HEART OF A TRUE LUNA novel Chapter 4

AMBER.

“You’ve been quiet,” Cassidy asked me as she handed me a cocktail drink. I didn’t even check what it was and just sipped the straw. The burn hit my throat at once, and I began coughing.

“Hey! Are you trying to get drunk?” She chuckled and patted my back.

“Zach is arriving with his family,” I told her. I was at a friend’s union, and I didn’t expect him to attend. He had never attended any functions since the accident. He would rather stay in his territory and isolate himself.

Most of his Alpha friends kept visiting him at the beginning until they all just gave up. But I knew they would still extend invitations to him, like this one, but no one expected him to show up.

So I couldn’t believe he would show up here.

“Really?” She asked.

I nodded and gave the glass to the server who passed by before taking a glass of water to soothe the burn in my throat.

Cassidy was still talking but my attention was already elsewhere. My eyes swept around the ballroom, looking at everyone. I smiled back at those who smiled at me. I was smiling broadly that it was hurting my cheeks. I tried to mask the pain inside me.

Everyone looked happy—except me.

I smiled at the female server as she approached me, and I took one sparkling wine from her tray. If I see Zach today, I needed to prepare myself—either he would ignore me or he would throw hurtful words.

I was still drinking my water when a commotion drew my attention. And someone’s voice rang in the air. “Zach!”

I swiftly turned my body around and watched Zach enter the ballroom with his Beta pushing his wheel hair, and his whole family surrounded him.

His face was stoic, but I could tell he didn’t want to be here.

The moment his eyes found mine, his expression changed. His face warped into a scowl, and as I had expected, the mighty Zach came down from his throne and decided to bring chaos and wrath with him.