The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10

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Chapter 10

Ella POV

The new boy in class was strange, or so the other kids said.

They said that he was too quiet, that he stared for too long, that his interest in paper airplanes was too obsessive. They said that he didn’t play with them on the playground because he would always ruin their games with his weirdness.

And then the teacher seated him next to me, and I saw those big blue eyes and the way his face lit up when he saw me folding a paper airplane underneath my desk, and I knew we were supposed to be good friends.

“It’s okay. They think I’m weird, too,” I said as we sat together in the big flower field out behind the school, making daisy crowns. “The other kids don’t like me because of what happened to my mom. They think I’m bad luck.”

Liam tilted his head, a few soft golden curls falling into his eyes. “What happened to your mom?”

I shrugged. “I dunno. She died when I was a baby. But that was a long time ago, and I’m a lot bigger now, so it doesn’t bother me.”

He reached out and took my hand. “It’s okay if it does bother you.”

“Why?”

“Because we’re best friends now, and friends are supposed to be there for each other when they’re feeling sad. That way, you can still feel sad but it’s not so lonely because we’ve got each other.”

Liam was right-we were best friends. Inseparable, even. We were practically attached at the hip all through second, third, and fourth grade.

Until his father, the Head Alpha of the Alpha Council Supervisory Board, sent him away.

I didn’t even get to say goodbye; Liam just stopped showing up to school, and when I asked our teacher where he went, she said he went off to some kind of special camp for ‘kids like him ‘. And he wasn’t coming back.

I didn’t know what that meant until years later, when it finally hit me: his father, ashamed of Liam’s shy nature and too-inquisitive mind, sent him to the type of place where they hammer special kids into an ordinary mold.

His father wanted him to become the Head Alpha of the Board.

And now he was.

Liam looked nothing like the young boy who had been taken from me all those years ago; he

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was charming and outgoing, he smiled wide and initiated conversations and no longer wore the little paper plane charm necklace I gave him when we were young.

But he was still Liam. My Liam.

And somehow, seeing him again made everything that was bad in my life slip away. Even when Alexander suddenly pulled me back to his side, his grip possessive around my waist, I couldn’t help but smile.

“So now you’re the Head of the Board,” I said. “How does it feel?”

Liam’s smile widened slightly. Maybe just a little too much. “My father is very proud.”

I blinked at that, wondering exactly what went on at that camp. But before I could ask, my father cut in, “Is that little Liam?”

“In the flesh,” Liam replied, holding out his hand. “It’s a pleasure to see you again, Richard.”

“Why, I never…” My father shook his hand, tactfully leaving out the fact that the last time he had seen Liam, Liam had hardly been able to say hello to him. He then gestured to Alexander. ” You know, Liam, given your history with Ella, we’d be very grateful if you gave Alpha Alexander a good review for the upcoming election.”

My throat bobbed. Of course my father would try to use my reunion with an old friend I thought I’d never see again to get what he wanted. And of course Alexander wouldn’t stop him, because he was just as selfish.

I glanced at Liam, hoping my father hadn’t just ruined everything. To my relief, Liam simply nodded. “I assure you, I’ll give Alpha Alexander an honest evaluation.”

Alexander tensed slightly. My father could only give a dry laugh as a response.

“Ella,” Liam suddenly said, turning to me once more, “how have you been all these years? I’d like to catch up.”

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