All Chapters of The Luna He Left To Burn: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

AVAI remembered exactly what I had said to him."I know you did not invest in the subject candidate experiments out of pure knowledge. I know it was partial ignorance, and I know that if the full picture had reached you, you would not have allowed it to become what it became.”I had remained guarded when I dropped the next heavy truth."But just like Kael, who realized he was a result of that experiment and broke the matrix it tried to build around him, this is your moment to make that same kind of decision. I respect you as my father. But I want to respect you as an Alpha even more. And right now, you have the power and the full control of it."That was what had finally moved him.Father had looked at me for a long moment after I said it, the kind of look that does not precede a rebuttal. He had nodded once, and just like that, it was done.That was good.But on the flip side, political karma arrived exactly as expected.Lucas had already aligned himself with the Silver Fangs before

AVAThe atmosphere in the room felt like a loss.We had not reached a settlement. We had not reached a definite decision. But the weight sitting over the three of us after we left the council carried that particular sensation regardless, the kind that does not need a verdict to make itself known."Something needs to be done about those two," Kael said. "And I do not have the luxury of handling it the way I would prefer, because I have just received word of another uprising that needs to be dealt with before it turns into something that damages our position further in the coming days.""I understand," father said. "And that is exactly why I believe it is best you move on it."He looked at me after that, and even though what he was about to say was not unkind, it carried the weight of something he had clearly been sitting with for longer than this conversation."Ava," he said. "Since before your return, Kael has been everywhere. Here, there, every front that needed covering, he has had

AVAThe next day came swiftly.Kael had been present since the earlier hours of the morning, already deep in conversation with father by the time I made my way downstairs. Amina had arranged the dishes on the table alongside the reports and other documents so seamlessly that she had essentially incorporated breakfast into the meeting without anyone asking her to.Almost every plate remained untouched.I did not hesitate in reaching for mine once I took my seat."Ava," father acknowledged."Father. Mother. Kael," I replied, after which I dropped a piece of cornbread into my mouth."This is good," I said, and Amina managed a small smile from the corner of the room before slipping out quietly."When you came back yesterday," father started, "I did not want a situation where you would be pulled straight back into this before you had time to organize what you had discovered.""So we let you rest," Kael completed.I was fairly certain it had been more his idea than father's."Thank you," I

AVAKael had not given me a definitive answer the night before.His response had been subtle enough that I had not pushed for more, and somehow that had been enough to carry me through the night and into the morning with something resembling steadiness.The atmosphere in the courtroom felt more balanced today.More breathable.Even with the confidence radiating from the Silver Fang side being the kind that fills a room before the session even begins, the kind that makes you wonder what they know that you do not, the air still sat differently from the last time we had all gathered here.I did not put it beneath them to have gone through back channels in the forty eight hours between sessions, bribing, convincing, repositioning whatever they could. But I glanced toward Kael and found he was already looking at me, and I let myself smile quietly at what I remembered him saying the night before."Alpha Grayson, Mr. Silver Fang, Mr. Lucas, Miss Hale, Central Arbiter, and all present represe

AVAI would not have thought that the gathering after our triumph would lead me to Kael's apartment.But here I was.Something inside me had needed this, even if I had not been willing to name it while it was happening. Whatever version of comfort I had been quietly wanting through all of these weeks, I had not allowed myself to reach for it directly. Yet somehow I had ended up here anyway, and the moment I stepped inside the totality of his presence settled around me in a way that nothing else had managed to.My wolf found rest in it without asking for permission."You have been quiet, Ava," Kael said, handing me a cup of tea.I looked at the cup and its contents.It was not guesswork. Even now, even in this state, he had read what I needed before I had said anything at all, as though something in me had been communicating it to him without my awareness."It's nothing," I said."That is also a classic," he replied, and I wanted to dismiss it but found I could not treat it as a lie wi