The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Alexander's POV

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| 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 noff 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 | stared at her, | forgot all about the meeting. All | saw was her.

Not Stella, no...

But Ella.

Goddess, she remindedso 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 cout when she first got sick all those months

ago. The side of Ella that | wished | 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 ofagain. Like | might get

another chance to see it, even if only for a moment.

| 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 ofwas 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?”

| blinked, pulled from my thoughts, and realized that the three Alphas in the room were staring at me

expectantly now. They were waiting forto put the Omega in her place and not show weakness.

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

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“Stella,” | 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 | 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,” | 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 | 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 tolike that. Even more so when | 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 within

the kitchen, I'd caught glimpses of the man I'd fallen in love with.

But this remindedexactly who Alexander really was. He was not the type of man | 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 | waited.

Finally, an hour later, the office door opened and the three Alphas filed out, barely sparinga 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.

| lifted my chin. “I want to stay in the Luna Trial. Don’t take my noff 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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only. My bed will remain mine alone.

For a moment, | just stared at him. He was going to do the sthing to another woman that he'd done to me.

He was going to treat them like a prop and not a real person.

Even if Liam was right, and Alexander was only doing this because an Alpha King needed a Luna, it didn’t change

anything. We weren't people to Alexander. We were tools to be used for his own gain.

Somehow, the thought of Alexander refusing to go to bed with his new Luna made it so much worse than if he

had simply chosen to replace me.

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He was still selfish. A user. And the type of man to scold and make fun of a woman in front of other Alphas simply

because she was below him.

Hell, he didn’t even believewhen I told him | was only doing this to help Anya. He was actually egotistical

enough to think that | wanted him!

“How noble of you,” | managed to bite out.

Alexander’s eyes narrowed. “Excuse me?”

But | was already turning away, my face blazing with heat and fury. | couldn't stand there and listen to him talk

for another second. | was going to remain in this stupid trial for Anya’s sake, but | wasn’t going to like it.

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In fact, every moment | spent around Alexander felt like an insult.

Without another word, | stormed off and left him standing there, staring after me.

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