All Chapters of The Alpha's Stolen Luna: Chapter 281 - Chapter 289

I pushed my breakfast around my plate as I sat in the palace suite the next morning. Lucas never responded to my text the day before. And he didn’t answer when I tried to call him last night. Eventually, I gave up. Settling for leaving him a message that we had made it safely.I’d say I woke up a dozen times throughout the night, but that would imply that I actually slept. It wasn’t just because I hadn’t heard from Lucas. It was the first time since we’d met that I had gone to bed without him. I didn’t know how to fall asleep without him.“Okay, you’ve been moping all morning,” Helene commented. “What’s up?”I sat up straighter and forced a half-smile. “It’s just the first time Lucas and I have been apart,” I told her. “It’s harder than I thought it would be. I know that seems crazy but…”Helene grabbed my hand and squeezed. “Not at all,” she assured me. “The best way to deal with it is to stay busy, right? So, let’s get ready for our visit with Grandfather. Then we’ll go find Nomi. I

I almost backed out of the plan a dozen times but Sera pointed out that the ball made this an even better opportunity. Most of the palace security would be focused around the main wing of the palace. Not to mention the busy chaos of the staff throughout the place. She would have a better window to sneak into the Nomi’s and Raphe’s apartments to search for the key.Truth be told, this was the real reason I had come along. Lucas hadn’t actually told me to come with Sutton, but Jaden and I agreed he would have if he hadn’t been so upset. Not to mention a little out of his mind from lack of sleep. Jaden originally volunteered the minute he realized Sutton was still going without Lucas, but I convinced him it was better for him to stay at the packhouse and hold things down.While Lucas would be grateful that I came along to keep Sutton and Helene safe, he wouldn’t approve of Sera and me running this mission without him. But after hearing about the huge fight he and Sutton had, neither of u

“You did what?”I was knee deep in debris when I got the call. I almost didn’t answer. Max wasn’t who I wanted to talk to at that moment. I’d missed Sutton’s calls and messages after not realizing my phone had died on the drive out here. By the time I got it turned back on, Sutton wasn’t answering hers. But I remembered Max had also messaged that he was with her at the capital. So, seeing his call had me panicking. What I heard was far from what I expected.“We moved forward with the plan,” Max repeated. “But something went wrong. They have Sera. She locked up in the palace.”“Where is Sutton?” I demanded. “You said you went to protect her.”“Sutton is fine,” Max replied. “She and Helene are at the ball with Soloman. She’s safe.”“Wait… ball? What ball?”“Eh… that’s another story,” Max said. “We don’t have time for that. We need to figure out how the hell we’re going to get Sera out of trouble.”“She would be in trouble if you had done what I told you,” I barked, climbing my way out o

I owed Soloman for the strings he managed to pull so quickly. Without him, we never would have been able to land in the private airport in the capital. Let alone had a car waiting for me in the parking lot. I told Uncle Rodney to wait with the plane while went to the palace to handle things.Not that I knew how I was going to handle this mess. I had been desperately trying to work out a plan on the flight here but my head just wouldn’t focus. No doubt thanks to the lack of sleep and the fact that I didn’t know the last time I’d consumed anything other than whiskey. Rhonen still hadn’t returned either. Still pissed about my argument with Sutton.Max linked me where to park when I got close to the palace, making sure we wouldn’t draw attention. He and Soloman met me at a staff entrance at the back end of the building.“It’s all quiet now,” Max insisted in hushed tones as he let me in. “But we should stay clear of the guest wing just to be cautious.”“Sutton is safe?” I demanded. “She’s

“Sera, we’ll…”“No,” she insisted, shaking her head. “After all this, I’m not leaving without it.”I shared nervous glances with Max and Soloman. I wanted to say it didn’t matter. That we worry about that when she was safe and had been seen by a doctor. But I couldn’t. I needed that key. And I needed it before someone realized it was missing. If either Raphe or Nomi realized it was gone, I had to have the evidence deciphered before they suspected I was involved.“Where is it?” I asked Sera. “I’ll get it.”“I…” She put a hand to her head, obviously in pain. “I hide it. They pulled me out of the way of a group of people. Up next to the wall. I… I dropped it in a pot. Or maybe a vase.”“Where?” I pressed. “Were you still in the royal wing? The main building?”“We had left the royal wing,” she said. “But… I don’t remember the way we took.”I suppressed a curse. Not wanting her to feel even worse than she already did. But right now, she was the only hope we had of finding that key. I didn’