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
“Kill? As in? Is that how dangerous getting the Betale leaf is? Is it that dangerous tbat whoever goes to get it might end up getting killed?” Layla asked, and the beta nodded as he stared at the both of us.“I’m not sure any of you should go get it. It’s in the forest, and that part of the forest is very dangerous. We’ve tried sending many strong soldiers to go get things from that part of the forest but it’s never ended well. They’ve always ended up losing their lives and I’m afraid I don’t want any of you to lose your life.” He said, and I shook my head as I stared back at the alpha who seemed to be looking more lifeless than anything I’d ever seen in my entire life.“And the Alpha? What’ll happen to him? We can’t just let him die like that.” I said as tears streamed down my cheeks before going to the bed as I took his hand in mine, running it through his palm, slowly as I smiled at him. “We can’t let the alpha die.” I said and the tears streamed down my cheeks as they made it to h
CORA’s POV….The Beta smiled at me as he walked closer to me. “You don’t know how much of a favor you’re doing this pack, Cora. You’re saving the alpha’s life, and for that, we’ll forever be grateful.” He told me, and I smiled to myself as I wiped my tears, slowly.I took in a deep inhale as I stared at alpha Leonardo, a pained smile coming up my face as I took in a deep inhale. “I’m not doing anyone a favor, I’m just doing myself a favor. I’d rather die saving the alpha than die watching the alpha die.” I said, and Layla rolled her eyes, groaning loudly as she came over to me.She walked to me as she placed her hand on my shoulder, shaking her head as she stared at me. “Cora, my darling. Really, Cora? You’re really willing to die to save a man like alpha Leonardo?” She asked me, and I took her hands off my shoulder, angrily, as I rolled my eyes angrily at her.“First of all, I’m not your darling. I never was, and I never will be, and second of all, what? Isn’t alpha Leonardo a man wo
The doctor came again, and taking my hand, she rubbed it slowly. “You can do this, Cora. You can do this. I believe in you, and I’ve seen that you love the alpha so much. I pray that your love for him is enough to make you live.” She told me, and I smiled as I stared at her.“Love is a pretty strong word. For now, I don’t know of that, but I guess it’s the mate bond that’s making me do these things. To think that I’m willing to do all of this for a man who wanted nothing to do with me but reject me at first sight.” I told her, chuckling in pain as I closed my eyes, memories of how alpha Leonardo had hated me came to mind“We’ve come a long way already, doctor. You know, there was a time when he couldn’t stand me. There was a time I almost killed myself because of the mate bond, but now, even though things aren’t at their best, at least, we’ve become better. At least we’re on talking terms and I can say that we’re friends.” I told her, chucking, and she pulled me closer to herself as s