The Lunar Curse: A Second Chance With Alpha Draven novel Chapter 529

Chapter 529: Something Unsettling

[Meredith].

I chuckled softly and glanced back toward the path we had come from.

"I think we need to get back now," I told Draven. "The entire house should be awake by now. And we don’t want to miss breakfast with your father—especially since we missed dinner yesterday."

He nodded without argument and turned, leading the way back toward the estate.

We entered through the back door. A few servants were already up and about, carrying linens and trays. They paused the moment they saw us and bowed deeply.

I offered a polite nod in return, still not entirely used to how instinctively everyone deferred. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Draven and I took the elevator up to our floor and freshened up together, the routine comfortable, unspoken. When we were done, I tied my hair back and glanced at him.

"I haven’t seen Xamira since we got back," I said. "I will go get her for breakfast."

He leaned down, kissed my forehead, and smiled. "Go ahead."

A few minutes later, I arrived at Xamira’s room and knocked twice, softly, before opening the door.

She had just finished putting on her shoes. And the moment she looked up and saw me, her face lit up.

"My lady!" she cried, launching herself at me with all the enthusiasm only a seven-year-old could muster. "I’ve missed you so much!"

I laughed and caught her easily, hugging her close. "I missed you too," I told her honestly.

Her nanny stepped out from the washroom a moment later and greeted me with a respectful bow. I returned it with a smile before my gaze drifted around the room.

It was brighter and softer now. The toys were neatly arranged. A small desk by the window, books stacked in uneven piles. It finally felt like a child’s room.

Satisfied, I looked back down just as Xamira pulled away from my embrace.

She tilted her head, studying me with unsettling seriousness. "My lady," she said slowly, "you’ve changed."

I blinked. "Changed?" I asked lightly. "How?"

She hummed, clearly thinking hard. "I don’t know," she admitted. "But you feel... colder than before."

The words hit me harder than I expected. For a heartbeat, my body reacted before my mind did—a faint chill crawling over my skin, the fine hairs along my arms lifting.

I froze.

’How...?’

From the moment Draven and I returned from visiting my grandma until this very moment, no servant had reacted strangely to the new mw.

No high-ranking wolf had so much as flinched around me since we returned. And yet this human child had sensed something the moment she saw me.

I forced myself to smile, steadying my voice. "Really? But my body temperature is perfect."

Xamira just smiled back at me and shook her head, as if she knew better but wasn’t interested in arguing.

I took her small hand. "Come," I said gently. "Let’s go for breakfast."

She followed obediently, her steps light and unbothered. But my mind wasn’t.

I arrived at the dining hall with Xamira beside me, her small hand wrapped in mine.

The moment we stepped in, she released my hand, straightened her little back, and curtsied neatly to everyone present.

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