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.

drag an arm across my face,

my primal instincts to protect and back to my reality, where I’m standing above a dead man on the palace’s

Jessica,

I realize with quick horror

a city on a night when

ahead of me are crowded with people who look at me in shock. And

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, blinking in surprise to see him

hear Jessica’s voice,

Sarah,” I say on a

me go, so I glare up at him. “Seriously, Ella,” he says, his voice low as he whispers his words, “you’re covered in blood, and the Alpha is going to flip out if he sees you

“But she -”

says, nodding to me, “she’s conscious – let us take her inside,

panicking right now, and trying

as I step away from Xander’s lifeless form. Conner’s hand is still supportively around my arm as we begin to stride towards the

seeing that the girl is scared and struggling against the guards who hold her back from her sister, at whose side medics are already

whips her head to

out my free hand. The guards hesitate but then let the girl go as they see my serious face. Jessica rushes to my side, wrapping her hand in mine, whimpering

doctors are going

you,” she says, looking back, “do you promise

promise, Jessica,” I say quietly, meaning every word of it. “We just all need to

The doctors – they’re going to help

herself closer to my side, but she trusts me and lets me

suddenly a large form fills it, and my knees go almost shaky with relief as I

in his arms, but I’ve got Jessica with me now know that I

and he steps back as Sinclair

me and glancing momentarily down at Jessica and over at Conner, assessing them as

his cheek, shaking

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