The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 220

Or would he denounce both of us completely, leaving us to rot in a cell?

The very thought made me sick.

But with that sickness came a new wave of something far stronger: hope.

“You won’t find me guilty,” I said, straightening. I refused to show the pain on my face even though it felt like I was being stabbed over and over again directly in my heart. And to think that I had just been considering telling him that I loved him… I shoved that notion down for now, not wanting to dwell on it

for too long.

“Perhaps not.” Alexander’s face softened somewhat, and for the briefest second, it almost seemed like he might reach out to touch me. And, Goddess, I wanted him to.

Any ounce of affection–anything–to prove that, despite all of this, he still cared for me in some capacity

… I needed that right now.

But it never came. Alexander’s hand twitched at his side, but then he clasped both behind his back and took a step away from me as if physically restraining himself.

“I’m sorry, Ella. I don’t want to do this.” He began to turn. “But I need to look into the matter myself before

can trust

called after him. “You will trust me. Because I never signed any contract with

let alone that one.”

shoulders, the hard line of his jaw as his head faintly turned in my direction. Green eyes flicked to the gender reveal cake still

all he said before stepping out

escort me to my room. “Don’t touch me,” I snapped, slapping their hands away as they reached for

cake on the table, I held my head high and

phone away and shut the door. I heard the lock

then did I allow a single tear to

Just one.

quickly wiped it away, though, refusing to let my sadness

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contract was bullshit–my father or someone else had likely forged it to frame

return to apologize.

that hope. Alexander didn’t come to see me all night, only sending a servant who wasn’t Lilith to check on me and bring me dinner. I was lonely, but I still refused to let despair

somehow managed to sleep for a