The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 287

Chapter 287

Ella’s POV

“You have to try to break the curse,” Liam said from his hospital bed, gripping my hand. “There has to be a way.”

“Liam-”

“Your mother might not have found a way, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Maybe she didn’t look hard enough. Maybe she gave up too soon.”

I didn’t believe him. Lilith had made it abundantly clear that she had searched and searched for a cure and there was none. But the optimism in my friend’s eyes made something stupid and hopeful flutter in my chest, and I couldn’t say no to him.

“Alright,” I said, even though I doubted I’d find anything. “I’ll try.”

The pack library was empty when I arrived that night. Most of the household was asleep, and the few servants still awake were busy with their duties. I slipped inside and closed the door behind me, grateful for the silence.

The library was massive. Floor–to–ceiling shelves lined every wall, filled with books on pack history, mythology, and Goddess knew what else. Where did I even start?

I decided to start in the medical section, where I found a book on ancient diseases. That seemed like a good enough place to begin, so I settled at one of the old wooden tables and began to read. I pored over every word, every footnote… everything.

Nothing.

So I moved on to the next book. Then the next. And the next.

Hours passed. My eyes grew strained, but I kept reading and reading and reading. I read about incurable wasting diseases, afflictions of the blood, even folk tales about punishments of the Moon Goddess.

But there was nothing about resurrection curses. Nothing about people coming back from the dead in new bodies. Nothing that even came close to it.

Still, I continued to read, if only so I could tell Liam that I had tried. So I could tell myself that I had tried, that I had done everything in my power to keep my friend alive. Eventually, the moon slipped out of view through the tall windows, and the sky outside began to lighten.

Finally, my eyelids grew too heavy to keep open. Before I knew it, my head was lolling onto the dusty book in front of me and I was drifting off to sleep.

I couldn’t have been asleep for longer than an hour or two before I woke to the sensation of something soft being draped over my shoulders and the scent of something savory.

“You’re going to hurt your neck sleeping like that,” Lilith’s voice said.

I jerked upright, a line of drool stretching from the corner of my mouth to the book page. Morning light was streaming through the library windows, and I looked over to see Lilith standing over me with a tray in her hands.

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Chapter 287

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“What time is it?” I asked, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand.

“Almost seven.” Lilith shoved the book out of the way and set the tray on the table in front of me. Steam rose from a cup of tea, and the toast was buttery and enticing. “I brought you breakfast. Figured you’d need it after pulling an all–nighter.”

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