The sickened luna’s last chance

Ella

Alexander’s lips tasted like bourbon and woodfire smoke. His mouth slanted across mine, parting to give access tip of his tongue. I responded instinctively, as if a dam had burst and every atom of my being went rushing into

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e slick, warm

As our tongues swirled around one another, battling for dominance, I felt his hardness press against my stomach through his pants. A thrill shot through me at the contact. Was this finally happening? Was I finally experiencing what it felt like to be wanted by a man? To be wanted by my mate?

If this wasn’t desire, then I wasn’t sure what was. His member was hard and throbbing against me already, and without thinking, I reached down between us, my fingers brushing against the outline of his cock through the fabric.

Alexander broke the kiss with a groan, lips grazing my jawline. The sound made me shiver, like cold water washing over me on a hot day. My body instantly responded to his.

This was what I imagined for five years, during all of those lonely nights in my bed. Perhaps I didn’t expect my first time to be in ant alleyway behind a bar, but I wasn’t complaining.

It was… exciting. Thrilling. This was what it felt like to be alive.

Wordlessly, Alexander slipped his hand between us and up my skirt. His fingers found my center immediately.

I gasped into his mouth, my hips bucking forward instinctively as he began to move his fingers in slow circles. Even through the thin fabric, the pressure was exquisite. I’d touched myself before, of course, but it had never felt like this–never felt this intense, this overwhelming.

I was close already, embarrassingly so. Just a few more seconds and I’d-

“Alpha?”

I froze at the sound of Gabriel’s voice, and Alexander jerked away from me, spinning around to face the entrance to the alley. I quickly yanked my shirt down and smoothed my skirt, my face burning with humiliation as Gabriel rounded the corner to the alley.

But Gabriel wasn’t alone. Behind him, my father and stepmother came into view.

What were they doing here?

The trio stopped short at the end of the alley. They hadn’t seen the interaction, but they didn’t have to to know what was happening. My lipstick was smeared across the corner of Alexander’s mouth, his shirt rumpled, my skirt sitting too high on my hips.

For a moment, no one spoke. Then, Gabriel’s eyes flicked to me and raked over my disheveled appearance. The hatred in his gaze was so hot and prominent that it sent a shiver crawling up my spine.

“Alpha Alexander,” my father suddenly said, not even addressing me. “Are we interrupting?”

I wished the ground would open up and swallow me whole. Being caught by Gabriel was bad enough, but my parents? Fucking hell.

doing here?” I blurted

smiling impishly. She knew I was wearing the lingerie she sent, didn’t

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us and her smile widened. “And I must say, we couldn’t have picked a better time. It’s so wonderful to see you two… getting

“getting along” made me want to disappear into the brick wall behind

father said, suddenly all business, “then maybe it’s time for an

I stiffened. “Excuse me?”

all these years

trust fund for the

caught in an intimate moment, and they

Beta, “escort my parents out

Luna Voice, the same one that had forced him into silence at

twitched as he struggled against

to break through

My title sounded like a joke on

blinked, stunned by his defiance. “Gabriel, I

cut me off. “And I’m choosing not to listen to a weak, pathetic excuse for a Luna who has to use her body to get what

went silent. Even my parents seemed

my

saying what everyone’s thinking. She couldn’t get you to mark her before, so now she’s trying to fuck her way into your good graces. Just like she’s been trying to fuck

in his words. But before I could respond, Alexander growled, “You should watch what you say. Defying your

his shoulders back, openly defying his Alpha.

stumbled backward, blood spurting

crashing into trash cans and sending them clattering across the alley.

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