《FAT GIRLS can’t be LUNA》全部章節：第 41 章 - 第 50 章

Alfredo's POVFred’s voice cut through the quiet. “The panel is ready.” He stood in the doorway of the small room where I’d been pacing for the past twenty minutes, letting Mabella and Rosalind talk...well, mostly sit in silence. I figured Mabella needed that, so I left her alone.Mabella got up right away. She smoothed out her dress and grabbed the journal.I asked Fred, keeping my voice low, “How’s it looking?”“Pretty straightforward,” he said. “Elder Bowen is strict, and the evidence is airtight. After Phebian spoke, the two council members who were leaning toward leniency changed their minds.” He paused. “Caspian’s the only real problem.”“Why?” I pressed him.“It’s his willingness to cooperate.” Fred shrugged. “The Rogue King’s deal set a precedent. Caspian’s lawyers are saying he should get the same break.”“That’s not the same,” I said. “The Rogue King came to us before charges. We worked out a deal. Caspian was already in custody.”“They know,” Fred said. “But they’re pushing

Mabella's POV“Your mother’s sister,” Alfredo said, his voice low, anchored in front of me. “Prove it.”Maren didn’t blink.She reached into her old traveling coat...careful, slow...fished out an envelope so worn it looked like it’d been carried everywhere, and held it out in the lamplight.Alfredo took it without moving closer, just stretching his arm out while the rest of him stayed rooted. He opened the envelope, glanced at what was inside, then passed it backward to me over his shoulder.A photograph.Old edges gone soft, smudged from years of hands. Two women outside a building I’d never seen, both caught mid-laugh, leaning toward each other the way people do only when they’ve shared a lifetime. One stranger. One with my exact eyes...so familiar it jolted me.I looked up at Maren.She watched me with an expression I couldn’t untangle. Too many emotions knotted together.“Where have you been?” I asked.“Gone,” she said. “On purpose. Your mother made me promise.” She stepped forwar

Mabella's POV“For the Luna.”I turned the envelope over in my hands, hoping it would start making sense. The paper was basic. No seal, no stamp. Just those three words, written in neat handwriting I’d never seen before. Someone wanted to make sure we noticed, but didn’t want to give away anything more.“Where was it found?” Alfredo’s voice cut in. He stared at Fred, waiting.Fred fidgeted, rubbing his thumb along the side of his pants. “Under the eastern boundary marker. Weighted it down with a rock, so it wouldn’t get lost.” He hesitated a second, then went on, “Whoever left it meant for us to find it. This isn’t some hidden stash.”“They’re sending us a message,” I said. “The letter’s just the obvious part. The scouts...whoever knocked them out kept them alive. Left this behind, maybe as a warning. Or an invitation.” I flipped it over, feeling the corners. “It feels like someone introducing themselves.”“Open it,” Alfredo said, and he wasn’t asking.So I did. One sheet, folded once

Mabella's POV"State your position on the matter, Luna."Elder Bowen's voice was patient, but the twelve pack members sitting in the dispute hall were not, and I could feel their impatience from the front of the room, like something physical pressing against my chest.Two families. The Kades and the Morrens. A boundary dispute over grazing territory that had been simmering for three years and had finally boiled over into a physical altercation involving two teenage sons and a broken fence post.I had read the file.I had prepared.And then Elder Bowen asked me a question I hadn't prepared for, and every face in the room turned toward me at once, and my prepared answer simply evaporated."The Luna needs a moment," Elder Bowen murmured, covering for me smoothly, and I hated that he had to.I looked at the file again.The boundary line. The original territory agreement. The date it was drawn."The original agreement was drawn forty years ago," I said slowly, finding it as I spoke. "Befor

Mabella's POV"Tell me," I said again, both eyes open now.Alfredo looked at the ceiling for a moment."Three others have been watching you," he murmured. "Beyond Dare. Fred told me before dinner."I sat up."Watching me how," I asked."The way Dare was watching you," Alfredo said carefully. "During training. In the corridors. At the dispute hearings.""Pack members?" I asked."Two warriors," Alfredo said. "And one who isn't.""Who," I said.He looked at me."We don't have confirmation yet," he said. "Fred is still working it out."I looked at him steadily."Alfredo," I said."Tomorrow," he said. "When Fred has something concrete. Not tonight."I held his gaze for a long moment."Fine," I said finally, lying back down. "But tomorrow you tell me everything. Not a managed version. Everything.""Everything," he said.I settled back against his chest and the room was quiet and outside the pack slept and inside me something was already turning the information over, filing it, connecting it