The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Chapter 89

The doctor looked taken aback. “Luna, I really think we should discuss-”

“Please,” Ella said. “I’m okay. Just tired.”

Evelyn hesitated, staring at Ella for a long moment.

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Ella

Dr. Evelyn stared at me for a long time. I held her gaze, silently pleading with her-don’t tell him. Please, please don’t tell him.

After a moment that felt like an eternity, she nodded slowly. “Well, I still want to keep you overnight for observation,” she said.

“That’s fine,” I agreed quickly. “Thank you.”

The doctor stood, giving me one last concerned look before turning to Alexander. “I’ll arrange for a private room. She should rest now.”

He nodded, and Dr. Evelyn left the room. I let my head fall back onto the pillow. My head was pounding, and my entire body felt like it had been steamrolled. I felt like utter shit, but I didn’t want Alexander or Liam to know that.

I heard footsteps as someone approached the side of my bed. When I opened my eyes, I was surprised to find Alexander standing over me with a concerned look on his face.

“Can I get you anything?” he asked softly.

I stared at him, surprised by how nice he was being. I had expected him to turn cold and distant after our brief tryst in the alleyway-a tryst that both of us would likely regret very soon. “A soda would be nice,” I said after a moment.

Alexander nodded and stepped out to find a nurse. Liam followed him, muttering something under his breath. Now, it was just me and Lilith left. She folded her arms and glared at me.

“Go ahead,” I sighed. “Scold me.”

“Why did you stop the doctor from telling him about your condition?”

“You know why,” I said quietly.

Lilith sat down on the edge of the bed, her silver hair catching the harsh fluorescent light. ” Ella, if you’re getting worse, they need to know. Especially Alexander.”

“No, they don’t,” I insisted. “I’m fine.”

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“You’re not fine. You just collapsed in an alley. Your condition is clearly worsening.”

“It was just a panic attack,” I lied. “The fight, my parents, the alcohol… It was too much.”

The truth was, I knew exactly what was happening to me. The dormancy was progressing, and I was no closer to being marked or rejected.

I was dying, just like Dr. Evelyn said I would.

Weak, pathetic excuse for a Luna, Gabriel’s voice echoed in my head. The memory created a sour taste in my mouth. Maybe I was weak. I was wolfless. I fainted at the slightest provocation. They would only think even less of me if I told them the truth.

How could I tell them that I was dying just because my mate wouldn’t mark me?

“Ella,” Lilith said gently, “you need to tell Alexander the truth about your condition.”

“I already told him about it the day I found out. He didn’t believe me.”

“That was then,” Lilith replied. “This is now. Alexander just witnessed your pain firsthand- and if the doctor confirmed it, then he would have no reason not to believe you now.”

I laughed bitterly and shook my head, looking away. Of course. Of course, even after he’d nearly been inside of me in that alleyway, Alexander would only believe me if a doctor confirmed my condition. He wouldn’t take my word for it.

The truth was, what had happened in the alley was just biology. Alcohol, jealousy, the fated mate bond we still shared despite not being marked… that was all that had driven us toward

each other.

Not love. Only lust and wolves.

And when it really mattered, when I had been begging him to stop fighting before I passed out, he had still chosen his own desires over me. He had chosen to fight Gabriel, simply because the Beta had insulted his Luna in public. He was only worried about his pack’s image and the campaign. Not me.

Meanwhile, he likely thought the same of me that Gabriel did. Weak. Pathetic. Desperate.

“No,” I finally said, making my decision. “I won’t tell him.”

“But Ella, he might mark you-”

“I don’t want him to mark me anymore.”

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