All Chapters of The Luna He Left To Burn: Chapter 81 - Chapter 87

KAEL"There is something else I need to show you," I said. "But first, we need to meet with your parents about the retreat. After that, I will explain everything in detail. Understood?"This time, Ava did not resist. Not when my tone carried the kind of assurance that promised, unlike before, I was not going to keep her out of the information.I studied her a moment longer than necessary, the faint shadow still lingering beneath her eyes, the exhaustion she tried so hard to mask whenever she thought I was not looking. My wolf noted it too, restless, unwilling to let the matter rest for long."Understood," she said finally, and something in her tone told me she had already resigned herself to whatever came next, whether she liked the shape of it or not.***A regional assessment, I had called it, uncertain whether the name even fit what we were about to do."Yes, that is fine," Ava had said earlier, and I had nodded once before we made our way down to meet Grayson and Nova in the sitti

KAELHer question hung in the air between us. I did not rush to answer, but my wolf stirred at her words, restless and eager, but I kept it controlled. I refused to let the bond dictate my actions."That is the permanent fix, Ava," I said slowly. "But we cannot afford it now. It would throw everything into chaos. The political families would view it as a scandal rather than a genuine bond. They would use it to gain favors and undermine the restructuring. You have been hiding your condition from the public. If we claim each other now, it would look like a desperate move rather than a natural progression. I have placed you as my political partner. That is what protects us for now."I watched her process my words. Her wolf stirred, a sense of disappointment radiating from her, but she understood. Even with her new discovery of lining the transactions to institutional and laboratory research, she did not feel dejected. She was stronger than that."But I will use another method," I said, c

AVAI woke up to a warm scent wrapped around me, familiar and inviting, making me snuggle deeper into the bed. I felt so warm and safe, I almost drifted right back to sleep.But I fought it off and snapped my eyes open . Then, I snapped my eyes open.Realization hit me the moment the light in the room made everything around me clear.I sat up slowly, trying to gather my thoughts, my eyes immediately moving in the direction where Kael and I had been working earlier just to see it had been cleaned out. The papers were gone and the chairs were pushed all the way in against the table.Kael had finished whatever we were doing yesterday. And from how it seemed, I hadn't finished the work with him.Still, my brows furrowed in confusion. I did not remember drifting off into sleep or the immediately dimming moments before. It just felt as if I had blacked out.My fingers instinctively went to my lips, tracing them softly, trying to grasp at fragments of a sensation that was already fading.The

AVAI was seated by the window side watching the evening sun cast long shadows across the penthouse floor. Kael's words my thoughts from settling. I couldn't help but think if the location to which we would discover was going to be closer than I had imagined.“Just one last search,” I muttered. That was all it would take for new doors of revelation to come open.A knock at the door pulled me from my thoughts."Miss Ava," Victor's voice came through. "The guests have arrived. They are waiting downstairs."“I’ll be there in five minutes,” I assured him, after which I heard his footsteps vanish down the corridor.These five seconds of solitude was the last thing I needed to steel my resolve before I moved out of the room.The main living area had its curtains drawn, leaving no room for natural lighting. Only artificial lights illuminated the space, which was just enough that we knew what we were doing and just enough to still point to secrecy.Kael was already seated, his posture uprigh