Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 451: On the Edge

Ella

My eyes flick to Jessica’s to find her gaze already on me. I stare at her, hoping she can intuit, hoping she has the courage to run when –

“If you think my human sister is a bitch,” I say, taking another precise step forward, forcing Xander to rise his foot to take his final step back. As that foot falls, I bare my teeth. “Then just wait until you really meet me.”

And as Xander places that foot down, and it falls on the edge of the stair that he didn’t know was there, I bare my teeth and transform in a flash.

Xander’s foot slips and slides unsteadily to the step below, unbalancing him. He flings out an arm to balance himself and while he keeps one hand steadily on Jessica –

As I hoped, the hand he flings out for balance is the one that holds the knife.

The moment she feels the cold press of it leave her neck, Jessica screams and rips herself away from Xander. His hand is still knotted in her hair and I swear I hear it rip from her scalp as I leap for him, but I can’t turn and see

Instead, I’m already in the air in my wolf’s body, sailing for him, my teeth bared. His eyes are wide as my paws slam into his shoulders, as I take him down to the ground.

A garbled scream falls from his mouth as he whips the knife in his hand toward my side, but it’s too late.My teeth are already closing around his throat, digging deep.

The dagger cuts me, I can feel it, but it slides away from my skin to clatter on the ground as Xander’s body crashes into the stone steps. My jaws close, my teeth meeting, and instincts take over as I shake my head, ripping the life from him as I tear his flesh.

I feel him go still beneath me quickly, leaving no time for a last gasp or a final word.

I did my job well.

My chest heaving, I stand above him for a moment, looking down into his face, making sure his eyes are dead.

And then I disdainfully step away, wanting nothing more to do with him, wanting the taste of his putrid blood out of my mouth.

continue to stand above him, my shoulders still heaving, and I drag an arm across my face, wiping the blood away from my mouth with my sleeve

and I blink suddenly, brought instantly away from my primal instincts to protect and back to

first thought is for Jessica, and I turn, seeking

me and turn wide-eyed back to the stairs. Because I realize with quick horror that while I concentrated only on

is still a palace in the middle of a city on a night when we hosted a very large

crowded with people who look at me in shock. And press, who snap pictures of their Queen

is a momentary pause when I panic and stare out at the flashing cameras, but then suddenly – quite suddenly – everything is chaos. An arm grabs me and I look up into Conner’s face,

turn when I hear Jessica’s voice, screaming her sister’s

say on a

arm but he won’t let me go, so I glare up at him. “Seriously, Ella,” he says, his voice low as he whispers

“But she -”

he says, nodding to me, “she’s conscious – let us

then I nod, agreeing to it, realizing that he’s right. Because I am panicking right now, and trying

Xander’s lifeless form. Conner’s hand is still supportively around my

struggling against the guards who hold her

whips her head to

free hand. The guards hesitate but then let the girl go as they see my serious face.

to my un-cut side, wrapping my arm around her. “The doctors are going to bring Sarah in,” I say quietly,

back, “do you promise she’s all

it. “We just all need to get inside, okay? And Sarah needs people to

too little for that. The doctors – they’re going to help bring

but she trusts

form fills it, and my knees go almost shaky with

but I’ve got Jessica with me now know that

removes his hand from me now, knowing that I’m safe, and he steps back as Sinclair

he growls, stepping close to me and glancing momentarily down at

his cheek, shaking my head. “I’m fine, it’s

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