Chapter 197

Alexander & Ella

Alexander

Ella looked like hell.

Her dress was torn. Hair windswept. Feet bare. And she smelled like… was that… car oil?

Before I could even process what was happening, she turned around and walked right out of the

cathedral, leaving me with only one question swirling through my mind: what the fuck?

The High Priest was still holding the crown above my head, frozen in place. The entire cathedral was so

silent you could hear a pin drop. Everyone had seen her. Everyone was staring at the doors she’d just

disappeared through.

“Your Majesty?” the High Priest whispered. “Shall we continue?”

I looked at Gabriel, who was standing to my right with his face twisted in a scowl. He gave me a sharp

shake of his head. A silent warning. I shouldn’t go after her. Not when the coronation was already

underway.


she was my mate, pregnant with my child. She’d obviously been through something terrible to show up looking like that. I couldn’t just

the ceremony,” I said to the priest, stepping away. I then turned to

be

went wide. “Alexander, you

and

stepped down from the altar. Crown be damned. The ceremony could

shocked murmurs as I turned and walked down the aisle toward the doors Ella had fled through, ceremonial cape of fur and velvet billowing behind me. I could hear Gabriel

the women’s bathroom just off the main foyer. Judging from the pool of silk and brocade spilling out from beneath the last stall door and

floor.

found her with her knees pulled up to her chest

in her

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“Ella?”

her name, and I could see she’d been

tracks down

she sniffled.

the floor beside

at me

I look like I crawled out of a

like you’ve had an adventure.” I reached over and

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