The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 55

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Illa

Iran through the forest, the leaves and trees blurring past as I raced toward my mate, I felt no fatigue, no pain. My heart pounded, not from fear or exertion, but rather excitement.

My mate ran beside me, also in wolf form, chestnut fur catching the light of the full moon. We locked gazes for a moment, and I could practically see his smile. I looked down, and saw not two feet but four, not pale skin but instead gleaming, silky fur

My wolf had returned.

We came to a stop beside a babbling brook and shifted, laughing. We fell back onto the soft grass, arms outstretched, the moon hovering above us like a disk in the sky.

Warm fingers intertwined with mine. When I looked over, Alexander’s skin was bare, and so was mine. Still smiling that same handsome, ethereal smile I’d seen in the hospital, he rolled over me, positioned himself between my legs, and…

“Ella…”

“Ella!”

I jolted awake to the sound of shouting, and commotion and someone calling my name, I blinked, confused, Was I still dreaming? Was I back in the forest with Alexander, making love beneath the moonlight?

But no. The smell of cleaning solution and the sound of beeping monitors quickly reminded me that I was still in the hospital. The shouting, however, was real.

“You can’t be in here! This is a private room!”

“Just one photo! The public has a right to know!”

I sat up, blinking the sleep from my eyes just as a man with a camera burst through my door, followed closely by two more. The flash went off, momentarily blinding me so that I had to lift my arm to shield my face.

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“Luna Ella! Is it true you’re not marked? Has Alpha Alexander rejected you?”

What the fuck? “Get out!” I yanked the blanket up to my chin. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

More flashes. More questions being hurled at me. The room seemed to shrink as the photographers surged around me.

to the

marriage

I could respond, hospital security rushed in, physically removing the photographers despite their protests.

sorry, Luna Ella” she said, shutting the door firmly behind the last security

desk”

hands were shaking as Flowered the blanket “What was that

Evelyn’s expression shifted “Ah. You haven’t seen the news, then”

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Chapter 55

tapping on the screen. “I’m afraid

me, and I took it with shaking hands. The headline on the screen made

There were quotes from supposed “close friends” of the pack saying that our marriage was purely political, that Alexander was in love with someone else, and that I was essentially just

me.

surrounding our last scandal, had created

photos of me in various outfits

there anything I can do?” Dr.

it’s

unmarked mate was practically unheard of, especially after this many

quite literally locked in the mate bond. Marked mates could speak via Mindlink, could feel each other’s pulse, could sense the other’s

was supposed to be given during the wedding

mate… it was

campaign. His reputation. Everything we’d been working

today,” I said, handing her

frowned. “Are you sure? After what

are stable, right?

night, I was exhausted and in pain. But I couldn’t stay here, not with the paparazzi

early, but only after running a final round of tests to

had brought for my discharge. I slipped Alexander’s sweatshirt on, but only

avoid the paparazzi, although they had surrounded

him. Of course. I didn’t expect him to come for me today, even if I

for me. “Get in before

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