I Forgot I Loved You Alpha (Ellie and Nolan) novel Chapter 316

Chapter 316

Ellie POV

Felicity didn’t rush me.

That was the worst part.

She stepped fully into the packhouse, rainwater streaming from her clothes, boots leaving dark prints across stone already slick with blood. Around her, the fighting continued-Silver Fang warriors locked in brutal close combat with rogues-but there was a subtle, instinctive clearing around her path.

Even the rogues knew better than to crowd her.

She lifted her chin slightly, eyes never leaving mine as she walked forward, unhurried, deliberate. Like she was savoring this. Like she’d imagined this moment so many times that nothing could rush it now.

I stayed where I was, at the top of the staircase, hands already raised.

The shield responded instantly.

Golden light flared into existence in front of me, thickening into a curved barrier that filled the width of the stairwell. I could feel it—dense, layered, humming with power as it locked into place between Felicity and the inner corridors beyond.

Between Felicity and my children.

The goddess surged hot and furious in my chest, but I forced myself to breathe through it. To shape the energy instead of letting it explode outward.

So much of Alaric’s teachings made sense now that I was in the thick of it. The warnings and encouragement that he had given during training that seemed like platitudes suddenly felt solid in my hands.

Don’t let it overwhelm you, don’t let emotions shape the magic. Use your head.

Felicity’s gaze flicked briefly to the shield, then back to my face.

Her smile was sharp and knowing. “You’ve learned,” she said softly. “I wondered how long it would take.”

“Stop,” I said, my voice carrying farther than it should have, steady despite the pounding of my heart. “This doesn’t have to happen.”

Her brows lifted a fraction, mockery plain. “Doesn’t it?”

I swallowed and pressed on. “You don’t really want to hurt Nolan’s children. You know that.” I held her gaze, refusing to look away. “You know what that would do. To him. To you.”

For the first time, something flickered in her expression.

Not the pity I had hoped for or the understanding that I expected. Not doubt.

Fury.

“You think I don’t know that?” she snapped, the calm cracking. “You think I don’t know exactly what it would

cost me?”

“Then don’t do it,” I said. “Walk away. Whatever this is between us-between you and me-it doesn’t have to touch them. No one else has to get hurt.”

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Her lips trembled-not with hesitation, but with barely restrained rage.

“They are his,” she snarled. “Everything he loves is his. He is an alpha, my alpha! You are the rogue, the imposter! You are the fraud who has stolen my place at his side! It should be my children that he fights so hard to protect, not yours! And you stand there and tell me not to touch what he values most?”

The air around her distorted.

Felicity tilted her head back and screamed.

It wasn’t human.

It wasn’t wolf.

It was something raw and furious and broken, a sound that tore through the packhouse and sent every instinct I had into screaming overdrive.

She shifted.

Bones cracked and reformed with violent speed, clothing shredding as her body expanded, fur bursting across her skin in a rush of motion so fast it blurred. A massive wolf slammed down onto the stone floor where she’d stood moments before, claws gouging deep grooves into the ground.

She filled the hallway. Or at least she seemed to. It may have been the aura of malice radiating from her that made her seem so imposing.

Golden-brown fur bristled along her spine, soaked dark with rain and blood. Her eyes burned icy blue, locked on me with singular, murderous focus.

The goddess roared inside me, equal parts warning and rallying cry.

I braced, pouring everything I had into the shield, layering it thicker, stronger, willing it to hold.

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