The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 39

Ella & Alexander

Ella

“Oh! Alpha Alexander!” My father quickly yanked his hand away, the tips of his ears reddening despite the warm smile that spread across his face. “I didn’t know you were coming tonight.”

Alexander tilted his head. “Were you just about to hit my wife?”

“Oh, that? I was just messing around,” my father laughed. “We were having a discussion, that’s all.”

Alexander’s eyes had gone cold. “Didn’t seem like ‘messing around‘ to me.” He glanced at me. “Ella, were you joking?”

I quickly shook my head. Alexander turned back to my father and took a step closer. My father, despite being a large man, backed up against the wall in

fear.

“Ella knows I would never-”

“Maybe you don’t understand,” Alexander cut my father off, “but if anyone–and I do mean anyone–lays a finger on my Luna, they’ll find themselves missing more than just a hand.”

My breath caught. My father’s face paled. “N–Now, Alpha Alexander, there’s no need for threats. This is a simple misunderstanding between a father and daughter.”

Alexander finally took a step back, only to slide his arm possessively around my waist. The sudden contact made me jump, but I quickly relaxed into his touch. His warmth seeped through my dress, instantly soothing me more than I expected.

“Now, I think I’d like a moment alone with my mate,” Alexander said before guiding me away.

I let him lead me through the crowd, grateful for the escape. My pulse was still racing from the confrontation with my father, although Alexander’s sudden and unexpected arrival–combined with the way he jumped to my defense–made it spike even further.

We ended up in a small room off the main hallway. Alexander closed the door behind us, muffling the sounds of the party.

“Are you alright?”

I nodded, trying to push down the strange flutter in my chest at his concern. “I’m fine. This isn’t exactly new behavior from my father.”

Alexander frowned. “What do you mean?”

didn’t meet his expectations, which was often, he would… lash out. It’s not a big deal. Even if he had slapped me,

cheek my father would have struck -before he seemed to catch himself. His fingers

“No

that would do anything to hide the blush that suddenly rose to my face. “What are you doing

by surprise–there was something in it that sounded almost like exhaustion. “There was an emergency with the Oxfords. Sophia was…” He shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. It’s resolved now. I came as quickly

coming after all,” I

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a tenderness in his gaze that made my stupid heart do that little flip agam had to look en

Margaret in tow. They were both grinning

father stepped into the room. “Alexander, fin so glad you

“Yes, and thank goodness you arrived before

opened my mouth to respond, but

the party.” He looked pointedly

glance, clearly thrown off by Alexander coming to my defense once

should get back to our guests,” my

word, they turned

Alexander

I’d seen Richard’s hand raised to strike Ella, something inside of me had snapped. It had taken every ounce of self–control

the way they treated her, I couldn’t help but wonder if I had spent

told me her father had struck her before, and spoke about it as if it were so

that my mate was being treated so poorly by her own family, but it also made me wonder… If her father thought so little

loyal to a man who

asked then. He should have been by her side

the bar. Mute. I used

shot

“He was being a prick, so I

her Luna Voice; to find out that she’d punished Gabriel with it for being a snarky asshole didn’t make me

to her father, had silenced Gabriel with her Luna Voice,

married. This was someone with a spine of steel beneath that

found myself…

back to the party,” Ella said calmly. “Before

arm. She took it after only a slight hesitation. But as we

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