The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 68

Ella & Gabriel

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Ella

Lilith and | stood in the doorway watching Sophia and Sarah face off like two alley cats fighting over the same

scrap of meat.

“You bitch!” Sophia shrieked, hurling what looked like a ceramic figurine at Sarah’s head. “You don’t belong

here!”

Sarah dodged the projectile, causing it to shatter on the wall behind her. “At least I'm not spathetic woman

who can’t take a hint!”

“Pathetic? You're a fucking maid who thinks she can seduce an Alpha!” Sophia's face was turning an alarming

shade of red. “You're nothing! A nobody!”

“And everyone knows that you're a spoiled Daddy's girl!” Sarah shot back, hands on her hips.

| found myself staring at this absurd display of jealousy over Alexander, and something bubbled up in my chest.

Not &nger or hurt or even embarrassment. Laughter.

Here | was, dying slowly because my mate wouldn't complete our bond, and these two idiots were literally

throwing pottery at each other over the chance to climb into bed with him.

It was so fucking ridiculous that | couldn’t believe I'd ever wasted a single second worrying about either of them,

or Alexander, for that matter.

| was dying. Actually dying. And instead of spending my remaining twith people who genuinely cared

about me-people like Lilith and Liam-I'd been letting myself get worked up over... what?

What was the point? Even if Alexander markedtomorrow, was this the kind of life | wanted? Constantly

defending my place, constantly worried about the next beautiful woman who might catch his eye?

Fuck that.

Lilith stepped up beside me. “Should we do something?” she whispered.

“Let them destroy each other,” | said, folding my arms across my chest and casually leaning against the wall. “I

don’t care anymore.”

Sophia had just picked up another decorative object and was winding up to throw it when Alexander's voice

boomed through the foyer.

“What the hell is going on here?”

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Both women froze and whirled around. Alexander was standing at the bottom of the main staircase, looking

absolutely murderous.

“She started it!” Sarah said immediately, pointing at Sophia.

“| started it?” Sophia’s voice went up about three octaves. “You're the one-”

“Enough.” Alexander's Alpha Voice cut through their bickering with ease. Both women snapped their mouths

shut. “Sarah, you're fired. Pack your things and get out of my house.”

Sarah's face crumpled. “But Alpha, | didn’t do anything wrong! She attacked me!”

“You destroyed property, disturbed the peace, and conducted yourself in a manner completely unbecoming of

staff.” Alexander's voice was ice cold. “You have thirty minutes to gather your belongings and leave the

premises.”

“This is so unfair-"

“Twenty-nine minutes.”

Sarah shot a venomous look at Sophia, then at Alexander, then stormed toward the servants’ quarters

without another word.

Alexander turned to Sophia next. “And you. | thought | made myself clear about your behavior.”

“Alex, she was being completely inappropriate with you! Someone had to put her in her place!” Sophia tried to

step closer to him, but Alexander held up a hand.

“Leave. Now.”

“But”

“Now, Sophia.”

For a moment, | thought she might argue further. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water. But even

Sophia wasn’t immune to Alexander's fury, and when she saw the thunder in his expression, she seemed to think

better of it.

“Fine.” She swept toward the front entrance in a huff. The door slammed behind her, leaving the foyer in silence.

Alexander just stood there for a moment, surveying the damage. Broken pottery, scattered dirt, flower petals

everywhere. Then he rubbed his face with both hands and let out a long, exhausted sigh.

“Goddess givestrength,” he muttered, clearly not realizing that he still had an audience consisting ofand

Lilith.

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That was when | lost it.

The laughter started as a snort, then grew into giggles, and finally exploded into the kind of hysterical cackling

that made my sides hurt. | couldn't stop. Every t| tried to get control of myself, I'd look at the destroyed

foyer or remember the sour expression on Sophia's face, and I'd start laughing all over again.

It was the first real laugh I'd had in weeks. Maybe months.

No... I hadn't laughed like this in five fucking years.

Alexander's head snapped toward me, and for a second, | swore | caught the corner of his mouth twitching, like

he was fighting back his own smile.

But then he schooled his expression, turned, and stormed off, leavinglaughing in the middle of the destroyed

foyer.

Gabriel

Gabriel was reviewing security reports in his office when someone knocked on his door. He looked up to find

Sarah standing there, no longer in her maid's uniform, with her bag slung over her shoulder.

He set down his papers. “I heard you were fired.”

“Because you lied to me!” Sarah's eyes were blazing with fury. “You toldAlexander was lonely and desperate

for a woman in his bed. You said his marriage was a sham and that he wasn’t getting any satisfaction from his

frigid wife!”

Sarah stormed closer, lowering her voice, although her anger still radiated off of her.

“You specifically toldthat Alexander wanted someone who could actually please him, someone who wasn’t

sick and pathetic like Ella. You said all | had to do was make myself available and he'd jump at the

chance.”

Gabriel leaned back in his chair. Sarah was right, of course. He had said exactly those things when he'd

contacted her three weeks ago. He'd known her from his days before becoming Alexander's Beta-she’d

been one of many women who'd warmed his bed over the years.

Beautiful, willing, and most importantly, discreet.

The plan had been simple. Alexander and Ella were sharing a bedroom now, which was dangerous. The more

tthey spent together, the more likely it was that biology would take over and they'd end up having

sex.

And if that happened, if Alexander started developing real feelings for his mate...

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Gabriel couldn’t let that happen.

So he'd called in a favor. Sarah had been between jobs anyway, and the promise of seducing a wealthy Alpha

had appealed to her. She was so beautiful that Gabriel had been certain even Alexander, who had never been

with a woman so intimately, wouldn't be able to resist.

It wasn’t supposed to go like this.

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“Alexander showed zero interest in me,” Sarah hissed. “Zero. When | asked him about his marriage, he

practically threwout of his study. And then today, when | tried to get closer to him, he couldn't get away

fromfast enough. He looked atlike | was something he would scrape off his shoe.”

Gabriel frowned, his mind racing. If not Sarah, then who? Alexander would never fall for Sophia, especially not

with her history of being a complete and total nutjob. No, he'd have to find someone else, someone

better...

Gabriel tilted his head. “Do you have any hot friends? Twins, maybe?”

Sarah rolled her eyes. “Screw you. I'm done with this whole mess.” She stormed over to the door, but then

hesitated, her hand on the knob. “And for what it's worth,” she added, “I think you're wrong about his feelings

for Ella. The way he looks at her is more fond than you let on.”

With that, she stormed out, slamming the door behind her.

The word made Gabriel's jaw clench. Fond. That was exactly what he'd been afraid of.

For a long moment, Gabriel just sat there, staring at the closed door. Was Alexander in deeper than he had

realized?

This was worse than Gabriel had thought.

He reached into his desk drawer and pulled out a small cloth bag. Inside were the broken pieces of that locket-

the one he'd told Alexander he would take to a jeweler for repair. The slocket that Alexander had specifically

asked him to fix because he knew how much it meant to Ella.

Gabriel had never taken it anywhere. He'd been carrying it around for days, trying to decide what to do with

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Now he knew.

He walked to the small bathroom connected to his office and dumped the broken pieces into the toilet. The silver

fragments glinted in the water for a moment before he flushed them away, watching with satisfaction

as they disappeared down the drain forever.

He wouldn't let Alexander fall for Ella, no matter what it took.

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