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.

you been lying to the pack all

marriage a

rushed in, physically removing the photographers despite their protests. De Evelyn followed,

firmly behind the last security guard. “They somehow snuck past the

desk”

was that about? Why were they asking about

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

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on the screen. “I’m afraid someone leaked

shaking hands. The headline on the screen made my blood run cold. “ALPHA ALEXANDER’S Secret

quotes from supposed “close friends” of the pack saying that our marriage was purely political, that Alexander

me.

surrounding our last scandal,

even side–by–side photos of me in various outfits over the years, all carefully chosen

there anything I can do?” Dr. Evelyn

my head. “No. It’s… it’s too

society, an unmarked mate was practically unheard of, especially after

of the bond between mates, but it quite literally locked in the mate bond.

be given during

his mate… it was a

destroy Alexander’s campaign. His reputation. Everything we’d been

said, handing her phone

Evelyn frowned. “Are you sure? After what

fine,” I insisted. “My vitals are

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

some debate, Dr. Evelyn reluctantly agreed to discharge me early, but only after running

Lilith had brought for my discharge. I slipped Alexander’s sweatshirt on, but only to appease the paparazzi that

and I exited through the back of the hospital to avoid the paparazzi, although they had surrounded the entire place. Thankfully, Liam was

me today, even if I had turned my

Liam said, opening the passenger door for me. “Get in before they

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