All Chapters of The Luna He Left To Burn: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

AVAThe council court felt smaller the second time because the concertation had narrowed to the point it was almost physical. Though nothing about the room itself had changed.I had barely settled from the Voss hearing before this one had already been scheduled, the Ashwood family's case moving faster than I had expected it to, as though the council had been looking for any means necessary to fast track it."The charges before this council," the presiding elder said, "concern illegal transport dealings and unauthorized power leakage tied to shares withdrawn from the restructuring framework."The Ashwood representative stood rigid at the opposing table, his earlier desperation from my study nowhere in sight now, replaced by the practiced front and stillness of someone trying to uphold the power they still held even though fear was just right underneath. My eyes shifted briefly to where Kael sat, further back and silent, exactly where he had told me he would be.He had already made h

AVA“That should be my question to you,” Kael answered, “ are you not supposed to be running your schedule right now?" Kael asked, half his attention still on the file which laid open in his hand."That is true," I said, moving closer towards him with measured steps, "I came here purely for the escape.” I admitted and Kael's reaction to that wasn’t the usual bland but he turned fully raising an eye brown which prompted me to explain myself.“Amina, she decided to aid me with my work. At least the ones I know she could handel.” i said, and somehow i was glad kael didn’t look at me like i was being irresponsible or self centered. He also didn't ask anymore questions; his nod confirmed his acceptance. "That is fine," he said simply, and turned back to whatever he had already been going through before I arrived.I watched him a moment longer than I meant to. There was something different in the way he moved through these shelves tonight, less measured than usual.He didn’t emit the regu

AVA"It is a formal gathering, to be held at the assembly hall," Father started."The main purpose of this formal meeting is to establish and address the core pack issues surrounding the restructuring, the proposal, and the dissolution of the Ashwoods," Father said."That's good," I said, "but it could also be a recipe for disaster, if the political tension between families has reached a boiling point, where due to the views of favoritism and distrust of the restructuring, they resist the order," I said."That's a very real possibility, Ava," Mother said, admiring my insight. "However, we have put in some measures to prevent that from happening. We have made sure that no family enters this meeting holding any leverage over another. That alone should keep things at a truce, rather than letting old tensions boil over.""Also," Father added, "I have made it so that the talks each family has will be structured in a way that they feel they have gained something, rather than simply being sc

AVAI had never wanted to be in two places at the same time more than today.With Vera's words, it was not just the blueprint. Instead, she had hinted at something more, something that sat in my chest all evening, refusing to settle no matter how many times I tried to push it aside for the sake of tonight.No, Ava, that is bizarre, and I could not do it. I remembered the other day, giving Father a full proof explanation of what I had encountered, without explicitly stating the details. The only thing I had requested was for her to be brought in for questioning, but he had declined that as well, for the very same reasons.Now I was stuck trying to think my way through the logistics, everything done right down to the timing, but the restlessness inside me was threatening to derail me before I could make any reasonable progress tonight."Miss Ava, are you okay?" the head of the Windemere alliance asked, and I nodded."I'm fine," I said, my tone coming out higher than I meant it to, enoug

AVAI barely remembered much from the night before, it almost felt as if the moment Kael hadn't taken me fully in his arms my body had started aching for it on its own, my wolf clawing quietly for whatever it was he had done to settle me the way sleep alone never could.I wasn't fully conscious through most of it, yet my palms still traced my own skin in a near sensual manner, slow, deliberate, chasing the memory of his hands the way a tongue chases the last trace of something sweet, and it almost felt like this was going to become a ritual all its own, one my body had already agreed to before my mind ever got a vote in it.I opened my eyes again, still in bed, the day already pulling in through the curtains in thin gold lines that crossed the floor and climbed the edge of my desk, where the files sat exactly where I had abandoned them the night before.Everything came back slowly at first, the room, the hour, the weight of a night that had already blown past me, and once it settled I