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Chapter 2

Author: Boiled Eggs
By the time I came to, the room was pitch-black. I couldn't hear anything around me. Just then, my phone screen lit up. It was a message from Lena.

She had taken a selfie with Luke. Both of them were smiling radiantly.

Then she sent me another message. "I'm really sorry, Luna Ella. Luke's celebrating my birthday with me tonight. I'm afraid he won't be coming home."

I reached for my phone, but my hand went right through it. I couldn't even touch it.

In the faint glow of the screen, I finally saw my body lying motionless on the floor, my skin completely drained of color. Bits of debris were still lodged under my fingernails from where I had clawed the floor earlier.

I stared at my body in a daze. It took me a very long time to come back to myself.

I was already dead.

Then I heard the attendant's concerned voice from outside the door. "Luna Ella, it's time for dinner. Are you feeling better?"

There was no response, so he knocked on the door again. "Luna Ella, can you hear me?"

I floated in front of him and waved my arms frantically. "I'm right here! Come save me!"

But the attendant couldn't see or hear me.

He hesitated outside the door for a moment before dialing my number. On the floor, my phone started buzzing. Not far away, my body lay motionless on the floor.

My phone rang for a very long time, but I didn't answer.

The attendant felt something was wrong, so he called Luke instead.

The phone connected immediately. Over the phone, I could hear music playing at the restaurant, along with the pack chatting and laughing in the background.

"Alpha Luke." The attendant sounded hesitant. "I called Luna Ella to come downstairs for dinner. I've knocked on her door several times, but there was no response."

Luke fell silent for a moment. He sounded uneasy when he finally spoke. "Is the door locked? Have you gone inside the room? Go check on her!"

"I don't know why, but the door's locked. I can't open it," the attendant replied.

Lena's sweet voice suddenly drifted through the phone. "Don't worry too much, Luke. Maybe she got sleepy after taking the medication. Perhaps she's taking a nap in the room."

She paused for a moment. Her voice was dripping with concern when she spoke again.

"Luna Ella's been busy handling pack affairs lately. Now that she finally gets a chance to rest, it makes sense she didn't hear the attendant knocking on the door."

That seemed to convince Luke. He let out a sigh of relief and said, "You don't have to wait outside the door anymore. Go do something else. She's probably fast asleep. The emergency medication's right next door. If she really needs it, she can go get it herself."

"But…" The attendant was still really worried. Before he could even finish speaking, Luke ended the call.

The attendant frowned and knocked on my door again. "Luna? Can you hear me? If you can, please answer me."

I floated out of the room and kept answering him, but my voice seemed to fade away. No one could hear me.

A few minutes later, the attendant still felt uneasy, so he went to fetch the pack healer and led her to my door.

The healer knocked on the door and asked hesitantly, "Are you sure Luna Ella's inside?"

"I'm certain." The attendant nodded.

They waited outside the door for a long time, but there was no sound at all. They exchanged a glance before calling Luke again.

The call connected. This time, he sounded a little impatient. "What is it now?"

"Alpha Luke, it's me," the healer said cautiously. "The attendant said Luna Ella hasn't gone out all day. Given her history of allergies, I'm really worried about her. Could you let us go in and make sure she's okay?"

At those words, I heard Luke let out a chuckle. "Did Ella ask you to call me?"

He sounded amused. "You're playing along with her little act, huh? Are you asking me to leave Lena's birthday party and come home now?"

The healer froze. "That's not it, Alpha…"

"That's enough." Luke cut them off coldly.

"If she really isn't feeling well, she'd beg me to help her. She just can't bear to be apart from me."

The healer said anxiously, "But a severe allergic reaction could cause her to go into shock."

"Tell Ella to stop using that to scare me." Luke's voice became stern. "I'll be home later. And stop playing along with her little games. It won't end well for you two."

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