The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 83

Chapter 83

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Chapter 83

But lately…

“I don’t think that’s what this is,” I said.

Gabriel snorted. “So she’s suddenly decided to spread her wings after five years of being the perfect Luma?” He shook his head. “People don’t change that fast, Alexander. Not without a reason. If she’s not trying to get in your head, then maybe she’s seeing someone else. Maybe even that woman.”

That woman…

Was I wrong for thinking Ella had feelings for Liam? Was it a woman all along?

Without meaning to, my eyes flickered over to Ella again. She and the blue-haired woman had found a table on the other side of the bar. Their heads were bent close together as they talked. My fingers tightened around my glass.

“Maybe what you need is a distraction,” Gabriel suggested, signaling the bartender for another round even though I’d told him I would only have one. “Find a willing she-wolf and take her home. Get Ella out of your system.”

The suggestion made my upper lip pull back in a snarl. The mere thought of touching another woman when my mate was right there, unmarked but still mine-

“I kid, of course. You’ve got a reputation to uphold for your campaign. But you should let it go, Alexander,” Gabriel said quietly. “Whatever feelings you’re developing for her, they’re not good for you. You need to focus on the election, on finding out who really killed your parents. Not on a mate who clearly doesn’t care about you”

The words stung more than they should have. I knocked back my second whiskey, letting the alcohol dull my thoughts.

But Gabriel was right about one thing: I needed to focus.

And yet, my eyes kept drifting back to Ella.

“Another round?” Gabriel asked.

I nodded, needing the distraction. Before I knew, one drink had turned into three, then four, and my head was starting to feel fuzzy.

As the night wore on, Gabriel shifted the conversation to other topics: sports, his most recent hookups, pack gossip. I nodded along as he spoke but I wasn’t really listening, I kept looking

at her.

She hadn’t looked my way once since our eyes met when I first arrived. It was like she was deliberately ignoring me, and that bothered me more than it should have.

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Chapter 83

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Why did I care? She could do whatever she wanted. Go wherever she wanted. Be with whoever she wanted.

Except that wasn’t true, was it? She was my mate Mine.

But I’d never claimed her…

Suddenly, I looked over my shoulder to see that Ella and the woman had stood up. They were both a little unsteady on their feet, clearly drunk The woman said something that made Ella laugh, then-to my shock-she reached out and took Ella’s hand in hers.

My wolf surged forward with a jealous growl as I watched the woman lead Ella out of the bar, and this time I couldn’t push him back down. The sight of another person touching my mate like that, so casual, so familiar…

Without thinking, I stood up.

“Alexander?” Gabriel frowned. “What are you doing?”

“Need some air,” I muttered, already moving toward the door.

Outside, the night air was cool on my face, clearing some of the alcohol-induced fog from my mind. I looked around, but Ella and her friend weren’t on the main street.

Then I heard laughter from the alley beside the bar.

Moving silently, I approached the corner and peered around it. What I saw made my blood run cold.

Ella was pressed against the brick wall, the blue-haired woman standing close to her. Too close, in fact, caging Ella against the wall with both hands. They were talking softly, their faces just inches apart. Then the woman leaned in and pressed her lips to Ella’s.

My mate’s lips.

For a moment, I couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe Could only stare as the woman kissed my

mate.

And then my wolf exploded with jealous rage. “Mine,” he howled, “Mine. Mine. MINE!”

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