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My jaw clenched. | knew Gabriel was telling the truth. For five years, | had kept a careful distance from Ella
because | couldn't trust her, and now | had even more concrete proof that her parents had used her to get closer
to me. For all | knew, she really was a spy and was getting exactly what they all wanted.
And yet... The way she’d looked atlast night...
If she was pretending, then she was a hell of a good actress.
And | was the fool who would buy right into it until the very end.
“The investigation,” | blurted out. “Where do we stand?”
“Still waiting on concrete evidence. Promiseyou won't let what happened last night happen again
until we know the truth.”
Promise him | won't touch my own mate. The very idea madefeel sick.
But Gabriel was right about one thing-I couldn't afford to be reckless. Not anymore.
“Fine,” | said. “I'll be logical. But you should also watch yourself around her. If it comes out that she’s innocent
and you've been disrespecting your rightful Luna all this time-"
“We'll cross that bridge if we cto it,” Gabriel cutoff.
My Alpha authority bristled at his tone, but | forced myself to remain calm and simply nodded. “Very well. Now
get out of my office so | can get sactual work done.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter he left, | tried to return to the paperwork. But | made it through exactly two more pages before my mind
was once again wandering.
The truth was, | couldn't actually, truthfully promise Gabriel what he’d asked for. Because no matter what the
investigation turned up, no matter what evidence they found, my heart was becoming completely entangled
with Ella’s.
Last night hadn't been just sex for me. It had been a claiming, a surrendering, a recognition of something I'd
been fighting for five fucking years. And despite Gabriel's warnings, despite the logical voice in my head that
said | should be careful, | didn’t regret it.
If anything, | wanted more.
I needed air.
A few minutes later, | found myself wandering in the gardens. My feet carriedtoward a familiar spot of their
own accord, pulled toward a tantalizing scent by my wolf, and | didn’t resist.
Soon, | found her sitting beneath the largest cherry tree, perched on the edge of the stone bench she
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always sat on. She was wearing a soft yellow sundress that showed off her growing belly, and she was reading
aloud from what looked like a children’s book.
| couldn’t hear what she was saying, but judging from her soft voice and the way she kept glancing down
with a furtive smile, | knew she was reading to our unborn child.
| stayed back, watching her from the shadows. There was something so peaceful about the scene, so domestic
and perfect, that it madewant to just observe for fear of shattering it.
This woman who Gabriel thought might be a spy was sitting under a tree reading fairy tales to our baby. The
swoman who'd thrown a pillow at my Beta this morning for interrupting our private moment. The same
woman who'd fallen asleep in my arms last night like she’d been waiting her whole life to feel
safe.
Lovesick fool. That was what | was. Completely head over heels for a woman | still wasn’t sure | could
trust.
But watching her like this, seeing the gentle way she cradled her belly and the soft smile on her face as she
read, | felt happier than | could remember being in years. Maybe ever.
And that baby was mine. Ours. Growing strong and healthy inside the woman | was supposed to hate but
couldn't seem to stop falling for instead.
As if she could sensewatching, Ella looked up from her book. When she spottedstanding there, her face
lit up with a smile that was so bright and radiant that it made my heart swell to three times its
size.
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