Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0017 Ella POV The drug Alexander gaveto use on Amanda was meant to trigger a female wolf into heat, causing her to shift. Her fated mate would respond to the heat and shift as well. He would be unable to control his protective urges for his mate.

I stood by my shocked parents and watched as the two hostile wolves jumped onto the table, growling at the staff. David even snapped his jaws like he was going to attack.

It was shocking to see. Everyone in the restaurant was watching. I could even see a few people with their phones out recording.

Amanda jumped from the table, landing on the next table over. David followed after her, knocking our entire table over in the process. Wine and food went everywhere.

"This is out of control," David's father said as he rushed forward.

"We've called for a doctor, sir," one of the waitresses said. We just need to keep them calm until they get here." "I'll handle it," David's father said. He walked confidently towards them, using his connection to David as his father and his alpha to get through to the agitated wolf.

David seemed to recognize him, and his growling ceased. Amanda was cowering behind David with her ears back, but she stayed still as well.

"Stop this nonsense immediately," he said angrily. "Do you have any idea how many people are watching you right now?" I looked out at the crowd around us. There were Alphas and Lunas watching this unfold. They all had looks of disgust or shock on their faces.

There were a lot of other people I didn't recognize as well. Good. The more people that saw it, the better. They wouldn't be able to lie their way out of this.

Across the room, I locked eyes with Alexander. His bright eyes were intense as he looked at me. It was hard to read the expression on his face, and it made my heart flutter strangely.

I looked away from him, forcing myself to focus on David and Amanda.

At that moment, a tall, professional-looking woman rushed in. She went directly to David's father. "Alpha Derrick," she said breathlessly. "The staff toldabout the situation; with your permission, I would like to sedate your son Just enough to make him shift back." "Just do it already," he said angrily.

The woman nodded, then cautiously stepped towards David A warning growl from his father made him drop his gard. The woman quickly administered an injection to David, then another to Amanda.

Within seconds, they were shifting back into their normal forms, and the restaurant staff were draping robes around their mide forms.

4 his hands firmly on my shoulders as we watched the chaos finally start to calm. The shouting of the led down, but everyone was still staring at avid and Amanda.

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ad nettly, don's understand what happened. I couldn't control It it Chapter 0017 +25 BONUS He looked disturbed by what had just happened to him. He held the robe closed around himself, and his shoulders slumped as he tried to avoid making eye contact with anyone.

I stepped forward, away from my parents and towards David "Is what you said true?" I asked, and my voice choked with emotion. "Is Amanda your fated mate?" I heard whispers around us as people reacted to my words. David had said it when he first transformed, and I knew I wasn't the only one who heard it.

"Why did you deceive me?" I asked. I wrapped my arms tightly around my middle and stared at him expectantly. The murmuring of the crowd grew louder. I could hear people asking how I couldn't have known and why David would propose to someone who wasn't his mate.

David clenched his fists at his sides and did not lookin the eye.

"Ella was so invested in this relationship," my father said as he cto stand beside me. "You deliberately concealed the fact that you and Amanda were fated mates and proposed to Ella anyway. Why? What were your intentions?" David shrugged awkwardly and still did not lift his head. His father stood to one side of him, staring back at my father with a blank expression.

Amanda, who had been cowering behind David, suddenly stepped forward.

"Yes, we are actually fated mates,” she said. "It's true." She wrapped her arms tightly around David's waist. Amanda lookeddirectly in the eyes, and I could see pride there. I realized that although she had helped David keep the secret to manipulate me, she had not wanted to.

She must have always wantedto know that my childhood sweetheart was really hers. She had already taken him away from me, but that wasn't enough for her. She wanted to gloat about it too.

David didn't move to hug her back, which surprised me. He just stood there, staring down at his bare feet on the testaurant floor.

Amanda continued to speak. “I always felt I wasn't good enough, that I was far inferior compared to Ella, but the mate bond was irresistible for us..." I resisted the urge to smile. This was everything I had hoped it would be. I was finally exposing the two of them for the liars and manipulators they really were.

Everyone was witnessing this, and after tonight, my engagement with David would no longer be a problem. David's head snapped up, and he turned to look at Amanda with obvious irritation on his face.

David suddenly yanked away from Amanda's arms. She staggered a little and looked startled. She stared at him with obvious hurt in her eyes.

"What are you doing?" she asked in a whisper.

It may have been irresistible for you," he said loudly. "But not for me!” What are you saying?" Amanda asked in shock. David ignored her, turning his attention to"I know I shouldn't have kept the truth from you," he said walking towards me.

I couldn't believe this was happening.

I took a step away from him, and my father held my armyeassuringly, David stopped approaching; he must have seen something on my father's face that warned him not to get closer. +25 BONUS Chapter 0017 But that didn't stop him from talking.

"A fated mate is nothing to me," he said earnestly. "You are the one that has always been by my side. Since we were kids, you are the only one that I have ever imagined myself being with. The only one that I ever wanted to. marry." I stared at him in disbelief. Did he really want my power so desperately that he was willing to embarrass Amanda in public like this?

I could see silent tears spilling from her eyes as she listened to his words.

If I couldn't still remember her evil smile in my mind, I would almost feel sorry for her. "You're speaking nonsense," I said. "Amanda is your fated mate." David shook his head.

"I only love you, Ella."