I got off the floor, tears streaming down my cheeks as I gasped, my heart still aching. “It’s my fault? Leonardo, I waited for you. I was in the room, waiting for you to call me because you promised me that you would mark me. You promised that we would finally be together, but what did you do? You decided to go mark another woman. You’re such a monster!” I yelled at him as I started to hit him, but he held on to my hand.“Stop this! Stop blaming for something that you caused for yourself. Stop blaming me!” He yelled at me, and I couldn’t believe this, it was his fault, he had cheated me, and yet, I was the one still getting the blame for everything he had done.“My fault? I should stop blaming you? Whose fault is it then? You were the one who didn’t keep your word, you were the one who decided to give me fake promises, you’re the one who never really accepted me. You’re the one who has always hated me, you’re the one who brought Layla into our lives, and Leonardo, you’re still the one
ALPHA LEONARDO’s POV…I ran my fingers through my hair, nothing but anger and frustration seething through me as I groaned hard, my head aching more than anything.Sitting in my office, all I could recall was the fight that I had just had with Cora, and even though I didn’t want to think about it too much, I couldn’t help it.I sighed, I was the one wrong, but even though she was wrong in a way, she was still hurt and whatever she did, it was because she was hurt too. I had no right to slap her or say those things to her.I had to go find her, I needed to go see her. Just as I got off the chair, about to leave, the Beta walked in, and I ran my fingers through my hair.“Alpha Leonardo, can I speak to you?” He asked me, and I groaned, angrily and frustrated.“What is it?” I asked him, and he took in a deep inhale as he took one of the seats in the office.“I know I have no right to talk to you about this, but Alpha Leonardo, for someone who has done a lot for you, for someone who has ri
DAYS LATER…Staring at the picture of Cora in my hands as the Beta spoke to me, I couldn’t help but let more tears stream down my cheeks.I gasped in pain as I ran my fingers through my hair. “I’m the worst person in the world, I know that, but am I that bad that I don’t deserve happiness?” I asked the Beta, more tears streaming down my cheeks as I gasped, falling back as I rested my head on the chair.I took in a deep inhale, ever since Cora died, my life had become a mess. Nothing seemed to be going well and it felt like I was slowly sinking into depression and what hurt the most was that I was the cause of my own problems.As I leaned in to grab the bottle of alcohol that was on under the bed, the Beta snapped as he flung the bottle out of my hand, shaking his head. “That’s enough, Alpha Leonardo. It’s enough already. You can’t keep doing this to yourself. It’s been days already.” He told me, and I gasped as I stared at her picture again, and staring at her picture, I couldn’t help
Seeing her, I clenched my fists, hard, what was she doing here?I didn’t even have it in me to argue, so I just turned, and just as I made to leave, she rushed to me.“Leo, hold on. At least listen to me.” She called out to me, and the moment she called out to me, it started to storm outside, and I clenched my fists.“What are you doing here? You’ve come to mock me after learning of the date of my mate, haven’t you?” I asked her, angrily, and she shook her head as she immediately pulled me in, hugging me tightly as she started to cry.“Leo, I’m sorry. I know, I haven’t been the best to you in the past and rejecting you was the biggest mistake of my life, but believe me, I regret it now. Leo, I know, I can’t just come back, apologize and act like nothing happened, but believe me, I want to make up for it. My life has become a mess now, and I can’t help but miss you. Leo, please give me one more chance.” She begged me, but then, the hug was weird to me.For some reason, hugging another
CORA’s POV .,Standing at the cliff, I stepped back, more tears streaming down my cheeks as I gasped in pain. I couldn’t deal with this life anymore, but at the same time, killing myself seemed like the toughest thing to do.I took in a deep inhale, and looking at my arrow wounds, I shook my head, more tears streaming down my cheeks. “No, Cora. You have to do this. After everything Leonardo has done to you, after all the pain he has caused you, after all that you’ve gone through, and after all the fake promises he made you, you can’t go back to him.” I told myself.Closing my eyes, I shook my head. I couldn’t go back to Alpha Leonardo, not after all that he had done to me. I didn’t want to be a part of his life anymore, I couldn’t. Him being a pat of my life had done nothing but cause me great pain and I couldn’t take it, not anymore.“On the count of three, Cora. On the count of three.” I told myself as I moved even closer.I gasped, and when I got to one, I was supposed to jump, but
As we prepared for the ceremony of Alphas that King Dexter was hosting, I couldn’t help but feel strange. Ever since I got here, Dexter had been making moves on me, but for some reason, everytime he came close to me, all I could recall was Leonardo. This time, I wouldn’t recall that he cheated on me, but rather the fact that I was going to be cheating on him.I took in a deep inhale as I walked into my room, crashing into the bed as tears streamed down my cheeks. It’d been weeks since I got here. It’d been weeks already since I made my way to this pack and Dexter was doing his best to get close to me, so why wasn’t I letting him into my life?Everyday, I told myself that I wanted to move on. Every single day, I reminded myself that I didn’t deserve the life that was thrown at me in the past and that I deserved to actually be happy, but everytime I tried to move on, I just couldn’t. I buried my face in my hands, weeks had passed since I left Leonardo, but then, I couldn’t stop thinking
I could see the shock in his eyes as I spoke and I clenched my fists, doing my best to force my tears back in, but it wasn’t helping, and I took in a deep inhale trying to remain strong as I watched him try to recover from what I had just told him.I even couldn’t believe this. It hadn’t even been so long since I left and he already moved on? He was attending a ceremony I thought was our dream and seeing this, I realized how much of a fool I was for letting myself even miss him while I was here now.I took in a deep inhale as I clutched Dexter’s hand even more, this was the only way I could keep myself from doing something I would end up regretting. “You can’t be serious, Cora. Tell me this is a joke.” He told me, and I took in a deep inhale as I recalled him saying he would reject me, and I let go of Dexter as I moved closer to him. Not so close, though.“This is what you’ve always wanted, isn’t it? I remember when you first found out I was your mate, Leonardo. What did you want to
“New mate?” I asked him, trying hard to force my tears back in, and just then, she rushed to me as she took my hand in hers, and in her eyes, even though she was smiling, I could see that she didn’t mean it, and I had to admit, she could feign smiles.“You’re alive, Cora. Wow. Leo, your second mate is alive.” She told him, and with that, she rushed to him as she took his hand, planting a kiss on it, and doing that, she smiled as she turned back to me. “Trust me, more than Leonardo, I’m happy that you’re alive, but can you please not interfere in our lives anymore?” She asked me, and I raised my right brow as I stared at her, confused.“Pardon?” I asked her, and Leonardo turned her away as he covered her mouth.“Don’t listen to anything she says, Cora. Listen to me, we need to talk.” He told me, and I shook my head as I took his hands off her mouth.“If there’s anyone I’ll be listening to here, it’s her.” I told him, and with that, I turned to her, only saying, “pardon?”“Cecelia, don’