The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 260

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Chapter 260

Ella

The morning of the hunt, I woke up with a plan.

I dressed in the most impractical outfit I could find: a white blouse that would show every speck of dirt and a pair of ballet flats that would be useless for running through the forest. I braided my hair loosely so it would come undone and look disheveled. I even borrowed some of Lilith’s red lipstick and tucked it into my pocket along with a book I’d grabbed from the library.

Perfect. I looked like someone who had never spent a day outdoors in her life.

After feeding Lucien and making sure he was settled with Lilith for the day, I made my way to the main grounds where all of the contestants were supposed to gather.

The place was already buzzing with activity when I arrived. Women in hunting gear were stretching and checking their weapons. Others were huddled in groups, whispering amongst themselves–having teamed up to make it to the next round.

I spotted Anya near the edge of the crowd, looking nervous but determined in a practical brown outfit and sturdy boots. She’d clearly done her research on what to wear for a hunt. I almost felt bad that I was planning to get myself eliminated instead of teaming up with her and helping her out.

Then, turning, I spotted her. Sophia.

She was standing near the front of the group, dressed in an expensive hunting outfit that didn’t have a speck of dirt on it. Her hair was pulled back into a perfect, sleek ponytail and she was grinning widely as a group of girls fawned over her.

I almost wanted to laugh. Last I’d seen Sophia was when she and Alexander were dancing drunkenly together. She’d been hanging off of him like her life depended on it.

And he was still making her go through the trial like everyone else.

and scheming and pining for him, he was still making her

low to keep pursuing this man after all these years.

of Sophia’s constant scheming. It was nice, for once, not to be the object of her hatred. And if she wanted to deal with Alexander’s sour moods and disloyalty and his tendency to lock up his own wife over false evidence, then more power to

edge of the forest. Alexander stepped up onto it, looking every inch the Alpha King in

the Luna Trial,” he announced. “Today’s challenge is a

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seventy rabbits have been released. This means at least thirty of

crowd. Some women looked confident, others nervous. Anya sidled up next to me and nudged me with

up?” she whispered. “We can help

never hunted before and I’ve

bad again, but this was for the best. I was going to make a fool out of myself to get out of this

The more rabbits you bring back, the

had that gaggle of teammates around her but I knew she was already thinking about how to

have two hours,” Alexander

another peal of the horn, the crowd surged forward into the forest. I hung back, letting everyone else rush ahead before I casually strolled into the trees. No point in looking too eager when my plan was to

led to a small clearing where I’d

I found my chosen spot, I sat down against a large oak tree and pulled out my

lipstick on my clothes to look like blood.

would make me look weak and completely

eliminate me, and I could go

heard a rustling in the bushes nearby. Probably just another contestant passing through, I figured, so I kept reading. But the rustling got

the treeline and was sniffling around the clearing in search of clover to eat. My wolf immediately bristled at its closeness–close enough to see its little pink nose twitch and hear its breath as it rooted around in the