The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Ellie POV

Karina slams into me, fingers tangling in my hair as we go down together.

She didn’t take that slap well, but with how I was feeling, I was itching for a fight.

The ground bites into my shoulder, Karina straddles me, fury twisting.

“You bitch,” she snarls.

Her fist comes down once, hard enough to rattle my teeth. Then again. My blood scraying the gravel. I twist, bringing my arms up, but she’s heavier.

Her knee slams into my leg.

My bad leg.

Pain detonates white-hot.She knows exactly what she’s doing. She kicks again, sharp.

I scream and swing an elbow.

My bone connects with her cheekbone.

There’s a wet sound.

Blood sprays across my arm and her face. She howls, reading back, clutching her cheek.

I’m crawling after her, grabbing for her hair.

But I don’t get the chance.

Strong hands grab me from behind, hauling me up so fast my feet barely touch the ground.

“That’s enough!” Dominic snaps low. “What the hell-”

Karina tries to come for me again, our arms clawing, but he shoves Karina back with one arm, separating us. Then turns and lifts me clean off the ground.

“What-put me down!” I yell, kicking uselessly.

He doesn’t.

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He throws me over his shoulder like I weigh nothing and starts moving,boots pounding against pavement.

“Dominic!” I scream, pounding against his back. “Let me go!”

“Shut it!” He snaps, glancing back at Bren and Tamsin over Karina. “Take her to the infirmary. I’ll contact in thirty.”

The noise of the yard fades as he turns sharply into a narrow alley beside the school. The walls close in, brick and shadow swallowing us whole.

He drops me.

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J stumble but stay upright agaitist the wall, chest heaving, hands shaking, rage vibrating through every nerve in my body.

I spin on him.

“What the hell-”

His hands slam over me. “What are you doing?!” His bark is loud, commanding. “What was that, El?! You’re pissed off because you keep fucking up so you go and punch someone?!”

I shove him back. He doesn’t move.

“Screw you!” I spat. “You’re not one to talk! Stomping around like some tough guy tortuting me cause you have authority! Wow, what a big strong guy you are!”

“You deserve it!” He snarled. “You let your team down!”

“You didn’t let me go! I would have crawled back!”

“No!” He bites. “They are valid to feel disappointed, that you deserve to do most of the work, and not die trying to get back. What are you not getting?!!”

“OH RIGHT!” I press back, nose to nose. “So this has NOTHING to do with Lucas, Nothing to do with us! You are just Mr. Noble, Mr. Fair! Admit it! You’re punishing me! Come on, your a big boy, right?! Someone is pissy!”

He snarled, his sharped K9’s flashing, forehead pressing mto mine against the wall with a thud. “So?! Both can be true! You fucking piss me off! Now you’re gonna go back, appologize, and-”

“I’m not apologizing! She tried to get me kicked out before! I hate her!”

He scoffed, his breath puffing my skin. “You’re just angry.’

“And who’s fault is that!?” I snapped.

“You’re own.” He growled.

“No,” I press. “It’s you! It’s always you! You are the worst thing that’s ever happened to me! I just—”

His hand clasps over my mouth in an instant, face pulling back.

“Oh, trust me,” he fires back, eyes blazing. “I’m sick of you too.”

I freeze.

“Sick of the back and forth,” he continues, voice rising now, controlled composure completely gone. “Sick of the contradictions. One minute you’re pulling me close, the next you’re acting like I’m your enemy.”

“Do you like me?” he demands. “Do you hate me? Or are you just using me-stringing me along because it suits you?”

I yank his hand down. “I never-”

“I don’t know anymore,” he cuts in viciously. “And not knowing makes me furious.”

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My hands curl into fists.

“You think I could ever love someone like you?” I shout. “Someone so heartless they let people tear me apart in public, let me work for hours in paint and call it discipline? You humiliated me,” I continue, voice cracking with rage. “You let them turn me into a spectacle. We aren’t even friends, Dominic. Don’t pretend we were anything more!”

That’s when he snaps.

He slams me back against the brick wall, forearm braced beside my head, the impact rattling through my bones. His face is inches from mine, eyes dark and wild, breath hot against my cheek.

“Then what was it?” he growls, voice low and shaking with fury. “The closeness. The touching. The warmth. The tie between us.”

My heart pounds so hard it hurts.

“If you hate me so much,” he demands, “why hold onto me at all? Why use me like that? Kiss me?! For what?!”

My hand moves before my mind catches up.

The slap cracks across his face, echoing down the alley.

Dominic freezes.

“I was never using you!” I scream, tears burning now, everything spilling over. “I just wanted to be my own person-away from your shadow, away from expectations!”

I shove at his chest. He doesn’t move. Again.

“I wasn’t manipulating you. I wasn’t playing games,” I continue, voice breaking. “All of this! This stupid photo! You never even let me explain! And you were stupid enough not to not even question who built the pit in the first place!”

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