All Chapters of The Luna He Left To Burn: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

AVATonight's discovery had left me puzzled for almost an hour.My eyes split as deep concentration moved my gaze from my phone to the papers laid across my desk. Looking closer, I finally saw the deeper pattern hidden inside the numbers.It seemed I had not been looking for just one needle in a haystack, but something infinitely more complex. These transactions, even though separated on the surface, were part of the same puzzle.They were structured to remain entirely anonymous, a smokescreen to throw anyone off. But after Kael told me it was my father pulling the strings on one end, I had a starting point. Now, looking at the broader chain pattern, a terrifying picture emerged. Even though the corporate accounts were sending funds to entirely different shell locations, the math did not lie. At the end of every single month, every single dollar pooled right back into one single, unnamed master account.I blinked again, the math was absolutely on point. The evidence was lining up per

AVA"Why did you not tell me she had left?" I asked, my eyes narrowing at Kael."Why did you not go after her?" he asked back."I was thinking about what she said," I explained. "So I expected you would break me through my haze if something was going to happen.""She left, Ava. She did not disappear," Kael said. "She is already your suspect, but I will advise you not to act rashly."Kael's warning settled over me again, and my defiant expression came right back. But he did not return my energy the way he had when we were seated earlier. He only looked at nothing in particular and said, "All this was not achieved in one day."It prompted me to look around the room, which had transformed into an after party. The hall was now filled with clusters of influential figures, glasses of wine in hand, soft music playing in the background while conversations hummed in low, measured tones."So I am not saying you should dare limits," Kael said. "I am saying you should tear down the ones that woul

AVAThe silence between us made it feel almost as if he wanted me to believe he had turned to stone where he stood. Aside from that, I could only assume his quiet meant he was overwhelmingly disappointed that I had ignored his warning and risked everything again."Kael," I started, but he did not answer. Instead, he drew in a deep breath and exhaled calmly, his eyes still watching me. Before I could get another word out, he walked up to me and took my hand in his. I barely had time to question what he meant to do, my body yielding because I felt no danger radiating from him. Kael pulled me closer, close enough that my gaze held steady with his, and then he said, "Come with me."My eyebrows shot up in surprise. This was the last thing I expected after that quiet standoff. But somehow it felt right. I did not argue or resist. I only switched off my phone light and did as he said."Where are we going?" I asked, when he led me further into the archive, into places I had not even planned t

AVA"Welcome, Mr. Kael," Mother greeted.Kael nodded, his demeanor cool and unyielding. "Luna Nova. Alpha Grayson," he greeted in return."Please," Father gestured, and Kael approached the table, though no one sat, even as his grip rested on the back of the chair.Then, in that moment, all the attention in the room shifted to me, and it was like a jolt that made me move. I reached my seat as well, and all of us finally sat down."I trust everything is proceeding as planned?" Father asked once we had settled."Yes, Alpha Grayson," Kael replied."I was also made aware of the vandalism that occurred at the archive," Father said, his eyes resting on neither Kael nor me, but on the glass in front of him, as though whatever judgment he carried belonged there instead."I was as well," Kael answered. "But of course, the intelligence as to which archive would be targeted turned out to be accurate, given that it seems whoever broke in tried to use the bait," Father said. And for some reason, it

AVA"Dear, what is wrong?" Mother asked from over my shoulder, but my eyes did not move to meet hers.I could not blame her for caring. It was not the caring that bothered me in the slightest, not when I had worked myself to the bone these past few days. I had every reason to. Vera had given me a hint I could not let pass, could not ignore, no matter how much I wanted to.Was this why Lucas had always been watching me?Was this why he had never once confronted me outright?Was this the real reason Vera had come back into my life at all?And the most important question I had yet to ask myself: what was Kael doing? I could not know, not when he still had not made contact, and with every hour that passed in silence, I was starting to feel as though I was losing my mind, or maybe it was only these headaches wearing me down, one after the other, until I could no longer tell the difference between the two.I placed a gentle hand against my head, as if to stop the throb from rising, and that