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Chapter 227

Ella

My eyes snapped open and I sat bolt upright with a gasp, clutching at my chest.

My… bare chest.

I frowned, blinking. As my surroundings came back into focus, I realized with a start that I was no longer laying in the guest bed in Sophia’s home, but rather on the ground in a forest. My clothes had been completely stripped, leaving me nude and vulnerable in the middle of nowhere.

Sophia had double–crossed me. What a fool I was, thinking that she had had a change of heart! If I hadn’t been so consumed by labor, then I would have known-

Wait. Labor.

My son. I needed to know where he was, if he was safe–and Lilith, too. I had to find them.

Surprisingly, my body felt nimble and free of pain as I leapt to my feet and looked around, trying to collect my bearings. Only my wolf felt a little groggy when I reached deep down within myself in search of her presence.

croaked, sounding as if she’d just woken from

curse as I turned this way and that in search of a familiar tree or landmark. Unfortunately, all that stretched

I said, finding north based on the sun’s position and heading in that


just

strength.”

as I walked, finding myself clean and free

went down this quickly, not to mention the fact that I was free of the stretch marks I’d grown throughout the pregnancy. Perhaps

could be in danger, and I had to

after that until I was all–out running

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farmer’s cornfield lay beyond. I saw a house sitting off in

give me a ride back

looking for me.

Alexander.


me with a strange mixture of hope and dread. I was almost certain now that Sophia had been lying when she told me about Alexander’s intentions, but I couldn’t be entirely sure. And then, of course, there was the matter of him

was a spy? What if he wouldn’t let me see my son when I returned and just

very thought made my fists clench

there!

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