The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 108

Chapter 108

The next morning brought news that made my already sour mood even worse.

“A charity auction?” I asked, staring at the invitation Gabriel had delivered along with our breakfast. “Tomorrow night?”

“It’s been on the calendar for months,” Alexander said without looking up from his coffee. “I assumed you knew.”

I scanned the invitation with a sigh. The annual Ashclaw Children’s Hospital Charity Auction- quite the mouthful-was one of the biggest social events of the year. Everyone who was anyone would be there, which meant more cameras, and most of all…

More pretending to be the perfect mated couple.

Which meant more fucking makeup to create my fake mark.

Dammit, I had only been home from the hospital for two days, and already I was exhausted. But Alexander and I needed to go to that event, especially with the recent media attention. It was a good opportunity to donate to charity, and it was also a chance to quell some more of the rumors.

to sit through another session with Lilith carefully applying the

was stunning, and my smile was utterly bulletproof. I looked every inch the devoted Luna, complete with my mate’s mark

a complete and

she put the finishing touches on my hair. “But you

eyes in the mirror. “I’m just tired of all

curls around my face. Then she stepped back

out the box with a smile. “Something that might lift your

old but beautifully

for generations. My grandmother gave it to my mother, my mother gave it to me. I always planned to give it to my daughter

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met her gaze again in the mirror. “Lilith, I

the locket from my hands. “You are like a daughter to me, Ella. I told you that at the

my eyes as Lilith fastened the chain around my neck. The locket settled just below my collarbone, the silver color

you,” I whispered, touching the locket gently. “This means more to me

my shoulders. “You deserve to have beautiful things, dear one.