Chapter 214

Ella

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The rain was cold and heavy. Within seconds, we were both completely soaked.

Alexander grabbed my hand. “Come on, we need to get inside.”

We scrambled to pack up the picnic as fast as we could, but it was useless. The rain was coming down so hard I could barely see two feet in front of me. Alexander shoved the soggy sandwiches and wet blankets into the basket while I tried to gather the sopping wet candles.

“Leave it,” Alexander said, taking my arm. “We’ll come back for the rest tomorrow.”

We took off running toward the mansion, but the forest floor was already turning into a mess of wet leaves and mud. My shoes had zero traction–I had foolishly chosen style over practicality–and before we made it far, my ankle twisted in the mud.

I went down with a cry. Pain shot up my leg, momentarily blinding me.

“Ella!” Alexander was beside me in an instant. “Are you hurt?”

“My ankle.” I tried to stand and immediately sat back down with a hiss of pain. “Fuck, that hurts.”

his fingers, and I had to bite my lip to keep from crying out. “I don’t think it’s broken, but it’s definitely sprained,” he said, his voice nearly lost below the sound of the sudden

looked around at the pouring rain and the muddy forest. “How am I supposed to get back to the house?”

and turned around, crouching down in


heavy, and you’ll hurt

over his shoulder. “Get on my back before

argue more, but another gust of wind sent rain directly into my face, and I gave up.

with my added pregnancy weight, he didn’t seem to have any trouble carrying me through the forest. But I

shoulder. “This is all my fault. I should

that it started raining.” Alexander adjusted his grip on my legs. Besides, I

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“Really?

“Really.”

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the trees while ! tried not to think about how much my ankle was

trees. “We can wait out the storm


squinted through the rain and saw what looked like a wooden structure built between two large oak trees. It took me a moment to realize what it

“Is that a treehouse?”

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