Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha's Stolen Luna: Kabanata 291 - Kabanata 300

I hadn’t left the suite in days. This whole figuring out how I really felt was harder than I expected. I tried to leave a few times the first couple of days, but was quickly met with a panic attack when I did. I had been forcing myself to eat too, but that just got less and less important. All the back and forth in my head, and even with Nova, was overwhelming, making me second-guess myself even more.And I wasn’t going to deny—I missed Lucas. I missed him so much it hurt sometimes. Especially at night, when I tried to sleep and nightmares came flooding back. It had been so long since I had them this regularly. If I ever had. Nova wasn’t shy about reminding me that it was Lucas who helped keep all of those demons at bay. But I was always quick to remind her that that wasn’t necessarily a good thing. That it was just another example of how the bond clouds my judgment.Eventually, I lost the motivation to keep trying. Giving in to the hurt and sadness that I couldn’t keep at bay anymore

I finally slept through the night after I talked to Lucas. It was still a struggle to fall asleep without him, but at least there weren’t any more nightmares. I woke up feeling rested which helped give me a more optimistic outlook for the day.One of the books Soloman had brought me said it was important to identify and understand my triggers. That felt like an easy enough place to start. It wasn’t hard to figure out the biggest triggers for me was anything to do with the Dawn Stalkers and the conspiracy surrounding my royal family.I didn’t think it was hard to figure out why Anders and his pack would be the cause of so much of my anxiety. I’m sure there were some deeper issues that could lead back to them as well, but that was for down the road. Knowing there was a lot to unpack with that one and not much I could do about facing those issues, I decided to start with my family. Particularly, my mother.After a lot of thinking, I admitted that I stopped looking into my mother’s past t

I jumped at the sound of voices in the hallway. I rushed to put the box back in its hiding spot, pulling the panel back in place once it was tucked away again. I grabbed the photo album and the stuffed wolf and pulled them close to my body. Heading for the door, I listened for longer than I needed to make sure whoever was out there had gone. When I felt the coast was clear, I left the playroom, locking the door behind me before scurrying back across the hall to my parents’ apartment.It wouldn’t be odd to see me leaving these quarters. I’d been here enough before and everyone knew Osric had given me open access to the place. Plus, I wanted to return the keys. They were safest here.Instead of heading back to my suite, I settled in on the couch there. I didn’t know why I took the album. I didn’t really think about it at the time. Curiosity took over, I guess. I looked at the cover, recognizing my mother’s craftwork. She had put this together. Why keep it hidden?I opened it and was gre

I settled into somewhat of a routine. I spent a couple of hours with my grandfather or Soloman each day. Shared a few meals with Nomi. Raphe was away from the palace, so I hadn’t run into him, but that did make it more comfortable for me to keep visiting the playroom.I’d made it through most of the case files. I had avoided certain things, like the autopsy photos. But I had a better understanding of what happened that day. I could see how they would believe that my mother had died. The second body was burned pretty badly, but whoever was in there was the same height and build and had the same hair color and skin tone. My mother was nowhere else to be found, they couldn’t explain anyone else being with him, and they never imagined she would fake her death.However, knowing what I knew now, the question was—who was the mystery dead woman? And how did my mother get away? She had admitted to being injured that day and we know that someone else was involved. But how? I almost wanted to vi

Jaden, Max, and I arrived at Ned’s lab late in the afternoon. He’d finished decoding all the information from the laptop. He sounded pretty nervous when he called to tell me. Something had him shaken up. If I hadn’t already told Jaden I would be here, that would have been enough to get me here.Ned was pacing his lab as we arrived, his hands moving erratically as he talked to himself. It did not make me feel any better about what we were about to find out.“Ned,” I called to get his attention.He jumped and turned toward us. “Took you long enough,” he grumbled, expecting us to follow as he retreated to the back of the lab.“We came as soon as we could,” I said. “You could have come to us if it was that important.”Ned shook head. “Too risky,” he said. “No one can listen in here. It’s protected. Secure.”“I thought my office was secure,” I questioned.“Too many people can access it,” he replied. “I can only guarantee so much. Here… no one comes here without me knowing. Now, focus. We h