The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 203

Ella

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The look on Alexander’s face when he opened that envelope told me everything I needed to know.

He didn’t deny it. He didn’t look confused or shocked or angry that someone was trying to frame him. He just stared at the papers with an expression that was nothing short of guilty.

I felt like such an idiot. All those moments I’d treasured recently, all those little instances of tenderness that had led my foolish heart to believe that he was actually starting to fall for me, had been nothing but lies.

It was all just a beautiful performance designed to keep me close while he gathered information on my family.

And I’d fallen for it completely.

“I need to go.”

“Wait.” Alexander suddenly moved to block my path. “You need to let me explain.”

“Explain what? That you’ve been spying on me since the day we got married? That everything between

us has been fake?”

“It’s not fake.”

“Bullshit.”

tried to walk around him, but

Just let

something in his voice that made me stop. Alexander never sounded panicked. Ever. Especially not with me. But

just as panicked as Alexander. “He’s our

knew she was right. The least I could do was hear what he had to

a long moment. So long, in fact, that I wondered if he was going to say anything at all

I blinked. “What?”

years ago. I found out that

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incredulously. My father was a lot of things, but a murderer definitely wasn’t one of them. Sure, he was cold and selfish and had never treated me like his real daughter, but to have another Alpha and Luna killed? What

my father was desperate to have… The way

it wasn’t that far–fetched

then pulled out his phone and showed me a photograph. In it was a man I didn’t

explained. “He’s been working for your family for years. Your father was

the photo. The face meant nothing to me, but something about Alexander’s certainty made my stomach

that Alexander’s face was hard now, eyes glimmering like emeralds in the dim light. A muscle jumped in his jaw, indicating that he was controlling himself. And the way

looking at me…

testing me to see what my reaction

I was in

“Do you think…”

tell me, Ella,” Alexander said quietly,

felt like a