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
LAYLA’s POV…I ran my fingers through my hair as I stared at Leo in the condition that he was in. I didn’t know what to do, and with each moment blood came out of his mouth, I realized how much more danger he was in, and I groaned in anger and frustration.“Leo, you have to open your eyes, you have to come back to me. You said we’d get married, didn’t you? You announced me to everyone as the woman you wanted to marry, didn’t you? How are we going to get married if you remain like this? Come on, open your eyes, show them that wolfbane, silver and some weird stuff isn’t enough to weigh you down. Come on, my love. Open your eyes.” I told him, and with that, I closed my eyes as tears streamed down my cheeks.I didn’t expect him to move, and he didn’t, and it still broke my heart as tears streamed down my cheeks even more: I took in a deep inhale as I turned to the door, going to it as I looked out, and looking out, I didn’t see anyone come so I locked the door behind me.I closed my eyes
CORA’s POV…I held on tighter to my bag as I looked around the forest, and with every moment I took a step, more fear surged through me, and I took in a deep inhale as I looked around.I had to admit, my heart was beating very fast, and many times into the journey, I had contemplated going back to the house and then trying to look for another way around this, but whenever I thought of what could possibly happen to alpha Leonardo if he didn’t get the treatment he needed so badly, I would have to push myself forward and then get this done.I placed my hand to my chest, closing my eyes as I tried to ignore every single creepy thing here while I continued into the forest, when suddenly, I tripped on something and I gasped in pain as I fell to the ground, twisting my knee.I stared at my knee which had now been grazed as I rubbed it, slowly, more tears streaming down my cheeks. “Ouch:” I winced in more pain as I bit my lower lip, tears streaming down my cheeks as I stared at the place.“Oh
CORA’s POV….I gasped as I kept hitting the hand of the men that dragged me, but it didn’t stop them, and next thing I knew, a hand was placed over my eyes and tears streamed down my cheeks as I gasped in pain as I kept struggling to get out of whoever held me.I kept hitting, trying to fight back, but they didn’t stop, and it felt like I was getting dragged through the entire forest. I could feel my legs scratching against the wood on the floor and I gasped in pain.Gosh, this was so fucking painful!“Let go of me!” I gasped as I kept hitting whoever held me, but they didn’t stop, and when I saw they wouldn’t stop, I bit the hand of whoever held me, kicking them between their legs, and the moment they let go of me, I made to turn, but before I could so, I felt someone hit me hard on the head with a stick, and next thing I knew, I fell to the ground, everything around me getting darkened.I gasped in pain as I held on to my head, and the last I recalled was calling out to alpha Leonar
CORA’s POV…“You’re joking. You can’t be serious, what kind of a deal is that?” I asked him, shocked, and he smirked as he turned to the rest of his men and turning to them, they all burst into laughter like I was some clown and I gulped at the sight of what was happening.What could be happening? Could it be that something had been decided while I was unconscious? This was confusing, and as much as I was very desperate to save alpha Leonardo, that was a very ridiculous thing to say.Didn’t he already know that I had a mate? Didn’t he see that the only reason I was here, risking my life was because of my mate? How could he even ask me for something like that? Ridiculous, pathetic ,stupid, and much more, I didn’t even know the right words I could use in describing how I felt about the whole thing, but one thing was certain, and that was the fact that all this was very ridiculous and stupid.He grabbed a sword from one of his men as he leaned in to me and my eyes widened in shock, but j
LAYLA’s POV…I hadn’t even made it too far from the pack but I was already too scared. I stared at the bushes and even though I hadn’t made it into the forest, it was already feeling like I would lose it at anytime.I grabbed on to the hem of my dress as I looked at the bushes, did Cora really come all the way here just to save Leo? How did she not die by merely staring at these things because I’d not even made it into the forest but it was like fear was already going to kill me.I turned, screw pleasing Leo, I couldn’t do this, not at all. I wasn’t willing to get into this and end my life. I decided, but just as I turned, a very ridiculous scene came to mind, and thinking about it now, I didn’t think I could go home.How could I go home now that such a scene had come to mind? If something like that ever happened, I could definitely kill my self.“She saved my life, Cora did, and what she did is something that I never expected that she would do for me because of everything I’ve put he
CORA’s POV…“Why are you doing this, though? Why must you make me compete just to save my mate’s life?” I asked him as tears streamed down my cheeks.I gasped in pain as I grabbed his legs, more tears streaming down my cheeks as I stared at him. “You don’t need to do this. You want to get mated to me forcefully? You’ll have your own mate out there and that’s something I’m sure of, so why are you doing this to me? Please, don’t do this to me. You know where I can find the herb, so please, just take me to it. I beg of you, just give it to me so I can take it to my mate. He’s dying, I beg of you, don’t turn his life into one lame joke.” I begged him, and he grabbed me by the neck as he dragged me up, and I gasped in pain as he raised me up above the ground because of how tall he was while I gasped in pain as I hit his hand, trying to get his hand off me.“Leave me, let go of me!” I yelled at him as I hit his hand, tears streaming down my cheeks as I gasped for breathe.“Never ever, in yo