward and she and I were stamped, sealed and cemented.

“Look, it’s like they stopped moving.”

was wearing -taken from one of the hunters–hanging loosely on

managed to break through every last wall I’d put up, and now, as she stood there with her flushed cheeks and those wide, swirling eyes,

lingered, studying her like she was the only thing that mattered

uncomfortably. “Stop looking at me like that.” She fidgeted, looking around, trying to escape my

was an unsettling stillness to the air, like we weren’t meant to be here, like we didn’t belong. But I wasn’t going to let that show. Ava didn’t need

you have any idea how we got here?” she asked, breaking the silence again, her voice laced

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her, trying to keep my own thoughts in check. “No. No idea. I don’t even know where ‘here‘ is.” The reality of our situation was hitting

Ava’s eyes

her focus shifting from one thing to another as she processed what I said. Then she froze, and I saw her eyes widen slightly, a realization dawning on her. “Wait, she murmured.

long that had been–it was still dark. There should have been daylight by now, especially with how much time had passed since

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here,” I muttered, more to myself than to her.

night so bright? And why do the stars look like that? And why is it so… don’t even know,” she asked, almost rhetorically, as

the dark, as if waiting for something to change.

shaking her head with a half–hearted laugh. “I’m just

voice a little softer than I intended.

something–something between us, but I didn’t have time