Chapter 113

ELIZA’S POV My heart had never pounded so painfully in my chest. For one breathless, gut-wrenching moment, all I could see was her. Isabella, standing too close to Alexander. The way she tilted her face up, the way she kissed his cheek like she had the right. Like she belonged there. For a split second, all I felt was betrayal. Then I saw Alexander shove her away. His voice, usually so controlled, was filled with so much anger. "Don't ever do that again," he snapped "Next time, I won't care that you're a princess. I'll remind you what it feels like to be rejected." My wolf stirred at his words and in that moment I felt proud and satisfied. Alexander didn’t betray me. He put Isabella in her place immediately. My wolf stirred in my chest with joy. She had wanted to misunderstand. Wanted to be angry. But now, all she wanted was to claim him. So I did. I walked forward slowly ignoring Isabella’s red-cheeked frustration and ignored who I assumed was Edmund, standing right next to her.. Inst