The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 263

Ella

I briefly considered declining Alexander’s request, but my leg was throbbing and I was exhausted. I figured a quick ride back to the house wouldn’t hurt, so I bit my tongue and climbed into the car.

“Thank you,” I said stiffly, buckling my seatbelt with some difficulty.

Alexander nodded and pulled away from the curb. We drove down the bumpy dirt road in silence, and I grit my teeth as each pothole made the wound on my leg hurt even more. Finally, we pulled up to the main house and Alexander put the car in park in the driveway. When I reached for the door handle, however, he touched my leg.

“Your leg,” he said. “It’s bleeding through the bandage.”

I looked down, and indeed, the white bandage that the medic had wrapped around my leg earlier was starting to stain with a crimson blossom. I probably reopened the wound when I was trying to walk, or when we were driving over that bumpy road.

“Oh. I’ll bandage myself back up,” I said, moving to open the door again.

But Alexander shook his head and leapt out of the car, hurrying around my side to help me out. I let out a small sound of surprise as he wrapped his arms around me and lifted me, not fully, but enough so that I could lean most of my weight on him.

I knew wouldn’t have done this for an

Sometimes, I wasn’t sure who Alexander truly was. I’d once gotten the briefest glimpse of him being a good man when we were happy for those few short months, but it was so overshadowed by everything else that I

said, helping me up the front steps. “Let’s take a look at

handed me off to a Gamma or someone, but

and Alexander led me to the kitchen where the first aid supplies were kept. He sat me down at the small table, then washed his hands in the sink and

Alexander said as he carefully

from the wound. The bite marks were deeper than I’d thought,

to be freshly cleaned and bandaged,” Alexander said

“I’ll heal.”

He opened the first aid kit and pulled out antiseptic and fresh

still.”

gently. His hands were steady and sure as he worked, and his concentration

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