Chapter 0336

Chapter 0336

Ella POV

I woke up with my head pressed against Alexander's chest, his arms wrapped securely around me. The warmth of his embrace should have been comforting, but it did nothing to calm the chaos of my waking.

Both our phones were ringing, and someone was pounding on the apartment door.

Alexander pressed a quick kiss to the top of my head before gracefully pulling away. I watched as he grabbed a pair of pants from the bedroom floor, pulling them on as he rushed out to answer the door.

I reached blindly for my phone on the nightstand, answering without checking the caller ID.

"Oh my God, Ella,” Elizabeth's panicked voice burst through the line. “I'm so sorry, I don't know how-"

From the living room, Alexander's furious voice boomed, "What?!"

Alarm jolted through me. I scrambled out of bed, yanking on my bathrobe and

tying it tightly as I hurried toward the commotion.

"What is it? What's wrong?" I demanded into the phone.

him-my father,

could this happen?!" Alexander's voice

stepped into the living room to find

paced like a caged predator, his entire body

of dread

choked out. "Your

been released from custody,"

"What?!" I shouted. "Why?"

enough evidence to hold

His voice was tight, controlled, but I could see the rage simmering beneath the surface. "I don't know what she

over me. "How is this

whispered, her voice

to madness. He took a sharp breath, visibly forcing himself to remain in control, but I could see it-the battle raging

thought of what he had once told me about the wolf's instincts becoming his own. Right

stepped closer to him. "What

he cast a glance at August. "I

"This

the phone, I gripped it tighter. "Elizabeth,

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his voice

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