The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239

Ellie’s POV

“Dominic.” I took a step closer, dropping my hands at my sides. “I can explain-”

“Explain this.” He set the bottle on the step beside him.with a thud that echoed in the night air and made me flinch. “You disappeared, Ellie. Not even halfway through the festival that you insisted on taking a part in.”

“I didn’t want to leave,” I said.

Dominic scoffed. “Like hell you didn’t. You led me on, didn’t you? Made it out like you actually cared about your duties for once just so you could turn around and run off with him the moment everything seemned like it might be okay.”

“Lucas gave me a ride somewhere,” I replied quickly. Too quickly, I realized a moment too late. “It wasn’t… whatever you’re imagining it was.”

“Right.” He stood, turning to face me fully now. Only a few feet stood between us, and yet right now, it felt like miles. Somehow, though, he still seemed to tower over me, making me feel small and insignificant. ” Just like that night you spent ‘in the library’-” He added that part with air quotes- “was just my imagination.”

I stared at him. “I did fall asleep in the library that night.”

“So what was this, then?” Dominic gestured to me, to the now-empty festival grounds, where the grass was still matted down and brown in spots from booths and people walking over it. “Don’t tell me you spent the day sleeping, too.”

“I told you,” I said as calmly as I could muster, “that Lucas drove me somewhere.”

“Oh yeah?” He folded his arms. “Where did he drive you, then? Enlighten me.”

My lips parted, but I couldn’t say it. Because no matter how heavy that knife in its bag felt in my inner jacket pocket, I knew that if I told him I went to Pine Hollow to track down an assassin, he would have questions. Questions that I couldn’t even begin to answer.

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How could I explain to him that I had lived an entire life before this one? That I had been killed by the very assassin who I spotted today? That, by running away from the festival, I had potentially saved Dominic again?

He wouldn’t believe me even if I tried to explain it to him. He was too angry for that, and clearly drunk, too.

So I remained silent.

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