The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 222

The very mention of Alexander’s name made my eyes gutter. I loathed the notion, but if he had anything

to do with this…

Would he have angrily caused the fire on my family’s home after I specifically asked him not to destroy it? Could that forged contract have been the catalyst for him doing something so vengeful and heinous?

I couldn’t imagine the Alexander I knew doing something like that. But right now, I couldn’t entirely rule

it out.

And Lilith was right; if he knew I had snuck out and was here, he might distrust me even more. Not to mention the fact that if he had anything to do with the fire, I might be putting myself in and my child in grave danger by showing myself here.

“I’ll go,” Lilith said then, gently ushering me back into the shadows of the forest where I couldn’t be spotted. “I’ll look around and ask someone. Stay here. I’ll be right back.”

I nodded, and Lilith gave my hand one last squeeze before hurrying over to the wreckage. I watched her the entire time, my hand pressed flat against a nearby tree to steady myself. Her form blurred behind my tears, but I saw her jog up to a firefighter and ask something.

The firefighter shook his head grimly. Lilith hesitated, and they exchanged a few more words before she

returned to me.

out, turning away. “I don’t want to

Just pulled me close

another, and soon I was sobbing openly into her shoulder, leaving

soothing circles on

I choked out between sobs. “It was the one thing I wanted

And now… Now…”

was lost beneath another sob, and I began to crumple,

keep me on my feet and pulled back just

look at me.

she murmured, cupping my face in her hands. “I know it hurts,

her words cut off in a sharp gasp. Her hand clapped over her mouth, and she exclaimed from behind her palm, “E–Ella!

looked down at my legs. I

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broken. Liquid was seeping down through my jeans. There was so much of it that it

to pool up in

do was stare in

gripping my