All Chapters of Betrayed Luna To Alpha Queen: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

The silence stretched uncomfortably. Laura could feel her cheeks burning."Did you two have a productive night?" Nikolai asked with a slight smile.Laura nearly choked on her own spit. "We were researching.""Is that what they're calling it now?" Dante muttered into his food."Dante," Zephyr warned."What? I'm just saying." Dante finally looked up, his red eyes intense. "Some of us might have been worried about where you disappeared to.""We were in the research tent all night," Laura said. "Working on understanding the curse connection.""All night?" Lucian's voice was quiet, but there was an edge to it.Laura felt like she was being interrogated. "Yes.""And did you learn anything useful?" Nikolai asked, still smiling that knowing smile.Zephyr answered before Laura could. "We discovered some interesting connections. Between the primordial mate bond and cursed bloodlines.""How interesting," Lucian said flatly.The tension around the fire was thick enough to cut. Laura grabbed a pla

Laura and Dante walked back into camp hand in hand. Their clothes were still damp from the stream. Her hair was messy and wild.She felt the stares right away. Warriors stopped what they were doing to watch them pass. Some actually smiled. Others whispered behind their hands."Let them talk," Dante said quietly.But Laura could feel her cheeks burning. Curse these wolves and their sense of smell.Near the main fire, she spotted Lucian talking to Marcus. His dark eyes found hers across the camp. He looked at their joined hands. His jaw tightened, but he said nothing.Zephyr was studying maps with Ash. He glanced up as they passed. His pale eyes were unreadable.Nikolai sat cleaning his weapons. He smiled that annoyingly frustrating knowing smile when he saw them. "Have a good hunt?""We saw a shadow wolf," Laura said.The smile disappeared from Nikolai's face. "Where?""About two miles north," Dante replied. "It was different from the others we've seen and stronger.""Kieran also spoke

Laura's eyes snapped open. Her heart was racing. Images from last night flashed through her mind. Shadow wolves. Blood and Zephyr's black eyes filled with darkness. She sat up fast, then winced. Her stomach should have been torn open. But when she looked down, only faint scars remained. "The healers worked on you all night." Laura turned. Zephyr sat in a chair beside her bed. His pale eyes looked tired and haunted. "Are you okay?" she asked softly. He gave a bitter laugh. "Shouldn't I be asking you that?" "Zephyr—" "I could have killed you." His voice was barely a whisper. "When the curse took over, I wanted to kill everything. Even you." Laura swung her legs over the side of the bed. Her body ached, but she could move. "But you didn't," she said. "Only because you stopped me." His hands shook slightly. "What if next time you can't?" Laura reached for his hand. His fingers were ice cold. "Then we'll figure it out," she said simply. Zephyr stared at their joined hands. "T

Laura waited until the camp had settled down. Most warriors had gone to their tents to prepare for battle or rest. She pushed through the flap of Dante's tent. He was sitting on his bed, sharpening a sword. His movements were sharp and angry. "Get out," he said without looking up. "No." "Laura, I'm warning you—" "What? You'll hurt me too?" She stepped closer. "Like you're hurting everyone else?" Dante's hands stilled on the blade. "Those people look up to you," Laura continued. "They trust you. And you're about to lead them to their deaths." "Better to die fighting than live in fear." "Is it?" Laura knelt in front of him. "What about the children in those wagons? What happens to them when you don't come back?" Dante's jaw tightened. "There will be other warriors." "But not their Alpha. Not their protector." She reached out and touched his hands. They were shaking again. "Talk to me," she whispered. "Tell me what you're really feeling." For a long moment, Dante was silent

Laura sat alone in her tent, staring at the Truce Token on the small table. The white light pulsed like a heartbeat. Where was Nikolai? His words from weeks ago echoed in her mind. How he'd told her about his ancestor. How he feared he might betray her like his ancestor had betrayed the last Alpha Queen for his love Vanessa. "I'm afraid I'll hurt you," he'd said that night at his estate. "It's in my blood." Laura's chest tightened. Had his worst fears come true? A throat cleared behind her. She turned to see Dante pushing through the tent flap. "You shouldn't be alone," he said softly. "I'm fine." "No, you're not." He sat beside her on the bed. "Talk to me." Laura leaned against his shoulder. "What if Kieran is telling the truth?" "Then we deal with it." "How? If one of you has been feeding him information..." She couldn