The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Ella

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When we finally broke apart, both of us were breathing hard. My head spun, heart pounded, every nerve ending tingling as if I’d just gripped a live wire in my bare hands.

“Delicious,” my wolf purred. And it was. I could have had a thousand of those kisses and never felt satisfied.

But as the cameras flashed around us, I realized what I had done.

I’d kissed my husband. Passionately. In front of everyone.

My cheeks burned as I took in the sea of camera lenses pointed in our direction. Tomorrow, those photos would be all over social media.

Alexander straightened his tie and cleared his throat. “The mate bond,” he said quietly, as if reading the dumbfounded expression on my face. “It’s still new. Sometimes it can be… overwhelming, so I don’t blame you.”

Of course. The mate bond. A biological reaction, nothing more. Alexander wasn’t kissing me back because he wanted to–he was just responding to the chemical pull between mates.

I felt like the biggest fool in the world.

“Right,” I managed, taking his outstretched hand and standing. “The bond.”

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I needed some air.

Before Alexander could stop me, I forced a smile onto my face and turned, weaving my way through the crowd. There was a set of double des by rear of the banquet hall, which led out into a large and lush courtyard.

The moment I stepped outside, I felt like I could breathe again. The night air was cool against my heated skin, and I gulped it down gratefully. The courtyard was empty except for me, lit only by strings of fairy lights and the pale glow of the moon overhead.

I walked to the center of the garden and tilted my head back, staring up at the stars scattered across the dark sky like diamonds on a blanket of black

velvet.

I was so tired of

feel the same way. Tired of making up romantic stories for strangers when the man i was married to saw our relationship as nothing more than

was marked to me now. I was carrying his child. But he still couldn’t love me the way a husband

the way I’d started to

too hard on yourself,” my wolf said gently. “The kiss meant something to him. I could

just biology.

Doesn’t mean they don’t have

made his feelings clear. Even with a

he still have intentions to marry Sophia as soon as he could? Did he love her in the same way she loved him, but remained bound

in our five years of marriage. Sure,

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did any of

myself on my intelligence. When all else failed me, when my parents refused to let me

I was ill, I still

felt like a lovesick fool who didn’t know anything anymore. Maybe I had truly, finally been outsmarted

“Ella?”

find Alexander standing in the doorway,

tried to force another smile, but my lips trembled, giving it away immediately. “I’m sorry about that kiss.

in the moonlight. Instead of answering, he walked over to the rose bushes that lined the courtyard wall. He selected a pale pink flower and

are you doing?” I asked as he walked

tucked the rose behind my ear, his fingers brushing against my cheek. “Dance with

him

perfectly well out here.” He held out his hand.

Ella.”

hand, then back up at his face. This felt like a trap somehow. Another performance, perhaps

bushes.

damn lick of sense. Alexander wasn’t

“Why?”

“And we haven’t had

better. This was just Alexander being charming, probably trying to make up for hurting my feelings earlier. But Goddess

I said softly, placing my hand in

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