The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 66

Ella & Alexander

Ella

As I stared at the broken pieces of my mother’s music box scattered across the floor, something in me

snapped.

I didn’t even know my mother. She had died when I was a baby.

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And that music box was the only possession of hers that I had–the only link to my mother I would ever get.

And now it was broken.

“What the hell is wrong with you?” I shouted at Sarah, leaping to my feet. “I told you not to touch it!”

Sarah’s eyes widened. “I’m so sorry, Luna. It was an accident-”

“An accident? You deliberately ignored me when I told you to leave it alone!” I was shaking with rage, my hands clenched into fists at my sides. “That was my mother’s music box. The only thing I had left of her, and you destroyed it!”

“Luna, it’s just a silly old-”

“Get out!” I screamed, not even wanting to hear the rest. “Get out of my room right now!”

Sarah didn’t move, which was a dangerous decision on her part. I wanted to rip into her, wanted to throw her against the wall with what little strength I had left. Disrespecting me was one thing, but she’d destroyed the one precious thing I had left, the one connection to my mother who’d died when I was just an infant.

“Luna Ella,” Gabriel’s sharp voice cut through my shouting as he appeared in the doorway. “What’s going on

here?”

“Your precious maid just destroyed my mother’s music box,” I said, whirling to glare at him. “After I specifically told her not to touch it.”

Gabriel’s eyes flicked to the broken pieces on the floor, then back to me. “Accidents happen. There’s no need to scream at the staff. It’s just a toy.”

“It’s not just a toy. And it wasn’t an accident. She did it on purpose.”

“That’s a serious accusation,” Gabriel said coolly. “Do you have proof?”

Before I could answer, heavy footsteps in the hallway announced Alexander’s arrival. He stepped into the

room, taking in the scene–me standing there shaking with fury, Sarah now cowering by the vanity, Gabriel with his arms folded, and the broken music box on the floor.

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“What’s all the shouting about?” Alexander asked.

My anger found a new target. I spun toward him, pointing at Sarah. “Your maid destroyed my mother’s music box. The one thing I had left of her.”

Alexander’s eyes moved to the broken pieces, then back to me. “I see.”

“I want her fired,” I said flatly. “She’s been nothing but disrespectful since she started working here, and

now she’s destroyed something irreplaceable.”

“Luna,” Sarah spoke up, her voice trembling now like a scared kitten when I knew fully well she was full of shit. “I swear it was an accident. I was just trying to clean, like you asked me to. You’ve been so… difficult. lately. Always yelling at me, always finding fault with everything I do.”

My mouth fell open. “That’s not-”

“It’s true,” Gabriel interrupted. “I’ve heard Luna Ella raising her voice at Sarah multiple times over the past few days. The poor girl has been doing her best under very trying circumstances.”

I stared at Gabriel in disbelief. “She spilled hot soup on me deliberately. She’s been rude and insubordinate

from the moment she walked into this house.”

“I’ve been nothing but respectful,” Sarah said, big, fat crocodile tears now streaming down her face. “I know Luna Ella doesn’t like me, but I’ve tried so hard to please her. I never meant for this to happen.”

my side, to see through Sarah’s obvious

you going to

met mine. “I’ll look

all he was going to say. He wasn’t going to fire her, wasn’t going to defend me,

span of an instant, the fury inside of me crystallized into something

with these people, done with pretending that

whatever you want. You always

out of the room. I could feel their eyes on me as I

Alexander

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chin up despite everything. There was something about the way she’d handled

Would she get jealous? Would she

she’d been so calm at the end. So resigned. Like she’d expected me not to

anything to do with me. If she’d cared, wouldn’t she have been more upset? Wouldn’t she have

some random maid?

gesturing to the broken

sure Sarah

clean it up.

“Yes, Alpha.”

had pack business to attend to, reports to review, anything to keep my mind off

still at my desk, staring at the same financial report I’d been pretending to read for the past thirty minutes. I couldn’t get the image of Ella’s face out of my head, no matter

soft knock

I called

the new maid, entered carrying a tray with a steaming mug.

Alpha.”

“Oh. Uh… Thanks.”

on my desk and flashed me a

and returned

anything else?”

that’s fine. You

door, but just as she reached it, she stumbled. Her foot caught on the edge of the rug,

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chair and caught her before she could hit the floor, my hands gripping her

her.

alright?”

was close enough that I could smell her perfume. Sweet and floral and just a touch too strong for a maid who had been

batting her eyelashes. “You’re

a step back, putting distance between us. “Be

head and gave me a shy smile.

question caught me off guard.

In your marriage, I mean?” Her voice was soft, hardly more than a whisper. “You always seem

boldness of the question. What kind

his love life?

said firmly, moving to open the door for

a moment, something cold passed across her features before

sweet smile returned.

course,” she said quickly. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to

like she was studying me, then scurried out of the room

word.

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her shoulders straight and her chin up despite everything.

handled the situation that left me feeling unsettled.

react. Would she get jealous? Would she fight harder

sign that our marriage meant something to

the end. So resigned. Like she’d expected me not to take her

enough to fight