The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Alexander’s POV

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I looked up from the quarterly budget reports spread across my desk to find the nanny standing in my office doorway. My eyebrows shot up as she burst into the room and shouted immediately:

“Don’t take my name off the list!”

The room fell silent. All eyes turned to where she stood in the doorway, chest heaving, hair disheveled, eyes blazing.

For a moment, as I stared at her, I forgot all about the meeting. All I saw was her.

Not Stella, no…

But Ella.

Goddess, she reminded me so much of the woman I’d loved in that moment. It wasn’t just that she looked like her, but she acted like her, too. Bursting into my office unannounced, making demands, not caring what others thought…

It was so much like that fiery, stubborn side of Ella that finally came out when she first got sick all those months ago. The side of Ella that I wished I had gotten the chance to see for the five years of our marriage leading up to that.

And in this moment, it made my heart pound like she really was standing in front of me again. Like I might get another chance to see it, even if only for a moment.

I wanted to go to her, pull her close, and apologize for everything.

But of course that wasn’t possible. Stella might have looked and acted like Ella, but it wasn’t her. It

couldn’t be.

I had to admit, though, that part of me was actually impressed. It took guts for an Omega to burst in here like this, especially during a meeting with high–ranking Alphas. Most servants would have waited outside for hours rather than risk my wrath. But not Stella.

She had the attitude of a Luna in the making. As if she were born for it.

“Alpha Alexander,” one of the other Alphas finally said, breaking the silence, “are you going to let an Omega interrupt our meeting, or can we continue?”

I blinked, pulled from my thoughts, and realized that the three Alphas in the room were staring at me expectantly now. They were waiting for me to put the Omega in her place and not show weakness.

Right. I couldn’t let this slide. Not if I wanted to maintain any semblance of authority as Alpha King.

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“Stella,” I said coolly, “You will wait outside until this meeting is finished. And next time, you will show proper respect for your Alpha by requesting an appointment through the appropriate channels.”

Her face went pale. Something twisted in my chest at the hurt that flashed across her features, but I shoved that sensation down. The others were right; a true Alpha King couldn’t let his subordinates walk all over him like this.

That was a role reserved for my wife and my wife only.

“Furthermore,” I continued, “if you ever interrupt one of my meetings again without permission, you’ll find yourself looking for new employment. Is that understood?”

The silence that followed was deafening. Stella stood there for a moment, looking like she was struggling to find words. When she finally spoke, all she said was, “Yes, Alpha. My apologies.”

With that, she turned on her heel and left.

The other Alphas burst into laughter the moment she was gone. But all I could do was stare at where she had just been, wondering why my chest suddenly felt so empty now that those silver eyes weren’t burning into me.

Ella’s POV

My heart turned as black as coal when Alexander spoke to me like that. Even more so when I heard the laughter behind the closed door.

For a few brief moments here and there over the past weeks, I’d started to think that maybe Alexander wasn’t as heartless as I’d believed. When he’d helped tend to my wounds after the hunt, when he’d been gentle with me in the kitchen, I’d caught glimpses of the man I’d fallen in love with.

But this reminded me exactly who Alexander really was. He was not the type of man I wanted to marry again, that was for sure.

Still, I’d made up my mind about staying in the Luna Trial for Anya’s sake. And so I waited.

Finally, an hour later, the office door opened and the three Alphas filed out, barely sparing me a glance as they passed. Alexander appeared in the doorway a moment later with his hands in his pockets.

“What did you want to discuss?” he asked.

I lifted my chin. “I want to stay in the Luna Trial. Don’t take my name off the list.”

Alexander’s eyebrows rose slightly. “I thought you were desperate to get out of the trial. What

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changed?”

“My friend needs me.”

“Your friend?”

“Yes,”

“I see… And here I thought you were finally coming around to the idea of becoming my Luna.”

The suggestion made my stomach turn. “No. This has nothing to do with you or your trial. I’m only staying to help my friend.”

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