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.

the door behind me.

voice was

on the side of her head where she’d hit the bathroom floor. “I’m sorry I had to leave.

“Of course it couldn’t.”

voice made me pause. “Gabriel

“Yes.”

waited for her to elaborate, but she just stared her

watching stars wink out of the night sky in real time. “I want you to reject me as soon as possible. I don’t want your worthless fucking mark. I never did, and I never will. I want to finish our contract and then I want you

“Ella-

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Chapter 120

to my old room. There’s no need to keep up the

sharper

eyebrows rose

gotten used to having her beside me at night. “The pack needs to see a strong Alpha-Luna relationship. It’s good for morale, and it’ll help with the

to me, but it was better than the truth. Better than admitting that the thought of sleeping alone again made my heart

at me for a long moment, then looked away with something that might have been disappointment. “Fine. Whatever you

her for a long moment, stunned. She seemed so angry. So hateful. As

else, but the words wouldn’t come. What was there to even say? She hated me. She didn’t want

let you rest,” I said after a few eternal