CORA’s POV….I pushed her hand away, and in her eyes, I could see shock. I took in a deep inhale as I rubbed my hand slowly, gosh, this woman had inflicted some serious pain on my hand, and she deserved whatever it is I had just said to her.She could have never believed it, I was sure. To her, I had always being and would alwyas be that weak Cora who would accept whatever was thrown at her. To her, I was just that girl who would suppress all the pain because she was an omega, but not anymore.I would never be that again, especially not to Layla, the woman who was trying to take my mate away from me. I had gone through hell already because I didn’t want to face rejection from my second chance mate, but was it all worth it?These were questions I was now beginning to ask myself because of all that had been happening, and I knew that if I had stood up for myself earlier, none of this would be happening. Even if she was older, she was only a few years older than me, so why did she have t
“You may leave now.” The pack doctor told the men that had brought the alpha in, and seeing him like this, tears streamed down my cheeks.Even though I wanted to be strong, even though I didn’t want this to affect me, it did, badly. I wiped my tears slowly as I walked to the side of the bed, staring at alpha Leonardo, and it felt like my heart broke into a million pieces from having to stare at alpha Leonardo like this.I heard the door click, showing that the doctor had locked the door, and the moment the door got locked, alpha Leonardo gasped, and next I knew, a lot of blood came right out of his mouth.“Alpha Leonardo!” I called as I held on to his hand, tears streaming down my cheeks even more. “Doctor! Help me, please, what’s wrong with him?” I asked the doctor and she asked me to relax as she took out her box.I rubbed his hands slowly as more tears streamed down my cheeks. My wolf was kicking against me from having to stare at him like this, and I didn’t know what to do. I rubb
I swallowed as I shook my head, trying to come to terms with what she had just said. “Food poisoning? How is that even possible?” I asked her, and all she did was shake her head as she kept on arranging her things.“As much as I’d like to answer that, I really don’t know. All I know is that he was poisoned, and it was deliberate. From his blood, I’ve come to see that it was given to him in doses and was placed in his food so that it wouldn’t be traced so easily, and…”“Wait, what? Food? How is that even possible? The food he is eating now is the same as the one he has being eating all these days, so how is it possible that it’s his food that is causing all of this?” I asked her as I kept on rubbing the alpha’s hands, but then, she took a sample of his blood as she spilled it on some of his clothe, showing it to me.“Take a look at this. As alpha, this isn’t how his blood is supposed to be. As alpha, he is supposed to…” she started to explain all the things she felt I needed to know, a
I slowly opened the door, peeking through it to see who could’ve been at it, but I didn’t see anyone.“Who is it?” The beta asked me, and I turned to him, shaking my head.“I didn’t see anyone.” I told him, locking the door behind me as I ran my fingers through my hair.“So, as I was saying. Alpha Damain never eats at meetings, so if he has been poisoned, it has to be from the food he eats at this pack.” He told me, and I swallowed as I rubbed my head slowly.Gosh, in as much as I was trying to ignore the pain I was feeling in my head, I couldn’t. It hurt so much and I couldn’t possibly ignore it, and now, the pain in my feet. Gosh, everything just so hurt so much, and they definitely chose the wrong time to come to play, now that alpha Leonardo was sick and my wolf was this worried.As the beta spoke, I couldn’t do anything but nod. I kept nodding to everything he said even though I couldn’t quite concentrate, and it wasn’t until he snapped his fingers in my face that I shook my head
I stared at the maids as they shivered in fear, and with the way Cora was staring at all of them, I knew that something seemed to be very wrong.“I asked something, didn’t I? Who has been making the alpha’s food?” He asked again, and I moved the opening a little more so that I could see what was going on.I turned, wanting to make sure no one was staring at me, and when I was sure that no one was looking at me, I kept on looking into the room.“I’m going to ask this one last time, and if I don’t get an answer, I’ll make sure to end every single one of you. Who has been making the alpha’s food?” The beta asked again, but before he could say anything else, a maid stepped forward.“I have, Beta.” A maid stepped forward, and the moment she did, the beta took out his sword.“On your knees, now.” He said, and the moment she fell to her knees, took his sword as he placed it to her neck.Seeing this, my eyes widened in shock.
LAYLA’s POV…“Took you so long, huh? Tell me, what do you think? Do you think I have all the time in the world to waste here?” He asked her, angrily, the sword still placed to her neck, and I held on to the hem of my dress.Gosh, I had seen different sides to the beta, but this one? I had never seen this one before, and the fact that he looked so angry was scaring the hell out of me.I didn’t know why I was scared, but whatever it was, I was still very scared because of what was going on now.“Forgive me, beta. I was just scared when you called for us. I…”“Forgive? It’s too late to ask for that!” He told her, and with that, he raised his sword.“Ah!” I heard a feminine scream, and I closed my eyes as I gasped.I opened my eyes slowly after the noise had died down, and on slowly opening my eyes, I found Cora gasping in pain, and before her, was the Beta, but this time, the maid was still on the floor, her head intact which was very surprising to me.I stared at them, surprised, and jus
I walked to her as I stood in front of her, staring at her as I shook my head, disgusted. “Don’t you have any shame, Cora? Don’t you even feel even a little guilt for what you’ve done? Don’t you even feel ashamed for ever doing this to Alpha Leonardo?” I asked her, angrily, and I could see her acting all clueless.“What do you even mean by that?” She asked me, and I chuckled softly, running my fingers through my hair as I stared at her.“What I mean by that? You poisoned alpha Leonardo, you did this to him!” I yelled at her, and I could see the shock on her face, but knowing this woman and how deceitful she could be, the last thing I ever wanted to do right now was to believe a single expression on her face.I could see tears start to stream down her cheeks, but she was fast in wiping the tears off her cheeks as she moved closer to me. “You’re the one who is disgusting, Layla. You’re the one who should be ashamed of yourself because you think everyone is like you. You think everyone w
“Cure?” I asked her, wiping my tears slowly as I walked closer to her. I took in a deep inhale as I took my hands off alpha Leonardo, slowly. “What cure?” I asked her, more tears streaming down my cheeks as I rubbed alpha Leonardo’s hands more.I sniffled, and just then, Layla came to the bed, and pushing me away from it like I didn’t even exist, she stared at the alpha who still had some blood coming out of his mouth. “Leo, wake up. Won’t you wake up for me? Won’t you come for our wedding? You said you’d marry me, didn’t you?” She asked as tears streamed down her cheeks, and hearing her say this, I closed my eyes as I turned away from them, wiping my tears slowly as I took in a deep inhale.I sniffled as I stared at them, and I could see her digging her fingers into his hair as she sniffled, and as much as this hurt me, I couldn’t do anything about it. He had introduced her as his mate and fiancée, not me. It was her that he claimed to love in front of every single person around nor