Chapter 142\u00a0<\/p>\n
My stomach twisted. \u201cAgreed to?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked up then, and I knew before she said the words that I didn\u2019t want to hear them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve decided to accept Kieran\u2019s proposal,\u201d she said quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, I couldn\u2019t move. Couldn\u2019t think. Her words sank in like ice water down my spine. My wolf practically roared in outrage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kieran. That bastard, I knew he\u2019d been plotting something. The way he circled around her, the smile on his face when he talked to her. He\u2019d been planning this all along. Slowly breaking down her defenses until he convinced her\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
But a proposal? She couldn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis-what?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis offer of marriage,\u201d she said, her tone flat but her eyes trembling. \u201cWhen our marriage ends, I\u2019ll marry Kieran. Not right away, of course, but\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shot to my feet before I realized it, the chair scraping harshly against the floor. \u201cEllie, no. Absolutely not. You don\u2019t know him. You think you do, but you don\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a sense of urgency in my voice that I couldn\u2019t hold back. This wasn\u2019t just about my jealousy, though I wouldn\u2019t deny that was present. Kieran was a snake, a liar. Whatever his true motivation was for Ellie, it couldn\u2019t be good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She would be in danger with him. The thought made my stomach drop and my heart race with the need to act.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I should have torn that bastard apart the first time he dared to touch her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She flinched but didn\u2019t look away. \u201cHe\u2019s been kind to me, Nolan. I know that you don\u2019t trust him, but he hasn\u2019t given me any reason to feel that way. I know this is hard for you, but it\u2019s a beneficial arrangement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew she was lying. I saw how uncomfortable she was with his touch, his attention at the last event at the palace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBeneficial arrangement?\u201d I snapped. \u201cYou have that already, here. You have me. You have Lance, Cassian, Alaric-half the southern border would burn if you needed it to. You don\u2019t need him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shook her head slowly. \u201cYou don\u2019t understand. The goddess\u2019s influence is getting stronger, and so are the people drawn to it. The attack this morning\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know about the attack,\u201d I cut in, trying to rein in my temper. \u201cThat woman was unhinged, but if you hadn\u2019t snuck out without your guards-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She rose from her chair, her hands trembling slightly. \u201cYou don\u2019t believe in any of this, Nolan. You never have. But I can feel it-something is coming, and if I don\u2019t have an alpha to shield me, I won\u2019t survive it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her words hit me like a punch. \u201cYou already had one,\u201d I said quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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