All Chapters of The Alpha's reborn Luna: His Surrogate mate : Chapter 71 - Chapter 74

CHARLOTTEThe wind was howling again.It rattled the windowpanes and made the torches along the corridor flicker, throwing long, shivering shadows across the stone walls. I’d gotten used to the sound of the palace breathing at night but tonight felt different. Uneasy. Charged.Maybe because I couldn’t sleep.I’d spent the last hour pacing back and forth in my chamber, my mind still clouded with thoughts of Jeffrey—his pale, still face, the sound of his coughing, the way his hand had felt so cold in mine. No healer had been able to wake him, and every passing day made it harder to breathe.And yet, somewhere deep inside me, there was a voice whispering that this wasn’t the end. That someone had done this on purpose.I stopped pacing and glanced toward my mother’s old chest, sitting half-covered in dust near the corner of the room. She’d brought it with her when she came here years ago, but it had remained sealed ever since. I never had the heart to open it, she always said it contained

EMMALAINE I slammed my palm against the table so hard that the crystal goblet beside me tipped and shattered, scattering shards like my patience across the marble floor. The elders stood trembling before me, heads bowed, afraid to meet my eyes. “How could you?” I hissed. “How could you let her take charge of this pack?”Elder Venn tried to speak, his wrinkled fingers twisting the edge of his robe. “Luna, the council voted...”“Voted?” I snapped, taking a step forward. “You call that a vote? It was treachery! You cowards stood there and watched her seize what belongs to me. What I built. What I deserve!”They didn’t answer. None of them dared. The fire in the hearth roared behind me, the shadows dancing across their frightened faces. My anger boiled like lava beneath my skin.“I should strip your titles and have your heads displayed on the gates,” I spat, circling them like a predator. “You spineless fools couldn’t even lift a finger to defend me. Instead, you handed power to that li