The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 191

Alexander

I couldn’t concentrate on a damn thing.

My coronation was just days away, and there was so much to do. Event preparations, transition

documents, letters and emails and meeting after meeting. I wasn’t going to be getting much sleep for the foreseeable future, and I knew I would have to buckle down and focus if I was going to be mentally

present for any of it.

But every time I tried to focus on anything of the smallest importance, my mind drifted back to last night.

To Ella. To the feeling of her body beneath mine and her head thrown back and her hair cascading over

this very desk that I was now sitting behind.

We’d made love once. Twice. Three times. First here, right on this desk, then on the sofa across the room,

and then in bed. I would have done it again had we not both passed out from exhaustion last night, tangled up together beneath the sheets.

Fuck. I scrubbed my hands over my face and tried again to read the same paragraph I’d been staring at

about import

King stuff.

stirred restlessly, wanting nothing more than to abandon this paperwork and

our mate.

just

and I was sitting here like some lovesick teenager

next document, which was security protocols for the ceremony. This one I actually needed

be a target, or worse,

my thoughts.

face that told me everything

tried not to smirk at the thought of Ella’s pillow hitting him

it. I’d laughed so hard that my chest had nearly burst with it. I liked that fiery side of her, the way she always gave Gabriel a run for his money even though

closing the door behind him and taking

set down the security briefing and leaned back in my chair. “Go ahead. Judge me all

woman we’re investigating for treason.” Gabriel’s lip

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that spoke volumes of his hatred for Ella. “Do you

clenched, but I didn’t