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Why is he being so stubborn?Why won’t he just let her go?She understands that he wants to fulfil the prophecy but she doesn’t, she doesn’t care.The prophecy may be important to him but not to her. She doesn’t want to be used as a tool in his hands again. In his own words he said it was selfish of him to ever marry her because he had feelings for her but all he did was use her as a placeholder Luna for the years that Carmela was absent and now that he knows they are mates and she is the real phoenix Luna, he wants to use her to fulfil the prophecy, selfishly again.If he really cares about her as he claims, he will consider her feelings in all of this, her decision and choices would matter to him but he is just the same person that he was in the past, putting everything first before her feelings and desires.Who is she even flattering? He doesn’t care one bit for her feelings and desires, only his and his pack, that’s all he ever cares about.Days pass and Leila finds her frustrat
Amara turns and faces Leila, putting a soft kiss on her forehead. When Mama is feeling happy, she is happy, when mama is feeling sad, she is sad and she doesn’t want mama to be sad. The aura around her grows even stronger as Leila squeezes her tighter. The presence of the aura means Amara’s magic, Leila knows that much but what she doesn’t know is that Amara’s magic is just like Antonio’s, exactly like Antonio’s, they deal with feelings and emotions of the mind, contorting it to their good and bad use at will. Antonio uses fear as an emotion to gain control of the minds of people, using that fear to torment his enemies and punish his offenders but Amara feels her mother’s sadness and without knowing it, because her wish is for her mother to be happy, she is sapping away the cause of her mother’s sadness, one bad memory at a time. Leila plants a kiss of her own on Amara’s head, feeling grateful that in times like this, she has her child to find comfort in. Amara may be young but s
The following day, Leila makes up her mind to go and see Tatum about the subpoena and she mindlinks him. ‘I need to see you.’ ‘I’m busy.’ ‘It's not about the divorce, I promise,’ she says, frowning, knowing he is just avoiding her as usual. Tatum says silent for a while. ‘Fine, I’m at home, the one opposite you.’ When Leila steps into Tatum’s house, the one as big with as many rooms as hers, it is scarcely furnished, just a single couch in the living room, no TV, no rugs, no portraits, nothing but a pleasant smell hangs in the air. It is quite obvious he only comes here because of her. “Tatum!” She yells and her voice echoes through the empty space. “Kitchen,” comes his reply. He’s cooking? Since when did he learn how to cook? That day with Amara, he thought he was just messing around for Amara’s sake. Well, five years is a long time to learn anything. Tatum doesn’t turn back or stop his stirring when she steps in, he is shirtless and the ridges and contours of his muscular
Tatum says he’s not the one who sued Carmela in her name but why does she find that hard to believe? Since he found out the truth about the matebond, it seems he wants to punish Carmela but why does he want to do it by the books? Carmela is guilty of lying to and deceiving the pack, their original mate bond is proof enough of that and he is the Alpha, he can punish her outrightly. Or does he really mean it, that he wants her to get her justice against Carmela and her family? Perhaps he cannot outrightly punish Carmela and wants to use her because of his precious image as the perfect Alpha to his people that he has to uphold. It would not look so perfect if they learnt how easily deceived their Alpha was but if Carmela is exposed for other crimes, that is an umbrella he can hide under to give her the punishment she deserves. Leila frowns, violently pushing the door to her house open after leaving Tatum’s. Sometimes she wants to believe he genuinely cares about her and is really so
“How does the defence plead?” Judge Ruth Lycus, the judge presiding over the case asks Carmela’s lawyer, Donald Rex, a lawyer that Carmela hired from a neighbouring pack.“Not guilty,” Donald replies, glancing at Carmela who has a smug look on her face.Judge Ruth slowly looks from Kelvin and Leila to Donald and Carmela before turning to her clerk.“Enter a plea of not guilty for the accused, we will adjourn until 12 pm, a fortnight from today, at which time this court will reconvene. The accused will also be placed under mandatory house arrest for the period that this case will–”“What?!” Carmela yells, her eyes going wide and full of surprise, “you can’t possibly mean that. I had nothing to do with the death of the witch and I’m not a threat to anyone.”Leila smirks at her and Judge Ruth frowns, pushing her glasses down the bridge of her nose to stare Carmela in the eyes.“Until that is proven, you are a suspect and have been charged with the crime, the nature of the crime is grues
Leila did not expect Tatum to not only defend her but also reprimand his precious pack members for her sake, even going as far as promising them a consequence for their action and as much as she does not show her shock, it intrigues her but openly calling off his enagagement with Carmela, she did not see that one coming. It seems Tatum really also wants to make Carmela pay but why won’t he just do it the proper way, expose her as the fraud she is? But even if he does that, it hardly matters, she’s not taking him back, she’s not going to be the phoenix Luna for a pack who are always quick to turn on her, not once, not twice. They already missed the blessings of the prophecy and that is too bad for them. Tatum glances at her after making his statement, as if to see if his decision would have any effects on her but she keeps her face cold and stoic, not showing any sort of emotion that may give her shock away. “You can’t possibly be serious,” Carmela says with a sneer on her face. “O
Tatum hears Leila’s grunt just as he feels the bond completely sever on his end and the constant pain he has been feeling leaves him, he realises he made a mistake by accepting Carmela’s rejection. He may have mentioned Carmela’s name but his wolf does not know who Carmela Eston is, his wolf only knows that they have accepted the rejection from their mate and the bond became severed. “Fuck,” Tatum mutters, turning to look at Leila to see her cradled in Kelvin’s arms, her hands on her chest, her face full of pain, her eyes red and teary, bulging veins lining her temples. His heart breaks because he knows exactly what level of immense pain she must be going through, it was what he was avoiding, he didn’t want her to experience it. As an Alpha himself, he could barely cope with it in the early days. He rushes over to kelvin and Leila as the guards take Carmela away from the courthouse too her house arrest and the crowd begins to disperse but Leila shoves him away from her. “Don’t tou
Leila opens her eyes, unsure of how long she has been asleep but the one thing she notices is that the pain is gone, she can no longer feel it anyway and her wolf is fully present but sad, very sad. She groans and turns to her left to see Amara fast asleep beside her and she smiles, her heart flooding with warmth and she kisses Amara’s hair. The whole world may abandon her but she is sure that her daughter will never leave her side. “How are you feeling?” Kelvin’s voice makes her turn her head and she sees him reclining on the couch adjacent to her bed, smiling at something on his phone before his gaze shifts back to her. “How long was I out for?” She asks in a weak voice, adjusting herself into a sitting position. “Two days, in and out,” Kelvin replies just as Leila’s stomach growls. Leila’s eyes almost coats with tears. What would she do without him? For those two days, though unsure, she remembers a man beside her, tending to her the few minutes that she could keep her eye