The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 279

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I froze and looked up wildly into Alexander’s eyes, expecting to see him staring down at me with anger or lust or… well, anything in his gaze.

But they were closed. And his chest was rising and falling steadily.

He was still sleeping, somehow, but had thrown his arms around me and pulled me into bed with him. Perhaps, by accidentally tugging on the mate bond, I had triggered his body to reach for me.

But I couldn’t have him waking up and finding me like this. It would be too difficult to explain.

Carefully, slowly, I tried to shift my weight. Maybe if I could just ease out of his grip without disturbing him, I could slip away and he’d never know I’d been here. He’d think it was just a dream or his imagination playing tricks on him, if he even remembered anything at all.

I managed to move about an inch before his eyes snapped open.

For a second, we just stared at each other. His green eyes were unfocused at first, confused, but then they widened with recognition before narrowing with fury. He practically threw me off the bed after

that.

“What the fuck are you doing in my bed?” Alexander was on his feet in an instant, towering over me. “How did you get in here?”

“I didn’t–I wasn’t–I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-” None of the words would come out properly, not with my heart racing the way it was.

“Didn’t mean to what?” Alexander advanced on me. “Break into my bedroom in the middle of the night?”

“I wasn’t breaking in!” I stooped and picked up the bead, holding it up so he could see it. “I was chasing a bead and it rolled in here and then I picked it up and you grabbed me before I could leave!”

for a moment before he looked

tug on the mate bond, but I couldn’t say that out loud for obvious reasons. “Your arms shot

to fear the worst. Maybe he felt the mate bond and was starting to recognize me—unknowingly condemning himself to death, just like that

he sagged back onto the edge of the bed with a heavy sigh and ran both of his hands through

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“I’m sorry,” he said.

surprise. Alexander rarely apologized, but right now, he

contrite.

gesturing to the bed. ““I was having this strange dream where my late wife was still alive. We were in bed together and

Oh.

Oh no.

us, I wanted nothing more than to tell him that it wasn’t a dream. That I was right here, that

couldn’t. The farmer’s face flashed through my mind. The newspaper clippings Lilith had shown

smell similar. He must have thought-” He shook his head. “I’m sorry. I didn’t

he been awake. Because if he had been awake, he would have been his

say. “I understand. I shouldn’t have been in here in

in there for a moment longer, looking at his bare chest and the haggard expression on Alexander’s face, so I quickly turned and left after that. Once the door was firmly shut behind me, I leaned against the corridor wall,

was dreaming about

he

sleep, nothing more? His subconscious briefly taking control while the rest of him really cared little for my

notion down and pushed away from the wall. As I walked away, I almost swore I could hear a heavy sigh from

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