Chapter 22
Luna’s POV The day had come—the day I had both anticipated and dreaded. It had been one month since Alexander and I entered into our arrangement, and now the end of the contract loomed over us like a dark cloud. I had promised myself I wouldn’t get too attached, that I would walk away when it was over, and that I would remain strong. But promises were easier said than kept, especially when emotions had gotten tangled in ways I never expected. I sat in the quiet of the mansion, my hands folded in my lap, waiting for Alexander. He hadn’t said much to me this morning, and I could feel the finality of it all hanging in the air. He’d been distant again, the emotional walls that had once surrounded him firmly in place. It was as if he had already made up his mind, as if he had already prepared
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