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.

so tired of

the loving wife when Alexander didn’t feel the same way. Tired of making up romantic stories for

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

I’d started to love

too hard on yourself,” my wolf said gently. “The kiss

biology. He said

feelings. Doesn’t mean they don’t

wolf thought she’d sensed. Alexander had made his feelings clear. Even

soon as he could? Did he love her in the same way she loved him, but remained bound

our five years of marriage. Sure, I carried our child in my womb. And

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what did any

my intelligence. When all else failed me, when my parents refused to let me continue training and relegated me to the position of

ill, I still had

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

“Ella?”

to find Alexander standing in the doorway, his brow

another smile, but my lips trembled, giving it away immediately. “I’m sorry about that kiss. You’re right–the mate bond is overwhelming at times, and I was half asleep. I

in the moonlight. Instead of answering, he walked over to the rose bushes that lined the courtyard

are you doing?” I asked as he walked back

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

him in

can hear it perfectly well out here.” He

Ella.”

outstretched hand, then back up at his face. This felt like a trap somehow.

bushes.

no cameras… It didn’t make a damn lick of sense. Alexander wasn’t

“Why?”

we

his words, even though I knew better. This was just Alexander being charming,

said softly, placing

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