All Chapters of THE REJECTED LUNA’S SECOND CHANCE WITH THE BIKER ALPHA: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

Bella’s POV Thor had the news feed pulled up on the kitchen table by the time I made it inside, his face grim in a way that told me whatever this was, it wasn’t going to be easy to hear. I crossed the kitchen fast, my pulse already climbing before I’d even seen what had put that particular tension into his shoulders.He said that two of the four elders who stood against her were found dead. The younger one who spoke first and the woman who joined him were the ones who died. They were found dead in their homes this morning. The police say they died from causes.The kitchen was really quiet all of a sudden.I said it again my voice was very quiet. Both of the elders died on the morning.Thors face was very angry. He said it was the morning that they both died. There was no fight, no signs of anything they just died from heart problems. It is weird that two people who are pretty healthy would die on the day just a few hours apart.Draven quickly walked across the room to look at the pap

Draven’s POVI found Jennifer in the garage past midnight, sitting on the same crate Bella had claimed the night before, a bottle of something amber and unopened resting on her knee. The garage lights were off. Only moonlight came through the windows. She looked smaller in that light. She did not have that confidence I always saw in her since she first showed up in our lives.“I could not sleep either " I said. I sat down on the bench across from her.“Nobody, in this compound is sleeping lately." She turned the bottle over in her hands without opening the bottle. It was a habit of restraint. I recognized that habit from years of watching people carry burdens that they refused to let go. "I keep thinking about the elders. I keep thinking about how this all turned.” A council chamber full of people who’d been quietly compliant for decades, and it took one afternoon of defiance to get two of them killed.”“You’re not responsible for that.”“I know." She met my eyes, her expression tired

Bella’s POVI reached the gate ahead of Draven, ignoring his warning shout behind me, some instinct telling me this particular visitor wasn’t the threat everyone assumed. My legs still had the stress from a night that didn't have enough rest but energy kept me moving anyway a strong feeling that whatever this person had to say was worth the danger of hearing it directly.She stood beyond the fence looking ordinary. She wore clothes like someone who had a dull office job. Nothing special, about her appearance. She seemed to carry something important. Her ordinary look made me think that might be why she was there.You are Bella " said Bella not asking a question.I am. Frey said you have a message.I do. Bella’s eyes moved past me landing on Draven and Thor as they approached from behind. Her movements stayed careful, cautious. I do not have time. I am not supposed to be.Then speak quickly Draven said, coming to my side. His whole body was tight, alert.“The elder who went missing. I

Bella’s POV“Move,” Draven said, low and urgent, already pulling the elder toward the corridor. “Now, while we still have the element of confusion on our side.”“She already knows we are here " I said, feeling my way along the wall in the dark. "There is no confusion left to use.”“There is confusion about which direction we're going. That is still worth something.”We moved fast through the corridor my hand pressed against the cold stone counting doors the way I counted footsteps in the council archive weeks ago some old instinct for navigating danger blind finally paying off.The woman’s voice followed us unhurried carrying easily through the dark despite the distance.“Running is such a response " the woman said. "I had hoped for something creative, from you, Bella given everything you have managed so far.”“Ignore her " my aunt whispered. "She talks to unsettle. Do not give her the satisfaction.”We reached the corridor junction and Draven’s hand found my shoulder steadying me as

Bella’s POVBlood doesn't dry the way people think it does.I stood over the windowsill staring at the smear—dark sticky, at the edges already fading from the brightness it must have had an hour before.. In that moment with a sudden sick clarity I knew I would remember this exact shade of red for the rest of my life. Just like I remembered the color of the chains that had held the elder in that facility. Same color. Same weight. Same silence.“It’s not hers " Draven said again as if saying it a few more times might make it easier to believe. "Too much of it. If this were hers she wouldn’t have made it out that window under her strength.”“Then whose is it?”I watched as nobody answered because nobody had an answer and the silence in the room felt worse than any answer could have.I saw Thor at the window running Thors fingers along the frame without touching the blood itself Thors jaw tight, in the way it went whenever Thor was working hard not to let Thors temper get ahead of Thors t