The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 254

Chapter 254

-Ava’s POV-

The question hung in the air, the world seeming to pause around us.

Rickon had just proposed.

Minutes after Grayson had clawed his way out of the earth–shocking everyone–Rickon had dropped to one knee and pulled out a ring.

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And yet, as crazy as it sounded, I knew my best friend. The chaos, the unpredictability, the sheer madness of this moment- this was exactly how Isabella would want to be proposed to. Rickon, knowingly or not, had done it perfectly.

Isabella blinked rapidly, rolling her head like she was physically shaking off the shock, “You’re asking me to marry you? Right now? Like, officially marry you?”

“Total screwup.” Elaine muttered under her breath.

But I knew better.

Isabella didn’t wait for an answer before she launched herself at Rickon with full force,“Yes!”

She crashed against him so hard they both toppled over, hitting the ground with a thud.

I screamed, bouncing on my feet, momentarily forgetting everything else. Isabella turned to me, yanking the ring from Rickon’s fingers before he could even slide it on. “Lilian, look! I’m getting married!”

Monica, still gaping at the scene, let out a half–laugh, half–hysterical noise, “You people are insane!” She declared, throwing her hands up, “And did you all just forget that Grayson literally rose from the dead?!”

Grayson.

The reminder hit me like a jolt, grounding me back to reality.

I met Elaine’s wide eyes at the exact same time. We both moved at once, scrambling to move our feet and sprinting back toward the mansion, pushing past the stunned pack members still standing there, gaping at us like we had collectively lost our minds.

I didn’t blame them.

A part of me still felt like I was trying to catch up with everything that had just happened.

Elaine reached the door first, hesitating only for a split second before knocking. Her voice was quiet, almost disbelieving, “Grayson? Are you in there?”

A pause. Then, from the other side of the door, his voice came–steady, composed, almost casual, “I’m dressing. Give me a

moment.”

I reached the doorway, staring at the wood like I could see through it.

I could go in. It wasn’t like I needed permission. We were us.

But after everything… after the sheer impossibility of what had just happened… a selfish part of me wanted more than just a fleeting moment now that we were not threatened to be pulled into oblivion. I wanted time. A long time.

So I swallowed that instinct down and took a step back, letting Elaine have the first moment with him.

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The air between us shifted immediately, the weight of everything thickening with silence. She glanced at me, awkwardness flickering in her expression. I looked away first, neither of us sure what to say until she finally broke the quiet now that everything had kind of settled.

“So… I shot Liam.”

caught off

my brain was still

She

again,

no humor in it. “Oh, no. He’s very much alive.” A shadow passed over her face, “But until I figure out how to get over how I feel for him after all that he did he is

The door opened.

died mid–sentence.

had ever seen them–as she stared at the figure standing in the

didn’t speak. She

Grayson.

right there. I too needed a

that reality.

-exce

now, there was something

slightly, but no words came out. Her throat bobbed, her hands clenched at her sides then, in a sharp, disbelieving whisper, she finally managed,

waver, “I was.”

Then, suddenly, Elaine

herself at him like Isabella had with Rickon. She didn’t scream or cry or

real.

a single step forward and

sucked in a shaky breath, “-absolute bastard-” She smacked him again, “-I mourned you! I sobbed my eyes out! Do you have any idea

voice broke. She sucked in a sharp breath, pressing a hand to her

Grayson, who had faced death itself, who had clawed his way

eyes, “Don’t ever-” Her voice wavered, “-ever

inclined his head

Another silence.

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had finally crashed into her, Elaine let out a weak, disbelieving

I’m

eyes narrowed slightly, You’re

corner of his mouth lifted–the closest thing to a smirk I had

exhaled through her nose, shaking her head. “I hate you.”

“No, you don’t.”

at him,

face and kissed his forehead, hard, before stepping back and smacking

“Welcome back, cousin.”

turned on her heel and stalked off, mumbling something under

Silence settled again.

there, watching them, my

attention to me and just like that, the air

silence stretched

every detail of me all at once. Like he didn’t quite believe I was real.

didn’t move at first,

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needed to ask, emotions I didn’t know how to voice–but none of them made it past my

anything, I moved. I didn’t think, didn’t hesitate–I

instantly, his arms wrapped around me.

Tightly.

go, I’d

my skin. And finally, in a breath so quiet

he didn’t respond then slowly, he exhaled, “I felt

Another silence.

fully realized

step back just enough to look up at him, “I don’t mean to be a downer, but… Damien still

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to get away.”

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