The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Ella & Alexander

Ella

Golden sunlight was streaming through the bedroom windows when I woke, warming my bare skin where the sheet had slipped down.

For a moment, I just laid there, smiling like a fool, my body pleasantly sore in places that had never ached before. A wave of something that I could only describe as an aftershock of arousal rushed through me, starting from my groin and radiating outward.

Instinctively, I reached out, expecting Alexander to be laying beside me. The last thing I remembered was his warm body flush against mine before I had fallen into the sweetest sleep I’d had in years.

But

my hand met cool, neatly made sheets.

the memories from

flew to my

smooth, unmarked skin where his fangs should have left their claim. The disappointment was immediate and intense. I pressed my palm against the spot where he should have bitten me,

He’d pulled away.

bed was empty and cold. He had left before I’d even woken, hadn’t

of course he was gone. Why had I expected anything different? He’d gotten what he wanted from

my hero that I had forgotten he was still my enemy. For all I knew, it was likely just a manipulation to keep me satisfied for the remainder of our contract so I

a lovesick fool I

shared

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overshadowed by the hollow ache

what we’d shared last night, then he

given him everything, and it still wasn’t enough. He still saw me as

Goddess, how could I

made his choice. He would rather watch