The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 191

Chapter 191

-Ava’s POV-

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I had always felt like I wasn’t good enough–not by choice, but because that was how my parents had made me see myself. And when I turned eighteen, the feeling of inadequacy became more than just emotional; it became a defining truth.

I didn’t have a wolf so I felt incomplete.

But it wasn’t just the absence of my wolf that made me feel incomplete. It turned out, I had been incomplete from the moment I was born.

I had a twin.

There was me, and then there was her. Born on the same day, a human being. A sister.

“Ava?”

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I hadn’t moved from the spot where I nearly suffocated from a panic attack. I knew my name was being called, but I couldn’t bring myself to answer. Not from the woman who had lied to me my entire life, who had only now, after twenty–five years, chosen to tell me the truth. The truth that my birth had been prophesied by the ancestors, and that the child born would be the perfect match, the fated mate to the Alpha king.

But there were two of us.

So my parents had to make a choice. Pick one, and transfer the essence to her, because if they hadn’t, both of us would have died. So, they chose one. A ritual was performed, transferring the essence from one to the other, leaving the unchosen child hollow.

Somehow, after the transfer, my sister–the twin–was stolen. They believed I was the weaker twin, but they were wrong. I was the one who carried the essence. I was Grayson’s fated mate.

If I weren’t so exhausted, if I didn’t feel like everything was unraveling around me. If I wasn’t actually scared that all the laughter might actually mean I was going insane, I might have laughed again.

I might have laughed and never stopped.

“Where is she? Who is she?” I whispered, forcing myself to look at my mother–even though I couldn’t meet her eyes.

I would have been stunned by the way Evelyn Pierce, of all people, looked almost apologetic, as if she were truly sorry for treating me like a mistake my entire life. She thought they’d lost the child they wanted, and no matter what I did, I would never be good enough. I would always be weak. Inadequate.

But I was the twin. The chosen one. Now she sat there, after all these years, telling me that she and my father had been wrong. She’d realized it the night of the ball, and now, with everything that had happened, it was clear that I was the one who carried the power.

Because I wasn’t your choice?

“Ava-”

say my name.” I pushed myself to my feet, every emotion within me silenced, leaving only the sense of anger. “You treated me as if my very existence was a mistake. You made me become a version of myself that projected perfection, but it wasn’t perfection you wanted from me, was it? You were trying to mold me into

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supposed to make me

“You don’t-”

Mother. Stop talking. Just shut

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actually clamped her mouth shut, and I saw fear flicker in her eyes. It took me a moment to realize that my claws had extended. I let out a sigh, pulling them back in and forcing myself to breathe

But if that was true, why didn’t the

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I wasn’t going to think about him right now, or my head would explode from the

needed to get out of here. I couldn’t bear another moment looking at her face.

Without thinking, my claws extended again, slicing through her

me. I never want to see you or Father

just needing to keep moving. I ended up at a

closed my eyes, not even knowing what I was feeling anymore. All I

So, so

me. I opened the mental link between us. ‘Did you

silent for a moment before her voice resonated in my head. “That you were his mate?

to tell me, but I hadn’t listened. Then

words reached her before I could think them. ‘Why did you take so

never asked her. The darker version of myself had said it was because I was weak, that my wolf was powerful

you didn’t let

broke off, and I knew that

for an explanation. I knew she was done for now, and I was too tired to

“Dr. Pierce?”

see Mikayla and a boy hee age standing in front of me, staring.

said, trying to sit straighter and wiping away the tears that had been constant for the past few days. But I knew it was no use. I didn’t need to look at myself in a mirror to know how I must have

streets.

spoke to her. “I’ll see you tomorrow.

Mikayla’s cheeks, but her attention

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