#Chapter 174: Criminal All Along

Ella POV I was exhausted after my meeting with the Alphas of the Kingdom. Once again, David had been too busy to oversee the official gathering, and as Luna Queen, it had fallen to me. I never liked hosting these meetings, but I’d grown used to it. They were necessary for the good of the Kingdom, and I understood that. David often had other matters demanding his attention, and I didn’t mind stepping in to help occasionally. But I wished I knew what was keeping him so busy. Lately, he seemed more secretive, no longer sharing everything with me as he had when we first became leaders of the Kingdom. I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d done something to upset him or make him lose faith in me. Yet that didn’t entirely make sense, given that he still trusted me with important responsibilities like these meetings. Perhaps he was working on a surprise for me? That thought was likely just wishful thinking. David and I hadn’t shared a romantic moment alone in quite some