The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 293

Chapter 293

Chapter 293

Ella’s POV

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Over the next few days, when I wasn’t helping Anya with preparing for her date or taking care of Lucien, I was in the library. By the third day, I had managed to bribe the librarian into giving me access to the restricted section, a portion of the library that was typically reserved only for official pack business.

The restricted section had yielded a few promising titles at first. I found several texts right off the bat on bloodline afflictions, and even one book on ancient curses.

But none of them mentioned resurrection. None of them described people coming back from the dead in new bodies, forced to remain silent about their past lives without condemning everyone they told.

By the fourth night, I found myself rereading passages I’d already gone through twice before, desperately hoping I’d missed something the first two times. But the words remained stubbornly unchanged.

My hope began to fade away entirely.

Lilith had been right. If there was a way to break this curse, she would have found it at some point during her twenty years of searching. What made me think I could do better in a few weeks?

Still, I refused to give up completely. Because whenever Liam called to talk and check in on my progress, I couldn’t bear to tell him that I had stopped searching.

On the fifth evening, I was back in the library with yet another stack of books and a migraine strong enough to shatter the walls around me when Hunter appeared in the doorway.

“Omega Stella,” he said. “The Alpha needs to speak with you. Come with me.”

I glanced up from the text I’d been reading. “Right now?”

“Yes. Now,”

My first thought was Lucien. Had something happened? I’d just put him down an hour ago, and he’d been fine then. But maybe he’d woken up crying, or developed a fever, or something else. So I stood without hesitating and followed Hunter out of the library, pulling my cardigan tight around my shoulders.

“Is Lucien alright?” I asked. “Did something happen?”

“Lucien is fine.” Hunter was already striding down the corridor toward the front entrance. “This isn’t about him.”

“Then what’s it about?” I had to jog slightly to keep up with his longer stride. “Where are we going?”

“You’ll see.”

We reached the front entrance and Hunter opened the door, gesturing for me to go outside. A car was waiting in the driveway with the engine running, and that was when it hit me.

“No,” I said, stopping in my tracks. “No, absolutely not. This is about the trial, isn’t it? The date.”

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Hunter didn’t answer, which was answer enough.

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“I’m not going.” I turned to head back inside. “Tell Alpha Alexander I appreciate the invitation, but-”

Hunter stepped in my way before I could retreat. “The date has already been set in stone,” he said curtly. “You can discuss dropping out with him during your date, but I was given an order to retrieve you and bring you to the location, and I won’t let an Omega jeopardize my job.”

My jaw clenched. How very typical of both of them to treat me like an accessory to something I didn’t agree to. But before I could retort, Hunter was already guiding me toward the car with his hand on my elbow. I tried to pull away, but his grip was firm.

“Get in the car, Stella,” he said, opening the door.

I wrinkled my nose at Hunter, but climbed in anyway. However, I fully intended to tell Alexander exactly what I thought of this whole ordeal whenever I arrived at the date location–likely some restaurant or another.

The drive was silent. Hunter kept his eyes on the road while I stared out the window, watching the estate grounds give way to dense forest. We were heading toward the northern border, I realized. The same route the patrol used.

The same route Alexander and I had walked together once, back when I was still his Luna.

Goddess. Of all the places he could have chosen for this date, why here?

Hunter pulled off the main road onto a narrow dirt path that wound through the trees. The headlights illuminated the forest ahead, shadows flickering between the trunks. Finally, he parked and got out, then came around to open my door.

“This way,” he said, gesturing toward a trail that disappeared into the darkness.

“You’re joking.” I didn’t move from the car. “We’re going hiking? In the dark?”

“The Alpha is waiting for you not far from here.‘

I climbed out reluctantly and followed Hunter onto the trail. The forest was quiet except for the crunch of our footsteps on fallen leaves and the occasional hoot of an owl somewhere overhead. Hunter pulled out a flashlight to light our way.

I knew this trail, though. I’d only been here once, but I somehow remembered every twist and turn, every exposed root and loose stone. The last time I’d walked it, Alexander had been beside me, and everything had been different.

It had been one of the rare good days. One of the few times during our marriage when Alexander had actually seemed… content.

It was also the first time I actually got to see his green eyes light up–when we had seen the bear and her cubs.

That day, a naive little part of me had begun to fall for him.

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