The Alpha King And His Chosen Luna novel Chapter 241

She didn’t hesitate

(Caius)

We stayed where we were for another minute. Neither of us wanted the afternoon to end. I wished it could last a little longer.

A knock came at the door. I looked toward it before looking back at isla. She smiled when she saw my face. I already knew I wasn’t going to like the interruption.

“I suppose that’s our peace ending.”

I smiled before standing. My eyes stayed on her as I crossed the room. I reached for the handle. Then I opened the door.

Pryor stood outside with a respectful nod. His expression told me this wasn’t a social visit. I stepped into the hallway before pulling the door closed. I already knew Isla would hear every word anyway.

“The Chief Elder asked me to deliver a message.”

I looked at Pryor and waited for him to continue. The Council still had work to finish. Neither of us. expected otherwise. I remained where I was.

“What message?”

“The Council will reconvene tomorrow morning.”

I nodded once. That wasn’t unexpected after everything that had happened. There were still too many questions left unanswered. The investigation wasn’t over.

“The Chief Elder also asked that you and Luna Isla attend.”

I studied him for a moment. His voice remained calm from beginning to end. Whatever waited tomorrow could wait until morning. That was enough for me.

“We’ll be there.”

Pryor inclined his head. He turned and walked down the hallway without another word. I watched him leave before opening the door again. Isla already knew what had been said before I stepped back inside.

I stepped back inside and closed the door, Isla had untied her hair while I was gone. She set the ribbon on the vanity before looking at me. I walked over to her.

“Tomorrow morning.”

She nodded once. Then she picked up the brush and held it out to me. I took it from her hand without a

word.

I moved behind her. She sat down while I brushed her hair. Neither of us hurried.

“I was hoping for one more day.”

She looked at me in the mirror. I met her eyes as I drew the brush through her hair again. Then she gave a small nod.

< She didn’t hesitate.

“So was I.”

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I set the brush back where she’d left it. She remained seated as our eyes met again through the mirror.

‘Enjoy this while it lasts, Vorak said.

‘I plan to,‘ I answered. I kept my eyes on Isla.

She looked at me in the mirror for a moment longer.

“You know what I keep thinking about?” she said.

“Tell me.”

“That in two days none of this will matter anymore,” she said. “The Council. The hearing. Evander.” She paused. “None of it.”

“No,” I said. “None of it.”

She nodded once and looked away from the mirror.

“I also wanted to plan a visit to see my sister once everything is settled. We hardly communicate with each other and my father lives too far to visit without intention.”

“You should,” she said simply.

“I know,” I said.

“Life keeps getting in the way.”

“It does,” I said. “But it won’t always.”

She nodded once.

“We’ll go together,” she said. “When this is done.”

I looked at her.

“My sister will like you,” I said.

“You sound certain.”

“I am,” I said. “She has very little patience for people who aren’t genuine,”

Isla smiled at that.

“Then I should be fine.”

“She’ll probably argue with you,” I said.

Isla looked at me in the mirror.

“About what?”

“Anything she disagrees with,” I said. “She doesn’t hold back because of rank or title. She never has.”

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<She didn’t hesitate

Isla smiled.

“I already like her more,” she said.

I almost smiled at that.

After a while she looked at me in the mirror.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Yes,” I said.

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“When you found me in the shack,” she said. “Before you knew what I was. Before the bond. What did you think when you saw me?”

I looked at her reflection.

“I thought someone had done something unforgivable,” I said. “And that I was going to find out who.”

She was quiet for a moment.

“That was it?” she said. “Nothing else?”

“I thought you were going to fight me,” I said. “Even in the state you were in. There was something in the way you held yourself that told me you hadn’t finished.”

She looked at her hands.

“I hadn’t,” she said.

“I know,” I said. “That was the first thing I understood about you.”

She looked back at the mirror.

“What was the second?” she asked.

I thought about it.

“That whatever had been done to you hadn’t touched the part of you that mattered most,” I said. “It had tried. It hadn’t managed.”

She was quiet for a long moment.

“I didn’t feel that way at the time,” she said.

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