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.

Pack Healer's Crystal Competition,"

paying me off. Buying my

bitter laugh escaped my lips before I could stop it. "So that's why you're

make sure

impressively impassive. Take

at the number on my screen again, the irony cutting deep into my heart. This single transfer was more than he had provided for Lily

you know what this tells me, Ethan?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper, it tells me exactly how fa you'll go for Victoria. You never spared a fraction of this for your own daughter's medical bills, but for Victoria's reputation?

in his jaw twitched violently, but

burial site at Sacred Moonlight Cemetery.

home." Ethan said after a moment, his tone making it clear

command.

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

an enclosed space with him

home on my hands

determined step forward, still dizzy from Victoria's wine attack. My

and I began

paving

his hand catching my elbow before I could hit the ground. His touch

but firm, instinctively protective despite everything

violently, pushing him away with all my strength. "Don't touch

me completely off balance. I stumbled backward,