Humming a tone to herself with a little smile on her lips, Leila pours out two glasses of orange juice. She stares down at her stomach and her bulge is becoming quite noticeable.
Her smile morphs into a full one and she runs her hand down her stomach, her heart feeling fuzzy, before placing the glasses on a tray, retrieving a box of cookies from one of the kitchen drawers and placing some on a plate which she puts on the tray and makes her way to the living room.
She has already sent over a letter to the pack witch to inform her of her intention to have a meeting and all that remains is for it to be scheduled.
“Here,” she hands Tatum one of the glasses and he slowly takes it, barely saying a word or really even looking at her.
Leila rolls her eyes at Carmela and practically storms upstairs to her room. She cannot ask Carmela to leave, she doesn’t want to upset Tatum.She doesn’t even know why she mentioned Carmela to him in the first place, it was her jealousy speaking.What woman would be happy that the man she is crazily in love with is thinking of another woman?She slams the door shut, crashing on the bed, seething with a scowl on her face.She feels so much rage at the mere sight of Carmela with everything that she has discovered so far. She needs to find a way to quickly expose Carmela for who she really is.When will Kelvin get back to her on the assassin? That
“So what if I am?”Leila’s harsh words slash through Tatum’s heart ferociously, inflicting a gruesome pain on him. He was hoping she would deny it, that she would lie to him but she didn't.“Why did you even banish him? What did he ever do to you?” Leila raises her voice as tears break forth from her eyes and it breaks Tatum’s heart even further.What is so special about Kelvin that she loves so much that she is not willing to let him go?What does Kelvin have that he lacks?What does she see in Kelvin?“He attacked the head warrior of the pack, I can
“Do you love Carmela, do you want to be with her?” Leila fires his very own words back at him.How many times does she have to tell him that Kelvin is just her friend? There is only one man she has ever had feelings for and that is him.If Tatum and Kelvin both had guns to their heads and she had to choose one to survive, as much as it would hurt her to make the hard choice, she would painfully choose Tatum because life without him would be meaningless.Even if she knows deep down in her heart that Kelvin would willingly give his life for her.Sadly, she cannot say the same for Tatum.Instead of owning up to his mistakes and
“Is this really necessary mom? I don’t think I want to do this,” Leila grumbles.She steps out from the front door, clutching her fur jacket with both hands against her neck, seeing nothing but tiny rays of light in the misty fog.“You’re the one who sent my son on a fool’s errand. If he was here, he would carry you through the hike but I am not breaking tradition and endangering my grandchild because of that,” Adaline replies curtly.Leila doesn’t miss the subtle eye roll Adaline gives to her but she knows she deserves it. It’s been a week since Tatum left in search of Kelvin after further pleas from her and she hasn’t heard from him at all.No
“Walk ahead,” Leila says to Carmela, squinting at her as they trudge up the small hill.There is no need to hide it, she doesn’t trust Carmela at all, this is a woman that had her locked up, tirelessly tried to poison her and eventually tried to kill her, there is no way she can walk with her back turned to Carmela.Adaline may be here and so Carmela may not try anything but she cannot take that risk. The fact that Carmela knew the assassin that attacked her on two occasions still baffles Leila’s mind.What she cannot make sense of is why Carmela would stage an attack, fake her own kidnap and then return now to try and kill her so she can become Luna when she could have just stayed and married Tatum naturally.
Kelvin bites down on a piece of wood as he stitches himself up. For some reason he isn’t healing and his strength fails him by the minute.He cannot die, he must get home and give it to her and when he does, he will tell her how he really feels. He will finally let this burden that he has carried in his chest for over a decade out.He hears the sound of rattling outside and he leaves the needle in his broken skin, taking deep quiet breaths to silent his heartbeat as much as possible.He thought he had lost his pursuers, as he made his way to this old abandoned garage, he covered his blood trail and footprints as much as possible, he even used a scent blocker.What kind of excellent tracker did they use to find
“Fucking lies,” Tatum growls despite the fear that makes his heart pound.“I can hear your heart racing Alpha, what? You never thought her mate was going to come for her one day?” Kelvin smirks at him.Kelvin isn’t sure if Leila is his mate but she must be, they have a strong connection even without the mate bond and he hasn’t found anyone else as his mate.The only explanation is that Leila is his mate and once he gives her the cure, he will know for sure.Initially, he thought Tatum was Leila’s second chance fated mate and he had given up all hope on her but after learning the truth that day at the hospital, his hope rejuvenated.
“How are you mother? How do you feel?” Carmela asks Adaline as Adaline’s eyes flutter open, while Carmela sits beside her bed.They are back at Tatum’s house and Adaline has been comatose for two days.“Leila! Where is Leila?” Adaline jumps to her feet and Carmela frowns.Since when does Adaline care so much about Leila?She even risked her life to save Leila at Aragine hill.Her hired assassin was just about to rip out Leila’s throat and she was watching on with ample joy when Adaline suddenly got up and dove at the man, throwing them both off the hill.She got up to finish the job herself but Amanda and one other guy suddenly showed up, completely ruining her plans.She hates it. Leila must die.She must never find out the truth.“Mother, Leila is fine, she’s in—”Adaline doesn’t even let her finish before she dashes out of the room and it stings Carmela deeply.“Bitch,” she mutters at Adaline as she leaves.Leila is startled when her door flies open and Adaline rushes in, hugging h