Chapter 186

Ella

The kiss caught me completely off guard, but my body responded before my brain could catch up. Before I knew it, my mouth was moving against his, savoring the taste of his lips and tongue. For all I knew, this

brief moment of unexpected passion might be our last.

“Congratulations, Alpha King.”

Alexander’s grip on me tightened at the use of the mindlink, and for a moment I felt like I was drowning

in the connection between us. The mate bond hummed to life, warm and electric, and I almost–almost-

let the words slip out.

Those three little words.

But before I could do something I might regret, Alexander’s phone started buzzing in his pocket. He broke

away from me, straightening me on my feet, then slipped out his phone. Gabriel jogged after him as he

hurried out of the room.

calls, I suppose,” Liam

my low belly. Whatever that kiss


opportunity for a good photograph of the “family man” kissing his pregnant wife after

Nothing more.

The living room filled and emptied as pack members and friends came to congratulate the new Alpha King, but Alexander was either on

and immediate policy decisions. Every time I tried

untouched in the kitchen

and fielding questions about what this meant

guest left around midnight, I was exhausted and more

Alexander’s celebration, but it felt more like a preview of what our life was going to look like from now

kitchen at one in the morning, staring at the cake that was supposed to be a surprise. Through the walls, I could hear

one of the good plates, then padded down the hallway toward the glow of light spilling out from under his

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knocked softly before pushing it open.

He looked

gone, shirt wrinkled, red

into the phone, then hung up and rubbed

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