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.

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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

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by the hollow ache of bitterness

what we’d shared last night, then

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given him everything, and it still wasn’t enough. He still saw me as the mate

pulling the sheet over my head in shame. Goddess, how could I have been so stupid? How could I have thought that sleeping with him would change anything between

rather watch me die than claim me as his

Alexander

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

Beta folded his arms. “Did you

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

There was no point in trying to hide it, especially not from a

went through several expressions before settling on panic. “Please tell me

tilted her head back just as we reached our peak together,

so close to sinking my teeth into her skin

even now.

she was manipulating me into marking her? She’d made it clear before that she didn’t

he forced his little spy to

maybe I was

flatly. “I

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good. For a

worrying about my personal life, why don’t you go

think it

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that she had nothing to do with what happened to

bring her here,” I said

although I could see the frustration in his eyes over my having slept with Ella last night. The moment the door closed behind him, I let out a long breath and leaned back in my chair, passing my

way 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

another knock interrupted my thoughts. This time it was Liam who entered, and

is she?”

“Ella? She’s upstairs, sleeping.”

she alright? After what

my chair and gestured to the