The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 265

Chapter 265 – The Steps
Ella
We dash across the square, my hand clasped in Cora’s, adrenaline moving my legs for me even despite the face that I don’t have the strength for it. As we run, debris and smoke fly around us. The humans are pressing their advantage, shelling the center of the city with abandon after they heard the prince is dead. They know Sinclair must be regrouping, so they’re doing as much destruction as they can while they can.

My eyes are on the temple steps ahead of me but for a moment – just a moment – my mind turns to my mate.

He is the one responsible for the prince’s death I know it for a certainty, without having to ask. He wouldn’t let anyone else take the final blow – it was vengeance and it was his. But the prince – that photo of him on the board room table – it had looked like it was in the palace My eyes flick to the palace building to my right – does that mean is Sinclair in there?

We’re close to the temple steps now, just feet from them, really. But I have to try.

I tug at that bond within me, the one tied to that deep place somewhere behind my ribcage.

Dominic? I call, my inner voice breathless with the hope of it. My wolf gives a few excited nips, anxious inside of me, wanting to be with him, to smell him –

I wait, heart pounding, as Cora and I reach the steps, our feet thumping to match my heart’s frantic rate. Cora takes the steps two at a time, pulling me up behind her until we reach the clear and empty marble expanse at the entrance of the temple. The temple, miraculously, has been untouched by the human’s fire. Perhaps the Goddess has had a hand in shielding it for us, just until we got here.

“Are you ready?” Cora asks, panting. “Do you know what to do?”

her, nodding, but can’t help myself from glancing back at

following my

him – desperate for a glance “Ella!” My sister shouts, taking me by the shoulders and giving a little shake. “Pay attention! We’ve got

of tears – back to my sister. “

angry at once. “No! You are the daughter of a damn Goddess, you will not

else I won’t have the strength to survive it. I place my hands on my stomach, reaching for the bond that I know still exists between me and my baby, but

I think, senses what I’m doing and lets me have this moment alone with my child. But when I open my eyes, my gaze newly steeled and prepared for the challenge to come, she nods once and turns to face

that state I found in the desert under the moon when my mother gave me my instructions, told me how to deliver her gift. My heart rate falls to a peaceful resting rhythm, my vision starting to go violet behind my eyelids. I sink lower into myself, seeking the base of my being. My wolf curls up inside of me, finding peace

that tug. The one behind my ribcage. The one tied to

Ella?

fly open as I gasp and I cry out. “Dominic!” I shout, my eyes frantically searching the square

around, frantic. “What is it? Is

eyes still searching and failing to find him. “Ella,” she says, looking at me with sorrowful eyes. “There’s no time people

shout in my mind, my wolf already

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