NovelEnglishChapter 191
Alexander
| couldn’t concentrate on a damn thing.
My coronation was just days away, and there was so much to do. Event preparations, transition
documents, letters and emails and meeting after meeting. | wasn’t going to be getting much sleep for the
foreseeable future, and | knew | would have to buckle down and focus if | was going to be mentally
present for any of it.
But every t| tried to focus on anything of the smallest importance, my mind drifted back to last night.
To Ella. To the feeling of her body beneath mine and her head thrown back and her hair cascading over
this very desk that | was now sitting behind.
We'd made love once. Twice. Three times. First here, right on this desk, then on the sofa across the room,
and then in bed. | would have done it again had we not both passed out from exhaustion last night, tangled up
together beneath the sheets.
Fuck. | scrubbed my hands over my face and tried again to read the sparagraph I'd been staring at
for the past ten minutes. Something about import tariffs on agricultural goods. Important stuff. Alpha
King stuff.
And yet my wolf stirred restlessly, wanting nothing more than to abandon this paperwork and go find
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But the coronation was in three days. | had just three days to prepare for the biggest responsibility I'd
ever taken on, and | was sitting here like slovesick teenager who couldn't think past his cock.
So | forced myself to pick up the next document, which was security protocols for the ceremony. This one |
actually needed to pay attention to, considering how many important people would be in attendance.
Any one of them could be a target, or worse, a threat.
A knock on the door pulledout of my thoughts. | looked up to see Gabriel entering with that look on
his face that toldeverything | needed to know.
| tried not to smirk at the thought of Ella’s pillow hitting him square in the face.
When she’d done that this morning... | couldn't help it. I'd laughed so hard that my chest had nearly burst with
it. | liked that fiery side of her, the way she always gave Gabriel a run for his money even though | knew he was
mostly just trying to helpas my Beta.
“We need to talk,” Gabriel said, closing the door behind him and taking a seat across from my desk.
| set down the security briefing and leaned back in my chair. “Go ahead. Judgeall you want.”
“Gladly. You spent the night fucking the woman we're investigating for treason.” Gabriel's lip curled,
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revealing a sneer that spoke volumes of his hatred for Ella. “Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?”
My jaw clenched, but | didn’t answer.
“You're about to becAlpha King, and you're letting sex get in the way of your goals,” Gabriel went on.” What
if she’s using her body to manipulate you? What if everything that happened last night was just another part of
her family’s plan?”
He was right, of course. | hated that he was.
“I'll give her credit where credit is due; she’s a smart woman who knows exactly how to use the mate
bond to her advantage.” He stood with a huff and crossed over to the nearby window, looking out over the
mansion grounds. “But Alexander, | know you're smarter. I'm appalled that you're letting her manipulate
you.”
“The pregnancy changed things,” | muttered.
“The pregnancy gave her leverage,” Gabriel corrected me. “She runs around claiming to be dying, gets pregnant
at just the right moment, and convinces you to mark her. And now, right when you win the election and gain
access to state secrets, she’s in your bed again.”
The timing was suspicious. Even | had to admit that.
“Alexander, as your Beta and friend, | implore you to maintain semotional distance until we know for certain
whose side she’s really on.” Gabriel's expression softened slightly. “I'm not trying to judge you. Mate bonds are
strong, especially when one’s mate is pregnant. | get it. But you have to be logical about
this.”
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