The sickened luna’s last chance

Then I felt a warm hand slip into mine, fingers intertwining with my own.

“Hey,” Alexander said softly. “You okay?”

I opened my eyes slowly. Alexander was crouched beside my chair still devastatingly handsome even after hours of political schmoozing. His tie was loosened slightly, and a few strands of fed hair had fallen across his forehead.

But it was the look in his green eyes that made my breath catch. Gentle and concerned and something strikingly tender.

The mate bond surged between us without warning, flooding me with all kinds of dangerous emotions that felt too big for my body. In my half–asleep state, with my defenses down and my heart open, I didn’t think about contracts or politics or fake relationships.

I just acted on instinct.

I reached up and pulled Alexander’s face down to mine, kissing him with all the passion and longing I’d been trying to hide for months. He made a surprised sound against my lips but didn’t pull away. Instead, his free hand came up to `cup my face as he kissed me back just as fiercely.

For a moment, the rest of the world disappeared. There was only Alexander and me and the electric current of our bond sparking

between us.

Only the taste of him on my tongue and the feeling of taking exactly what I wanted in that moment.

L

Sophia

kissed Ella with enough passion

want to

in

the cameras and the voters. That deep down, he still cared about her the

that kiss… there was nothing fake or temporary about that

she watched the disgusting

barely breathe. Alexander was never coming back to her. He was going to be Alpha King with Ella as his Luna Queen, and they were going to have their perfect little family and live happily

Unless…

desperate idea that could either give her everything she wanted

third whiskey

Perfect.

way across the room, her red dress swishing around her legs. Gabriel looked up

“Sophia.”

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