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

twisted at an unnatural angle. Blood had pooled beneath him, dark and

can’t hurt you

Her scent had begun to fade, which came as both a relief and a disappointment. The loss of it felt like a warm blanket had been ripped from me, but it also made my


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 like

skin. She looked so small sitting there in the back of the ambulance, her dress

the hospital for observation,” one of the paramedics said. “She’s showing signs of being drugged, and we should run

Ella’s voice was stronger now, more like herself. “I’m not going

I started, but she cut me off with

I just want to

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looked between us. “Luna, given what you’ve been

and shot me

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

I finally said. “We’ll go home. But I don’t want you to leave my sight tonight. Not


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

Ella

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