The sickened luna’s last chance

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Ella & Alexander

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The longer I lay there in that empty bed, the more bitter I became.

What had I expected? That Alexander would stay beside me, maybe stroke my hair while I slept? That he’d

wake me with gentle kisses and promises?

Goddess, I was such a naive little fool.

Eventually, I dragged myself out of bed and pulled on a robe, wrapping it tightly around myself. I wasn’t going to hide away in shame. And besides, I needed coffee.

But when I reached the main staircase, I heard voices coming from Alexander’s office. The door was partially

open, and I could make out several people inside. Curious despite myself, I crept closer.

“-why your car was used for the kidnapping…” That was Alexander’s voice.

I pressed myself against the wall beside the door, straining to listen.

“Alex, I swear to you, my car was stolen!” Sophia’s voice was desperate. “I reported it to the police yesterday

morning when I discovered it was missing from my driveway.”

“Convenient timing,” Alexander replied coldly. “Your car gets stolen the same day my wife is kidnapped.”

My wife. The way he said it… But I hardly dared to let myself wonder if I was wrong about him.

“I know how it looks, but I would never-”

“You pushed her out of a barn. You released a rogue at a public event. You destroyed her locket at the charity auction. If you want to hurt her, then just say that.”

“I never did any of that!”

“Alexander.” This was a new voice–Richard, Sophia’s father. “Perhaps we should discuss this more calmly.”

“It wasn’t Sophia,” Margaret, Sophia’s mother, suddenly chimed in. “It was us.”

The office went silent. My heart pounded as I inched closer to the door, pricking my ears to hear Alexander’s

response.

“What?” Alexander was deadly quiet now.

“Your father and I hired the man,” Margaret said. “We’ve been the ones who have been interfering in your

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marriage. The rumors, even having someone steal Sophia’s car to frame her. We did it all.”

finally be able to get out of this loveless marriage. We all know you love Sophia more than

pulse suddenly went

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to break us up. They spoke as if Alexander had been hoping to get

my heart didn’t want that to be true. But right now, I couldn’t be

heard a floorboard creaking and saw Margaret’s

flicked in my direction, but I inched back into the

could see me.

to end this marriage,” she went on, “you should do it now. Before you fall any deeper into

you wait much longer, you might become unwilling to

over my mouth, hot tears pricking the

Like it was a given. Like it was always

you must be logical,” Richard said. “You’ll need a strong Luna for your political career. Someone like Sophia, with connections and proper breeding. Not

you made with her, they won’t matter,” Margaret added. “Sophia will forgive you if

mates to

fault…”

I turned and fled

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Alexander

said. “Everyone knows you love Sophia more than Ella anyway; the starcrossed lovers story will

part, didn’t answer. Just continued to stand there in shock, just as he had

entire pathetic conversation.

want to reject

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his head toward me.

by surprise just as much as it did the others, but

night… I wanted her to

can’t mean that. We’ve loved each other since we were teenagers.

at her directly, making sure she understood every word. “You never had a real chance with me. It’s time

sympathy for her. Not after what

and Margaret. “All else aside, hiring someone to kidnap my wife goes far beyond

real danger. That rogue was just going to rough her,

taken to a barn in the middle of nowhere, and nearly raped.” My voice was hardly more than a growl. “And

humiliation.”

said desperately. “Our

territory. And ultimately, no real harm was

wasn’t actually hurt.”

of my skin. “That was an

exchanged frantic looks while Sophia whimpered in the background. My wolf raged, urging me to rip their throats out right then and there. But I controlled myself–for now, anyway, and only because Liam was standing there and

out.

would probably

to read my mind when I glanced at Liam. He took a step forward

Alpha Council, it will create a massive scandal. We’ll have no choice but to tell them the truth–that Ella is

you think that will look for

snarled. Threatening me was one thing,

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it. I couldn’t bear to

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