Chapter 69

Ella POV

Emmett refuses to release his grip on my wrist as he urges me to leave the hallway outside of the bathroom. “Luna, please,” he pleads with me but the power surging beneath my skin is demanding to be set free. Small green sparks burst from my fingertips causing Emmett’s hand to release mine in shock. Putting his hands on either side of my face he forces me to stare him in the eyes. “Ella,”

he says informally, “you have to keep it together.”

I nod as his stormy blue eyes stare into my own. Grinding my teeth together in frustration, I push the need to release my power deep down. “I need a place where I can release this energy,”

I admit through my gritted teeth.

Without another word Emmett leads me out of the city hall and into the deserted pack training grounds. “We should be fine here,”

Emmett whispers as he looks around at the empty grounds. “Everyone is at the trial.”

At the word trial my anger bubbles to the surface once aga