#Chapter 140: The Luna Trial

Ella A Luna Trial. Alexander was going to host a Luna Trial to replace me less than a month after my death. The crowd went wild, cheers and applause turning into a din in the space. Meanwhile, my heart was cracking inside my chest. For a moment, when Alexander had been so gentle with me in the kitchen, I’d thought that maybe he did love me after all. Maybe he was grieving me the same way Liam was. Maybe this whole week had been as hard for him as it had been for me. But no. Here he was, barely a week after burying me, announcing to a room full of people that he was ready to find my replacement. “Applications will be open starting tomorrow,” Alexander continued. “The trial will consist of several rounds of varying tasks, and the winner will become Luna of Ashclaw and adoptive mother to my heir.” Adoptive mother. Some stranger was going to raise my son. Some stranger was going to take my place in Alexander’s bed, in his life, in everything that had on