The Betrayed Princess Rising (Lylah and Ezra) novel Chapter 130

3rd Person’s POV

After dropping Lylah off at Lunar Grace, Damon guided the car toward the road that would take Ezra to his meeting.

The engine had barely settled into a steady rhythm when Ezra suddenly spoke.

“Call Halvar, he’s the head of today’s meeting. Tell him I won’t be attending.”

Damon’s hands tightened slightly on the steering wheel before he glanced at his Alpha through the rearview mirror.

“Of course, Alpha,” he said carefully. “But why so sudden? Is everything alright?”

“No,” Ezra replied flatly. “Those fools will only drag the meeting out longer than necessary. I’d rather make sure I’m home when Lylah returns. I’m taking the day off.”

For a moment, Damon could only stare.

He had served Ezra long enough to know how deeply his Alpha valued anything related to his work in tech. Ezra missing a meeting–especially one he had personally scheduled–was almost unheard of. Yet here he was, canceling it without hesitation.

“All right, Alpha. I’ll inform him.” Damon didn’t argue.

If this had anything to do with the Luna, he already knew there was no point in protesting. Ezra would sacrifice anything for her.

Anything.

Damon still remembered the man Ezra had been before Lylah came back into his life.

Restless. Angry. Haunted.

He would run through every corner of the Moonclaw territory for hours, as though chasing something that could never be caught. At night, he would sit alone beneath the open sky, his gaze fixed on the moon with quiet, simmering fury–as though cursing Selene for granting him life again, only to keep him separated from Lysara, the other half of his soul.

Remembering those days, Damon could only feel grateful for the man Ezra had become now.

Meanwhile, at the Lunaris Research Center, Halvar received Damon’s call.

The moment the news spread, murmurs rippled through the room of gathered engineers.

“That can’t be right,” one of them said in disbelief. “Alpha Ezra has never canceled a meeting at the last minute before.”

“But if we ask him about it, he won’t answer,” another added. “And Beta Damon wouldn’t tell us anything either. So what are we supposed to do?”

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify