The last chapter is the correct one, just a mistake in the number. Sorry about that... So, how about three chapters today?
Diego:“Do you believe that I am going to be standing here if I didn’t want to be with you?” Lea asked, making me smirk. I knew that she wanted to be with me, but I wanted her to say it out loud. And not just to me, to herself too.“Maybe, maybe not. The two of us can never really know as neither one of us trusts the other.” I said, and she scoffed.“For known reasons. I do not go around, saying that I didn’t want to be with the woman that not only am I sharing the bed with, but I am also fucking on an almost every night basis.” She said, and I chuckled, shaking my head at my mate who raised an eyebrow.“First of all, I wasn’t ‘fucking’ you. I was making love to you, cherishing you, your body, your eyes, and your beauty. I didn’t just want the night to end with my needs satisfied. I wanted you to be happy with me, and I wanted you to also crave, want, and need me as much as I did to you. While I understand that you might not trust that, it is the reality of how things are.” I said, lo
Lea: “You got what you wanted in the end. Diego doesn’t want me around, you are his favorite, and I am to be kicked out if I disrespect you.” Renata said, entering the kitchen as she saw me getting myself a glass of water. The two maids who were here looked at her then at me, their fear could easily be read in their eyes and I knew that they didn’t know what to do or how to handle the situation without causing a stir. “You are going to leave my sight, Renata, because I have more important things to be dealing with right now, and believe me, neither one of them includes you. As for Diego, you can leave ONLY if you wish not to respect me or his mother, I doubt that it would be hard for you.” I said, looking the woman dead in the eye. “You are nothing for me to respect.” “Good, and you are nothing too. But there is something called virtue, humanity, and self respect. I doubt that you know how to deal with any of them, but if you are willing, then there is a lesson that is called se
Diego:I heard Renata’s footsteps as she approached the office. Her scent hit me stronger than ever, and though I didn’t like it, I knew that Lea’s plan had worked for her staying in the pack to ensure that our pack secrets do not find themselves in the ears of the last man that we would want them to be in.She knocked on the door twice, and I got up, opening it for her. She looked down at her feet, avoiding my eyes, and I took a step back, motioning for her to come in.“I take it that your mate has already told you…”“Lea hasn’t spoken to me since morning. The woman has more important things to do than just roam under my feet, and I respect her because of that.” I said, stopping her. “Did you come to say something or have you made up your mind about leaving?”“Do you want me to leave?” She asked, and though I wanted to say ‘yes’, a part of me knew that it was unwise of me to do so. The woman knew too much, and that was something that I was forced to remind myself before responding. I
Lea:“You got what you wanted,” Renata said, entering the library where Ezra and I were reading through a scroll. The two of us frowned at one another then at the woman whose eyes were swollen and red from crying. Her heart raced, and I saw Ezra frowning as he looked at her. “I am going to stay in the pack, as you may know, I don’t have anywhere to go. You are going to be respected, and…”“You know, Renata, it really doesn’t have to be as if you are forced.” I said, stopping the woman. Ezra looked at the two of us, and Renata shook her head.“I am going to watch the man that I wanted to be with, being happy with another woman. I am going to force myself to pretend that it didn’t bother me, and to make matters worse, I am going to watch the two of you have your own family while I rot in the dust.” She said, and I looked at Ezra. He nodded at me and took a step back, closing the scroll before he walked out of the room, leaving the two of us alone. I could tell that he didn’t like where
Ezra: “Do you really believe that I fell for one lie that you tried feeding my sister?” I asked, looking at Renata as she walked out of the library. The woman didn’t say a word for a few seconds, but when she turned to face me, regardless of the pain that I saw in her eyes, I saw a sense of satisfaction. “I don’t need you believing anything. At this point, Ezra, I have nothing to lose. You know for fact that I chose every method that a woman would be using, and nothing worked on him…” “And you are giving up so easily? After fighting for so long, you expect me to believe that you intend to just ‘give up’?” I asked the woman, knowing that she wasn’t going to drop things as easily as Lea saw or hoped. I wasn’t dumb, nor was I blind, but this was an act that I knew all too well, and the sudden change in demeanor as she tried getting information only gave her out more than she thought. “I do not intend to give up. Do not get me wrong, but I have my plans and I have my ways when it comes
Diego: “What are you doing?” Giovanni asked, frowning in confusion when he saw one of the pack gammas, Charlie, and I setting the pack arena for a bonfire. “We are setting a bonfire.” Charlie said, and Giovanni frowned. I knew that both men didn’t understand what I was going on about, but I knew that when I brought up the memory, both mom and Giovanni were going to recall it. It was the one that we had when my brother died. Cosimo left town at the time, he didn’t even bother waiting with mom for her to heal, and now I understood why. He was the one who killed my brother, but I was going to relive the memory. We were going to have a proper bonfire for him, one that he would have liked to see for himself when he passed away a very long time ago. The memory was still fresh in my mind. I could still remember the gun being fired, and his body freezing. The gunshot was one that I heard for the first time. Mother never allowed me to use one in the first place, and the only reason why I h
Lea: “Are you okay?” I asked, wrapping my arms around Diego from behind as I sat on the edge of the bed beside him. He put his hand on mine, and I gently massaged his shoulders. He squeezed my hand gently, and pulled it to his lips, gently kissing my knuckle, making me smile. “Everything that we’re doing, that we learned. I am guessing that it is just taking more energy from me than I could think of.” He said, and I nodded, kissing his shoulder. I laid my chin on it, and he purred, allowing me to rest in his embrace. I knew that he was at least feeling a little more peace with me by his side. But I also knew that it would be temporary with everything that we were going to have to do. “I never thought that I would know the truth about what happened. And now that I do, I don’t know how to feel about it.” “You are not expected to know what you feel when you’re going through a hardship like this, Diego.” I said, massaging his right bicep gently. He ran his finger over my palm, gently i
Lea:“Is everything alright?” I asked, walking downstairs to notice that everyone was dead quiet.Diego managed to finally get some shut eye, and though I knew that I could use a little sleep; the fact that the pack was as quiet as it was took me off guard. “We got a warning,” Mario was the first to speak. I frowned in confusion, and shook my head, watching as Ezra handed me a parchment. I stared at it for a second before opening it, bracing myself for what I was going to read, knowing that the pack members would not be as quiet as they were nor would they be having such an eerie vibe if it wasn’t something that was serious. “Where did it come from?” I asked, shaking my head in question. “Doesn’t have a name, but we don’t need to wonder or think twice about who we are currently having as an enemy, do we?” Ezra answered, and I shook my head. The fact that I knew that we had more than one enemy to deal with didn’t come off guard. But it didn’t take me long to realize that it would ei