The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 223

Chapter 223

Ava’s POV-

I didn’t move.

I didn’t blink.

I was frozen.

“Hello, sister.”

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The words echoed in my head, a sound that didn’t seem real, like a cruel joke I couldn’t quite understand. My grip tightened on Grayson’s arm, my knuckles white as I tried to process the shock that was crashing over me like a tidal wave. Every inch of my body trembled.

I was sure I had heard her wrong. Surely, this couldn’t be happening.

My sister? Her?

I hadn’t even noticed the subtle shift in her features at first–how her hair that used to be blonde now seemed to match my own dark strands, how her eyes, which I had always avoided looking at, were now piercing through me with a familiarity I couldn’t shake. I had thought they were just plain brown, but no, they held flecks of gold in them, just like my mother’s.

It was like a switch had been flipped. Suddenly, everything fell into place, like a jigsaw puzzle I never knew was missing a piece. Like how it took my mother asking me about a cryptic pregnancy for me to realize that I was pregnant.

Crystal was my sister?

I swallowed hard, my throat dry and tight. My mouth went dry as my breath caught in my chest. The truth was crashing down on me, one cruel revelation after another.

“You’re…”

My voice cracked, the words barely making it past my lips.

“You’re my sister?”

The silence that followed was deafening.

She smiled at me, that same cold, mocking smile I had come to loathe. It was like a mask she wore so effortlessly, and I had never seen it more clearly than I did now.

Crystal walked towards Damien, her heels clicking sharply against the cold floor, every step calculated and deliberate. She leaned in and kissed his cheek–soft, affectionate, whispering something in his ear. The anger in Damien’s eyes didn’t

nod. disappear, but it seemed to cool just enough for him to give a small, almost approving

“Can I sit down? Pregnancy is so exhausting,” She sighed dramatically, placing a hand on her stomach as if her mere words should demand sympathy. Damien nodded, but his eyes never left me, his dark gaze boring into me like a warning.

I shook my head in disbelief, as if doing so would somehow make her disappear. Would make the reality of the situation fade into a bad dream I could wake up from. But no matter how many times I blinked, she was still there. Still smiling that smile that made my skin crawl.

Crystal–my sister.

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feet, my legs unsteady as I rose. My eyes flicked between Damien and Crystal, desperately searching for answers, for something that would make sense of this nightmare. Grayson stood silently behind me but his quiet only amplified the storm of confusion inside me. He was there, but in this moment, I felt utterly alone.

supposed to be a family reunion, Ava,” Crystal continued her voice dripping with mock sweetness. “You wanted to meet me, didn’t you? You were so eager to find out who I was. So don’t look so repulsed by the thought that you and I–my darling Ava–are blood sisters. More connected than you can ever think to

breathless. My mind was a whirlpool of questions, none of which made sense, none of which could possibly explain the twisted reality that

Damien, as if expecting one of

an almost playful smile, “You should know how twins are formed. It’s not that

me to catch up, to realize the

a Doctor, after all,” she added mockingly, her eyes gleaming

like the sound of distant thunder in the storm that was already

Little Dove. Here she is.”

even glance at him. I kept my disbelieving gaze on Crystal,

knew?

her expression smug. But there was something else there,

you knew exactly when my birthday was,”

flood,

into a slow, knowing smile, but there was something darker behind it, “You’re

thing she had done to me,

burned with unshed tears, my throat tight as I tried to swallow the lump forming there. “Why all the horrible things? Why make my life

dramatically, her head tilting slightly as she turned away from me, looking at Damien instead.

Damien,” She drawled, her voice dripping with mock irritation, “It gives me a

to my utter disgust, he reached out and patted her head like she was some

as if none of this–none of

warning, “I’d say my offer is declined. You have no interest in standing by my side.” He let out a low sigh, shaking his head

into knots

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stole her. The night my mother lost one of her daughters. The night that could have rewritten everything.

into my palms as I took a shaky step forward.

could brainwash me too?” I spat, Turn me

me to know the truth. He never lied to

she had always

me. She had known we were sisters. And she had still chosen to hate me. She had still chosen to destroy me.

in my throat. I couldn’t comprehend it.

folded her arms across her chest, tilting

they turned out,” She

her eyes flashing with amusement. “It’s no wonder

at the mention of him while Damien’s expression darkened, his jaw tightening as he turned to

she had crossed a line but didn’t care, “Fine,” She muttered, waving a hand dismissively. “Sour topic. I

My mind was already spiraling, a thousand thoughts crashing into each

was the mastermind behind everything… if Crystal–my sister–had been a part of it all

in