The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 137

Chapter 137

Alexander & Ella

Alexander

Ella’s scent hit me like a freight train the moment I pulled her into my arms.

Cherry and vanilla-but stronger now. The fear that had been threading through it was already beginning to fade, replaced by something else. Something that made my wolf go wild.

“Mark her,” he growled. “She’s ours. She’s right here. Mark her now.”

The urge was so strong that I nearly gave in. Every instinct I had was screaming at me to sink my teeth into the delicate curve of her neck, to finally complete the bond that should have been sealed years ago. My canines actually extended somewhat, their sharp points pressing against my lower lip.

But I forced my canines to retract. No, I would not mark her. Especially not here and now, in the middle of an abandoned barn in the woods, a dead body going cold beside us, blaring in the distance.

“Alexander?” Ella’s voice was muffled against my shoulder. “Is he really dead?”

and sirens

glanced at the crumpled body of her attacker, his neck twisted at an unnatural angle. Blood had pooled beneath him, dark and thick

can’t

a disappointment. The loss of it felt like a

myself from Ella long enough to handle everything, coordinating with the officers and explaining what had happened. Gabriel showed up at some point, along with what seemed

her skin.

of the paramedics said. “She’s

now, more like herself. “I’m not going to

she cut me

fine, Alexander. I just

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us. “Luna, given what

shot me an imploring glance. “I want to go

noting the stubborn set of her jaw. She was scared of hospitals right now, I realized. After everything that had happened with her condition, she

But I don’t want you to leave my sight

I hadn’t meant them to sound suggestive, but there was something about the way

Ella