The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 120

Chapter 120

“Say ‘yes, Alpha’.” I took another step forward, fangs slipping out in warning.

Gabriel’s throat bobbed. “Yes, Alpha.”

“Good. Now, you’re going to fix this mess. You’re going to contact Kieran and beg him for forgiveness. Then you’re going to contact all of our other trading partners and make sure you haven’t filled their heads with lies too.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

I left Gabriel’s office before I did something I’d regret, like rip his throat out. My Beta was walking a very thin line lately, and I was getting tired of his insubordination.

But I hated that he was partially right.

I was falling for Ella. Hard and fast and far deeper than I ever wanted to.

And… It hurt to think that she had said she didn’t want me to mark her. What else had she said?

But I couldn’t trust a word out of Gabriel’s mouth, so I decided to go straight to her. It was a relief to know that she was awake, and now it was time to talk.

I found her in the bedroom, sitting by the window with a book in her hands and a blanket spread over her lap. She looked up when I entered, but there was no warmth in her expression. No relief that I was back. She just blinked at me slowly, then returned to her book.

said, closing the door behind

voice was

where she’d hit the bathroom floor. “I’m sorry I had to leave. The trade

“Of course it couldn’t.”

made me pause. “Gabriel gave you

“Yes.”

just stared her book like I wasn’t

time. “I want you to reject me as soon as possible. I don’t want your worthless

“Ella-

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turned toward the window. “And since Liam is gone now, I’ll be moving back to my old room. There’s no need to keep up the charade anymore.

The word came out sharper than

rose slightly.

Not yet.” I scrambled for a reasonable explanation that didn’t involve admitting I’d gotten used to having her beside me at

even to me, but it was better than the truth. Better than admitting

with something that might have been disappointment.

long moment, stunned. She seemed so angry. So hateful. As if I hadn’t offered to do whatever she wanted to solve her

hated me. She didn’t want me to mark her. She just wanted to complete our contract and get divorced. She

rest,” I said after a few