Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Ella

Alexander’s arms were warm and secure around me, his heartbeat steady beneath my ear. The calm rhythm of it chased away the fear, the doubt… everything outside that room.

“How did you know where to find me?”

“Lilith managed to get a picture of the car,” he replied. “I recognized it immediately. It was Sophia’s.”

I jerked my head up to look at him, making it spin. “Did Sophia hire someone to kidnap me?”

As soon as I blurted out those words, I feared I’d overstepped. Alexander still adored Sophia above all else—he wouldn’t take kindly to such an accusation. Surely he would say that Sophia hadn’t had anything to do with it. Perhaps her car had been stolen.

“I don’t know,” he replied. “But I’m going to find out. And if that were the case, then I assure you, she’ll be punished.”

I blinked in surprise. I hadn’t expected him to even entertain my statement, let alone promise that he would punish her.

For a moment, I just searched his face in the moonlight streaming through the window. There was something fierce in his green eyes, something possessive that made my heart flutter.

“Thank you,” I breathed, leaning up to press a soft kiss to his cheek. “Thank you for saving

me.”

Alexander turned his head. Our mouths met in the middle, and suddenly


like our fake kisses for the cameras. His lips were too warm and soft against mine

Us

This was real.

badly I

that wanted nothing other than to hold onto this moment with

of his shirt. When his tongue traced the seam of my lips, I opened for him without hesitation. The taste of

My mate. My husband

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turned to face me, and without even meaning to, I hooked my leg over his waist. He gripped my

my groin. The evidence of his desire sent heat racing through my veins, and my body responded instinctively. Something deep inside

was shifting so he was on top of me,

because only then did he pull back to look at me. His gaze


my hips, where the fabric was bunched up and

hunger in those green

believe that what we were about to do was a

mates exploring one

up and pulled my nightgown over my head by the hem. I was wearing nothing

eyes widened slightly, tongue flicking out across his lower lip. My heart pounded,

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