The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 166

Ella

When we finally broke apart, both of us were breathing hard. My head spun, heart pounded, every nerve ending tingling as if I’d just gripped a live wire in my bare hands.

“Delicious,” my wolf purred. And it was. I could have had a thousand of those kisses and never felt satisfied.

But as the cameras flashed around us, I realized what I had done.

I’d kissed my husband. Passionately. In front of everyone.

My cheeks burned as I took in the sea of camera lenses pointed in our direction. Tomorrow, those photos would be all over social media.

Alexander straightened his tie and cleared his throat. “The mate bond,” he said quietly, as if reading the dumbfounded expression on my face. “It’s still new. Sometimes it can be… overwhelming, so I don’t blame you.”

Of course. The mate bond. A biological reaction, nothing more. Alexander wasn’t kissing me back because he wanted to–he was just responding to the chemical pull between mates.

I felt like the biggest fool in the world.

managed, taking his outstretched hand

I needed some air.

and turned, weaving my way through the crowd. There was a

felt like I could breathe again. The night air was cool against my heated skin, and I gulped it down gratefully. The courtyard was empty except for mè, lit only by strings of

center of the garden and tilted my head back, staring up at the stars scattered across the dark sky like diamonds

so tired of

up romantic stories for strangers when the

child. But he still couldn’t love me the way a husband

way I’d started to love him, despite my est efforts

hard on yourself,” my wolf said gently, “The kiss

just biology. He said

Doesn’t mean they don’t have

my head, wrapping my arms around myself. It didn’t matter what my wolf thought she’d sensed. Alexander had made his feelings clear. Even with a baby

the same way she loved him, but remained bound to me because of politics and a fate mate bond that he

in our five years of marriage. Sure, I rried our

what did any of

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