#Chapter 77: A Child

Ella Three weeks had passed since that awful morning when I’d overheard Alexander’s conversation with Sophia’s parents. Three weeks of regrets and silence and humiliation. Three weeks, and I barely saw him. If he was trying to avoid me, then he was doing a damn good job of it. Then again, I supposed he’d had five years of practice before I’d gotten sick, so it wasn’t as though he had to try very hard. During those three weeks, we fell back into our old routine. With Liam and the rest of the Alpha Council gone, we didn’t have to worry about faking our relationship at home. I continued sleeping in Alexander’s room, but he only entered once I was already half-asleep, and was often gone by the time I woke up. During the days, he was always busy in his office or off performing pack duties, so it was usually just me and Lilith. Nothing had changed, it seemed. But something had changed, actually. One very important thing. My body was stronger.