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Alexander & Ella
Alexander
Ella looked like hell.
Her dress was torn. Hair windswept. Feet bare. And she smelled like... was that... car oil?
Before | could even process what was happening, she turned around and walked right out of the
cathedral, leavingwith only one question swirling through my mind: what the fuck?
The High Priest was still holding the crown above my head, frozen in place. The entire cathedral was so
silent you could hear a pin drop. Everyone had seen her. Everyone was staring at the doors she’d just
disappeared through.
“Your Majesty?” the High Priest whispered. “Shall we continue?”
| looked at Gabriel, who was standing to my right with his face twisted in a scowl. He gavea sharp
shake of his head. A silent warning. | shouldn't go after her. Not when the coronation was already
underway.
But Ella had looked... broken. Humiliated. And she was my mate, pregnant with my child. She'd obviously been
through something terrible to show up looking like that. | couldn't just let her walk off without checking on her.
“Hold off on the ceremony,” | said to the priest, stepping away. | then turned to Gabriel. “Keep everyone
occupied. I'll be right back.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtGabriel's eyes went wide. “Alexander, you can’t seriously-"
“I can, and | will.”
| didn’t give Gabriel a chance to protest further before | stepped down from the altar. Crown be damned. The
ceremony could wait five minutes.
The cathedral erupted into shocked murmurs as | turned and walked down the aisle toward the doors Ella had
fled through, ceremonial cape of fur and velvet billowing behind me. | could hear Gabriel calling my nbehind
me, but | ignored him and followed the distinct scent of cherries and vanilla.
| found her in the women’s bathroom just off the main foyer. Judging from the pool of silk and brocade spilling
out from beneath the last stall door and the sound of muffled sniffling, she was crying on the
floor.
Indeed, when | carefully pushed the door open, | found her with her knees pulled up to her chest and her
face buried in her hands.
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“Ella?”
She looked up when I said her name, and | could see she’d been crying. Her makeup was smudged, and
there were tracks down her cheeks.
“I ruined it,” she sniffled. “I ruined your entire coronation.”
| sat down on the floor beside her. “You didn’t ruin anything.”
“Alexander, everyone saw me. Everyone was staring atlike | was skind of...” She gestured
helplessly at her torn dress. “Look at me. | look like | crawled out of a ditch.”
“You look like you've had an adventure.” | reached over and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. “What
happened?”
“The car broke down. The engine sprayed oil everywhere. | had to shift and run ten miles through the
forest.” She laughed, but it sounded more like a sob. “And then security wouldn't letin because they
thought | was a vagrant.”
“Goddess, Ella.”
“I just wanted to be there for you. | wanted to support you on your big day, and instead | made a complete fool
of myself in front of every important person in the territory. As if it wasn’t bad enough already that | took too
long to get ready this morning and you had to leave without me.”
That madefurrow my brow. | recalled leaving a little early for the ceremony when I'd received word
that Ella would take longer-the staff attendant toldthat Ella asked her to letknow that she would
meetthere.
“Ella, | never-“I pinched the bridge of my nose and shook my head. Now wasn’t the tto figure out
misunderstandings. Ella was still crying and | could hear the voices in the cathedral even from here.”
Hey. Look at me.”
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