The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 194

Ella

“Do you have service?” I asked the driver.

He pulled out his phone, then cursed under his breath as the same realization hit him that had just hit me. He shook his head. “Nothing. We’re in a dead zone out here.”

“Shit,” I said out loud.

The driver took his hat off and ran a hand through his hair. “I can shift and run back to the mansion to get help. Do you mind waiting here? I’ll be as fast as I can. Thirty minutes or so.”

Thirty minutes. That wasn’t enough time.

“Now hold on.” I climbed out of the car, gathering my heavy skirts as best I could. “Let’s look at the engine first. Maybe it’s something simple we can fix ourselves.”

The driver looked skeptical. “Are you sure, miss? I’m afraid I don’t know anything about engines…”

“It won’t hurt just to look will it?” The coronation was starting in fifteen minutes. There wasn’t time to wait for him to run back to the house and return with help. “I know a little about cars, so perhaps if we put our heads together, we can figure it out.”

That was a stretch. I knew practically nothing about cars. But I was too desperate not to try.

With a reluctant nod, the driver popped the hood, and we both peered into the engine compartment. Everything looked foreign to me, but then the driver pointed toward something near the back.

“There. I think that hose came loose.”

I squinted at where he was pointing. There was definitely a disconnected hose hanging free, dripping some kind of fluid onto the ground below.

“Can we reattach it?” I asked, hope sparking in my chest.

“Maybe. But I’ll have to reach pretty far back to get to it.” He rolled up his sleeves and leaned into the compartment. “You might want to stand back, Luna. This could get messy.”

But before I had a chance to move, there was a hiss the second his hand touched the hose. Dark liquid spurted out of the hose, spraying across the poor driver’s face–and all over my dress.

a sound. The driver just froze, his face covered

looked down at myself in horror. The beautiful midnight blue fabric was now streaked with thick, black oil. I

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an empty country road

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that every Luna Queen had worn for over a

I’m so sorry,” the driver stammered, straightening. “I didn’t

fault.” I shakily reached into the pocket of my dress and withdrew a handkerchief, which I handed to

his face. “Yes, yes, I’m fine. It’s you I’m worried about, miss. I think

be back with another car in thirty minutes, maybe less

to decide what to

be nearly over by the time we made

Alexander’s side throughout the coronation. I hated the

the distance, I could hear the faint sound of a car engine. My heart leaped with renewed

as headlights appeared around the

into the middle of the road, waving my arms frantically.

fast, but surely they could see me. A woman in a fancy dress standing in the

a broken–down vehicle–it was pretty obvious

car flew past without even

road, watching the taillights disappear around the corner.

eyes, but I blinked them away. Crying wasn’t

it,” I said, turning back

“Luna?”

myself.” The stained dress would be a problem, but it was certainly better than not showing up at all. “It can’t

“But-”

smile, “but you should focus on getting help

I stood there in wolf form, feeling the wind rustle through my fur. I shot the driver one last look over my shoulder, and he nodded, and then I took

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