The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 184

“Of course it’s impossible,” she said quickly. “We’re not related, sweetheart. Your wolf was probably just confused from all the excitement.”

But her voice sounded strained, and she wouldn’t quite meet my eyes. Something was off about her reaction, but before I could ask about it, Alexander appeared at my elbow.

“Ready to head back to the house?” he asked, offering me his arm.

I blinked, surprised he had returned so quickly. “I thought you and Gabriel-”

“All finished,” Alexander cut me off, eyes flickering with something I couldn’t quite read. “Come on. Let’s

get you back inside. You look exhausted.”

Truthfully, I was. I let Alexander help me to my feet, glancing over my shoulder to find Lilith gathering our mugs and scurrying away. She didn’t look at me.

Strange…

The walk back to the mansion was quiet at first, both of us tired from the long day. The sun had finally set completely, and the majority of the guests had already gone home.

“That went well,” I said, breaking the silence. “The whole event, I mean.”

“Better than I expected,” Alexander agreed. “Gabriel thinks we might have picked up some votes from the

undecideds.”

mention of the

at dawn and closes at sunset.” Alexander’s jaw tightened slightly.

glanced at him sideways, taking in

“Wouldn’t you be?”

more steps before I worked up the courage to ask the question that had been nagging at me all evening. “What happens to

felt him tense beside

the whole point of our arrangement was to help you get elected. If you actually become Alpha

hospital, I was hoping we

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dropped. “For

at least. An

years. He wanted to stay in a fake marriage with me for

want to pretend to be happily married for the next eighteen

with something, but his response

best for the child. Stability, legitimacy, a unified

“Right. For the child.”

good job hiding my disappointment, because Alexander shot me a sharp

of addressing it, he changed the subject