The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 292

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Chapter 292

Ellie’s POV

The guards hauled Colt back, but he kept struggling, bloodshot eyes locked on Vivian. He looked like a man possessed. It seemed my perfume had done the trick after all.

“Wait!” he said again. “Vivian is my fated mate!”

The room went silent.

Dominic’s head snapped toward Vivian. She was still pressed against the wall, one hand clutching her throat where Colt had nearly bitten her. There was no mark. He didn’t do it in time. Good. I never meant for it to go quite that far; just far enough to make Dominic jealous, to prove to myself, to him, and to everyone else what he always intended to replace me with her, anyway.

“Is this true?” Dominic asked.

Vivian’s mouth opened and closed. Her eyes were wide, panicked, darting between Colt and Dominic like a trapped animal.

“No,” she finally said. “No, it’s not-he’s lying. He’s delusional.”

“I’m not lying!” Colt wrenched against the guards’ grip. “We’re mates. She felt it the moment she saw me, just like I did. She’s been avoiding me ever since.”

Vivian shook her head rapidly. “That’s not true!”

“I did what you asked, Vivian!” Colt’s voice cracked. “I delivered your letters. I stayed quiet. And you still won’t even talk to me! What more do you want?”

I straightened. Letters?

Dominic’s eyes narrowed. “What letters?”

Colt looked between them, then seemed to realize he’d said too much. His jaw snapped shut.

Vivian’s face had gone pale. She pushed off the wall, smoothing down her dress with shaking hands. “I don’t know what he’s talking about.”

“Please, Vivian,” Colt said. His voice was quieter now. “You promised we could talk. You promised.”

Vivian remained silent.

My mind raced. So Vivian was behind the letters after all; I figured as much. I looked at Dominic, but his expression betrayed nothing. If he was also involved in that whole scheme, then he was doing a damn good job of hiding it right now.

“Why would you ignore your mate?” Dominic asked Vivian. “Finding one’s mate is precious. It’s a miracle at all that Ellie just happened to find him on the side of the road and

He stopped mid-sentence.

I watched the realization come over his face. His eyes went wide for just a second before they hardened, and when he turned to look at me, I knew exactly what he was thinking.

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No, no, no.

Why did I have to choose today, of all days, to wear fucking sandals?

I turned and swallowed. Dominic’s eyes had gone black.

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I barely had time to register the change before he moved. One second he was standing near Vivian, and the next he was so close I stumbled back. My spine hit the wall hard enough to knock the air out of my lungs, and then he was there, caging me in with both hands pressed flat against the wall on either side of my head.

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