The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 82

Ella & Alexander

Ella

Dr. Evelyn’s examination was thorough, checking everything from my pulse to my reflexes to the fresh mark

on my neck. Every test came back better than it had in months.

“Your wolf’s return has completely reversed the dormancy effects,” she said, making notes on her clipboard.

“Your heart rate is strong, your blood pressure is normal, and even the pregnancy seems to be progressing

healthily. The marking worked perfectly.”

I couldn’t stop smiling. For the first time in months, I felt like myself again.

Just with… a little bit extra.

Like that pulse that wasn’t my own, but rather the one steadily thrumming in my mate’s chest.

“Finally,” my wolf purred, stretching as if waking up from a long nap, which was technically true. “I was

starting to think you’d never figure it out.”

“You disappeared on me for months,” I bit back. Using the mental bond we shared after all this time felt like slipping back into a favorite old pair of shoes. “I thought you were gone forever.”

“I was protecting us. Better to go dormant than live a life where our mate won’t mark us.” That familiar smugness in her voice hadn’t gone away during her dormancy, it seemed. “But look how well that worked out. Now we’re marked and there’s a pup on the way.”

“You’re so dramatic.”

“I prefer the term ‘strategic?”

Dr. Evelyn finished her examination and handed me a clean bill of health. “Everything looks perfect, Luna

Ella. You and the baby should be fine now.”

The baby. Our baby. Alexander’s baby.

As Lilith drove us home, the euphoria of having my wolf back began to fade slightly, replaced by a more

sobering reality. Yes, Alexander had marked me. Yes, he’d saved our child’s life and cured my condition. But

that didn’t mean he loved me.

touched the fresh mark on my neck, still tender from Alexander’s bite. He’d done this out of duty, not love. He had made

let my heart get broken all over

done it. Even if it was complicated, at least now

into the driveway, I could see Gabriel waiting on

us. The moment I stepped out of the car, The Beta’s

zeroed in on

expression went from confusion to shock to

said as we approached the front door. “Looks like someone finally got

wanted.”

me?” I stopped

narrowed. “Quite the convenient timing, isn’t it? Right after Alexander starts showing interest in

no idea

We both know you’ve been playing the long game here. Poor, sick Luna, wasting away because her cruel husband won’t mark

is involved?”

time, instead of feeling weak and helpless, I felt powerful. My wolf snarled

slammed him against the front door of the mansion with enough force to rattle the hinges. His

windpipe.

marked me because he chose

tried to struggle, but I was stronger now. My wolf’s strength was flowing through me, making me feel like I could take on anyone who dared to disrespect me. And unlike before the dormancy,

was different now. Stronger, not just physically, but

of Gabriel walk all over me

respecti deserve as your Luna.” I pressed him harder against the door. Not enough to crush his windpipe, but just enough to cut off a bit of air. Just enough to make him panic. “And you will never, ever speak to me like that

chest as I dissolved into tears. I buried my face in his shoulder, breathing in

sobbed against his shirt. “I was

around me.

condition–I don’t know what to

meet his eyes. “I found the test. And the

a shock through

Complete our bond properly. I want to give you the family

finally realized he loved me. Maybe our night together had meant as much to him as

of course,” Alexander continued, and my heart immediately sank. “It

contract. Of course. Even now, even when he was offering to save our baby’s life, Alexander was thinking about legal documents and binding

me. At least he wanted

offering me a way to save the baby I’d already

without hesitation.

eyes searched mine. “Are you sure? Once I mark you, there’s no going back. We’ll

both, or worse, not

“I’m sure.”

were a few other people scattered throughout

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