The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 75

Ella & Alexander

Ella

Golden sunlight was streaming through the bedroom windows when I woke, warming my bare skin where the sheet had slipped down.

For a moment, I just laid there, smiling like a fool, my body pleasantly sore in places that had never ached before. A wave of something that I could only describe as an aftershock of arousal rushed through me, starting from my groin and radiating outward.

Instinctively, I reached out, expecting Alexander to be laying beside me. The last thing I remembered was his warm body flush against mine before I had fallen into the sweetest sleep I’d had in years.

But my hand met cool, neatly made sheets.

I cracked my eyes open against the bright sunlight and saw that he was gone. And then the memories from last night came rushing back. First came the pleasure of our first time together, but then came…

My hand flew to my throat.

Nothing was there. Just smooth, unmarked skin where his fangs should have left their claim.

The disappointment was immediate and intense. I pressed my palm against the spot where he should have bitten me, where for one heart–stopping moment I’d been certain he was going to complete our bond. I’d tilted my head back, offering myself to him completely, and he’d…

He’d pulled away.

+33

And now his side of the bed was empty and cold. He had left before I’d even woken, hadn’t even bothered to

let me know he was leaving.

But of course he was gone. Why had I expected anything different? He’d gotten what he wanted from me- my body, my virginity, probably my complete and utter surrender–and now he was back to hating me.

Oh, who was I kidding? He’d never stopped hating me. And last night had been a mistake, a moment of weakness on my part. I had been so enthralled by my hero that I had forgotten he was still my enemy. For all I knew, it was likely just a manipulation to keep me satisfied for the remainder of our contract so I wouldn’t

try to pull out early.

What a lovesick fool I was.

Although I had to admit, my body did feel better today… Stronger. The intimacy we’d shared had clearly made my condition improve, or so it seems. But whatever physical benefits I might have gained from our

1/4

11:37 Sat, 23 Aug

Chapter 75

hollow ache of bitterness in my

after what we’d shared last night, then he never

60%

saw me as the mate

into a ball under the covers, pulling the sheet over my head in shame. Goddess, how could I have been

rather watch

Alexander

in my office, trying to go over paperwork but not really able to focus on anything, when Gabriel knocked and entered. His eyes immediately zeroed in on my neck, and narrowed when he spotted the dark bruise Ella had left there with her

arms.

question was blunt–typical Gabriel. I finally raised my eyes to meet his, keeping my expression neutral despite the fact that my wolf was practically purring with satisfaction at the mere

to hide it, especially not from

went through several expressions before settling on panic. “Please tell me you didn’t mark

head back just as we reached our peak together,

moment, I’d been so close to sinking my teeth into her skin that I could taste her throat

even now.

I’d pulled back at the last second. Out of fear, perhaps, but also control. What if she was manipulating me into marking her? She’d made it clear before that she didn’t want me to mark her, but maybe

her mind. Maybe he

was just

said flatly. “I didn’t mark

2/4

11:37 Sat, 23 Aug

Chapter 75

good. For a

a hard stare. “Instead of worrying about my personal life, why don’t you go summon Sophia? I have questions about

frowned. “You think

60%

what I wanted to believe. That Sophia’s car had been taken by some random criminal, that she had nothing to do with what happened to Ella. But deep

her here,” I

see the frustration in his eyes over my having slept with Ella last night. The moment the door closed behind him, I

she’d looked at me when I was inside of her, like I was her whole world… My wolf had been ecstatic, practically howling with joy at finally being with our

This time it was Liam who entered, and he

is she?”

“Ella? She’s upstairs, sleeping.”

After

I leaned back in my chair and gestured to the chair Gabriel had vacated.