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Chapter 41: Bouquet
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Laurel returned to her office with a deep sigh. The roses Adolph had given her the day before had wilted a bit. Her heart felt a bit wilted, worn down by time and realizations. She sighed and replaced the wilted roses with the new bouquet. How long would it take for these roses to wilt? “Ow!” She hissed and put her bleeding finger into her mouth before her blood could drip everywhere. She hadn’t realized the thorns hadn’t been removed from the roses. She rounded the table looking for bandages when the door burst open. She jumped, startled, and looked at the intruder to see Basil in the doorway, glaring at her and baring his teeth. He crossed the room quickly, raising his hands as if he was going to grab her neck. She stumbled back as he crossed the room. She’d never seen him so angry before. “How dare you!” He screeched. “How dare you use this room!”“What?” Laurel frowned. His words didn’t make any sense. She kind of expected him to be upset about Delia, but he was talking abou
The Returned Luna Chapter 43: Heartbreak
Eden shrugged out of his coat as quickly as he could manage and wrapped it around Laurel before lifting her from the ground and hurrying back to his room at the inn. He didn’t know what had set her off and he wasn’t entirely sure that she could answer him. She wasn’t responding to anything he said, so he stopped asking. When he arrived at the inn, he went quickly up to his room and set her at the table in the center of the room. She seemed calmer, wrung out from sobbing as she sat with her head bowed, staring out into nothing. He poured a glass of water and sat it beside her as she sniffled and waited for her to come back to the world. “I'm sorry...” Laurel gasped. “I stained your clothes...”Eden frowned before looking down and chuckled. There was a bit of dirt on his clothes, but he wouldn’t call them stained.“You didn't do anything wrong.” Eden shook his head. “Do you want to talk about what happened?”Laurel worried her lip, averting her gaze as she pulled his jacket closer ar
The Returned Luna Chapter 44: Yes, My Love
“Those people aren’t worthy of the title!”Adolph sat on his throne, impatiently. The nobles had been bickering for the better part of the meeting about what should and shouldn’t be done, who did, and who didn’t deserve to be noblemen. Adolph had a list of brave soldiers, alive and dead, and alphas of packs who had contributed to the war efforts. All of them, he planned to make noblemen, but the ministers refused. They were nobles, and they did not want more people to share their honor and power.Gavin lifted his nose with the little superior sneer Adolph had seen far too often, “How could we allow those uncouth people to become nobles? Imagine all those hicks pouring into our city... What a mess!” “I need useful courtiers, Gavin,” Adolph gave him a pointed look. “If you and the rest of you were adequate, maybe I wouldn't need to look for others.”Gavin was speechless. The other ministers trembled and quaked with shock, looking to Gavin to say something in retort, but Adolph had end
The Returned Luna Chapter 45: Running
His voice was so gentle. For a moment, Laurel thought she was dreaming, but she soon realized that it was not a dream. She tightened her grip on the frame against her chest and pulled the quilt over her head, hiding from Adolph’s gaze. Anger bloomed in her heart at the realization.What was he doing here?Adolph frowned, looking down at her as she vanished beneath the blanket. His stomach turned with discomfort. What had he done now?“What are you doing here?” Laurel asked, tense and angry.“I heard them say that you followed a man out of the castle after being yelled at by Basil, and I thought—”“It’s not of your business, Your Majesty.” Laurel grit her teeth trying to keep her jaw from trembling and the little gasping sob from escaping. Of course, he was only there to see if she had run off with a man! Never mind her pain. Never mind what Basil called her or any of the other horrible things she’d learned. “Please leave. I’m going back to sleep.”“Laurel, my mate, we need to talk.”“
The Returned Luna Chapter 46: Truth and Lies
Laurel gasped and stared at him. He couldn’t have said what she thought he said. “W-What?”Adolph’s face burned with embarrassment but he didn’t avert his gaze, holding her gaze and enduring the awkward quiet. “Will you… marry me?”Laurel couldn’t believe the gall of this man. Alice wailed in despair. *Don’t!*But what else could she do but reject him? Love or not, mate or not, she still had some manner of dignity! She drew back violently, “How could you be so cruel? I will not marry you to be your dead wife’s replacement!”Adolph looked as though he’d been slapped, shocked, and confused. “What?” He shook his head, his brown furrowing as he stared at her. “What does she have to do with us?”She scoffed, pushing free of him and wrapping her arms over her breast, curling into herself so her hair covered her partially, glaring at him and trying to forget the fact that she’d been curled up to his naked body. “You sent me your dead wife’s favorite flowers, and you made me move into y
The Returned Luna Chapter 47: The Decision
Laurel woke up with a headache. She supposed she should have expected it after running around most of the night. She wanted to stay in bed, but she had work to do. She dragged herself out of bed and through getting ready before going downstairs to the dining room of the inn.“Laurel!” Eden called, waving at her. He stood from his table, “Care to join me for breakfast?”She smiled at him and nodded. She didn’t have much of an appetite, but she didn’t want him to worry. “You look a little better than you did yesterday.”She didn’t believe that for a second, “Really?”Eden hummed as she looked at the plate of food that was set before her and sighed. Her mind turned to Adolph’s proposal. He said it was all a lie, but he hadn’t explained anything more than that. How was she supposed to believe him?“I… wanted to say this yesterday,” Eden said, drawing her from her thoughts. His tone seemed a little hesitant and a little bitter. “If I were to leave the imperial city, would you like to come
The Returned Luna Chapter 48: Eden’s Warning
Delia sat angrily on the couch in her room, seething at Basil’s words.*Just stay in your room, Delia,* he’d said looking nervous. *I don’t want my father to punish you again.*He said that, but was he so dumb not to realize that this was a punishment all by itself? What would Adolph do that was worse than this? She shuddered at the thought and turned away from the possibilities. She was Prince Basil’s wife. She should be the most honored woman in the kingdom, yet that girl, Laurel, was managing the castle and was working out of Basil's mother's office?She had never even seen that office. She’d only been able to use Basil’s ex-wife’s office and room, filled with her old stuff and covered in dust. The very thought of it made her sick. She’d gotten rid of Laura, yet the woman was still haunting her. She glanced at Tina as she puttered around, grumbling and preparing tea. Of all the people that Laurel had managed to get rid of, Delia was surprised that she hadn’t gotten rid of Tina.
The Returned Luna Chapter 49: Final Decision
When Laurel left the inn around lunchtime, she noticed Eden was not among the diners. She wondered where Eden had gone. She wanted to tell Eden of her decision, but since Eden was not there, she decided to go to the castle first to find Adolph.Sarah walked beside her to the castle. They stopped in front of the castle gates. “I can go by myself.”Sarah frowned, but nodded, leaving her side. Laurel faced the gates alone and walked across the lawn. She had to do this alone and carry the weight of her decision by herself. The guards of the castle smiled at her and gave her a little nod of recognition. She walked through the corridors of the castle, taking in the tapestries and the stained glass windows. She’d lived in the palace for three years and had walked every inch of the castle, she was sure. Every inch had some memory hidden in them. A lot of them were painful, but the castle had been her home. It was her home now and there was nowhere she could go if she left here. Laura had f
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