The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

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.

into my human body as I continue to stand above him, my shoulders still heaving, and I drag an arm across my face, wiping the blood

orders and I blink suddenly, brought instantly away from my primal instincts to protect and back to my reality, where I’m

first thought is for Jessica, and I turn, seeking her

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

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

are crowded with people who look at me in shock. And press, who snap

the flashing cameras, but then suddenly – quite suddenly – everything is chaos. An arm grabs

when I hear

I say on a gasp, knowing that she needs

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

“But she -”

– let

Because I am panicking right now, and trying to do everything

from Xander’s lifeless form. Conner’s hand

girl is scared and struggling against the guards who hold her back from her sister, at whose side

her head to

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

side, wrapping my arm around her. “The doctors are going to bring Sarah in,” I say quietly, “don’t worry, all right? I’ll keep

says, looking back, “do you promise she’s all

say quietly, meaning every word of it. “We just all need to

–

nods shakily, pressing herself closer to my side, but she trusts

a large form fills it, and my knees go almost shaky with

to throw myself in his arms, but I’ve got Jessica with me now know that I can’t. Not yet. and

steps back as Sinclair takes a step forward, his face livid and scared and breathless all at

growls, stepping close to me and glancing momentarily down at Jessica and over at Conner, assessing them as threats in his

up and place my hand on his cheek, shaking

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