Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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1. Chapter 14 Hitter Waters

I tried wrenching my arm away again, suddenly disgusted by his touch. After watching him with Victoria, his fingers on my skin felt like betrayal.

This time he released me, either sensing my revulsion or anticipating what came next a violent wave of nausea that had me doubling over.

I stumbled to a nearby stone bench, collapsing onto it while trying desperately to keep the contents of my stomach where they belonged. The cool night air helped slightly, but my head still spun like a carousel.

I fumbled for my phone, determined to call James. He would come for me, no questions asked.

As I struggled with the screen, I noticed Ethan pull out his own device. He tapped at it for a few moments before sliding it back into his pocket

Seconds later, my phone buzzed with a notification. Opening it, I found a bank alert that made my eyes widen

in shock.

The string of zeros seemed to stretch forever. It was a transfer from Ethan Stone

a sum so substantial it made my head spin worse than the wine.

"What is this?" I asked, looking up at him in confusion.

the prize money for first place in the Pack Healer's

me off. Buying my silence about Victoria's behavior and

escaped my lips before I could stop it. "So that's why you're here. Not to check if I'm okay,

make sure I keep

remained impressively impassive.

my screen again, the irony cutting deep into my heart. This single transfer

barely above a whisper, it tells me exactly how fa you'll go for Victoria. You never spared a fraction of this for your

jaw twitched violently, but he remained silent

transfer. I needed that money for Lily's burial site at Sacred Moonlight Cemetery. My pride wasn't worth denying my daughter her

tone making it clear this wasn't a request but an

command.

standing up shakily. "Im not getting in a car with

trapped in an enclosed space with him after everything made my skin crawl.

home on my hands and

dizzy from Victoria's wine attack. My

and I

paving

elbow before I could

but firm, instinctively protective

him away with

off balance. I stumbled backward, falling widy as