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’
CORA’s POV….WEEKS LATER…I groaned, weakly as I rolled on the bed, Leonardo still holding on to my hand as I tried to assure him I was fine, but he wasn’t having it.“Leonardo, I’m fine. I assure you, I’m alright.” I tried to tell him, but he ignored me as the doctor arranged her things.“You’re not fine. Didn’t I tell you already? I’ve been telling you for so long already, Cora. You need to see a doctor. You’ve been feeling extremely weak, throwing up at intervals, feeling too sleepy and now, you fell unconscious at the event? No way I’m believing you’re fine.” He told me, and I took in a deep inhale.This was how he was. This was how my Leonardo was, too caring. Ever since we got married, he spared no effort in taking care of me. He made sure that I wasn’t too stressed about being Luna and he made sure whoever hurt me got it. Together, with him being supreme Alpha and me, decantedant of the moon goddess, we had gotten this pack to greater heights and now, many packs wanted to be on
CORA’s POV..“Leo…” I gasped as his hands moved slowly around me, his lips still on mine, slowly sucking on my lips as moans of his name escaped my lips. I gasped as he kept moving his hands around me, pulling me even closer like being an inch away from him would send me away from him.I could feel my wolf, Alexa, jumping in joy as my boobs pressed against his hard chest, and as he locked hands with mine, raising it in the air as he turned it, placing me between his legs as he buried his face in my neck.Staying between his legs, I could feel how hardened he was and I smiled as he trailed his hands up my thighs. Again, he turned me to himself as he kissed me, again, and gosh, this was like the best day of my life.As he placed me slowly on the water, caressing me, slowly as the cold water refreshed me even more, water pouring on us, goodness, again, I felt like I was in a dream.He took my top off, slowly as he threw it to the floor, rubbing my thighs, slowly as he took off his shirt,
I pulled her in for an embrace as I hugged her tightly, tears streaming down my cheeks as I embraced her, tightly.“I forgive you, Layla. I’ve always waited for this day. I’ve always waited for the day you would acknowledge the wrong you did me so I can open my hands to you and forgive you. You have no idea how happy you’ve made me by coming to apologize to me, Layla. You really don’t.” I told her, more tears streaming down my cheeks as she wrapped her hands even more around me.“Thank you, Cora. Thank you. Ever since Leo threw me out of the pack, I realized I did you wrong. I realized that it was no use trying to ruin my fellow woman just for a man who didn’t even love me. Finding my mate, Cora, I realized that I would die if any other woman was competing with me for him and that was when I realized how hard it must have being for you. Thank you for forgiving me, Cora. Thank you.” She told me and I sniffled as I rubbed her hair.Slowly, my life was falling into place. It was like thi
As Dexter and his men charged towards us, Leonardo, Layla and her mate, Andrew howled as they rushed to him and I immediately hid behind a tree even though it was of no use as they all fought hard.Leonardo, Andrew and Layla were in their wolf form so it was easier for them to fight but at the same time, it put them in a lot of danger as one mistake could lead to their death. I placed my hand to my chest as tears streamed down my cheeks, fear hitting me hard as I stared at them, and I placed my hands together as I closed my eyes, saying my prayers to the moon goddess, just so that they could be saved.As I said my prayers, all I kept hearing were the agonizing screams of the warriors as they fell to the ground, and slowly, I opened my eyes as I watched as the opposition fell to the ground and my jaw dropped in shock. What was happening? What the hell was going on here? I swallowed as I took in a deep inhale and staring at my hand, I realized it had become silver. It was glowing.What
“Hey; she shouldn’t be allowed to choose. Didn’t you hear me speak? She has been threatened, brainwashed and she’s a fool. She can’t make a decision. Let her stay with me.” Dexter yelled, and I closed my eyes as tears streamed down my cheeks.“Cora Watson, who do you want to stay with? Alpha Leonardo or King Dexter?” I was asked again, and staring at Dexter, I could see he was blood thirsty.“If you don’t choose me, it’ll be the end of Leonardo.” He mouthed to me, and I swallowed in fear.“Cora, ignore his threats, I’ll be fine.” Alpha Leonardo told me through a mindlink and tears streamed down my cheeks.Leonardo would never tell me he wasn’t fine. Even though he had a problem, at this crucial time that we were so close to being together, he would never tell me and staring at Dexter and the group of soldiers he had come with, all staring at us, blood thirsty, I didn’t know what to do.I hated Dexter, I didn’t want to be anywhere near him; but then, what if I chose to go with Leonardo
CORA’s POV…As everyone took their places in the courtroom, I could feel my heart thumping in fear, and worst of all, Dexter was only seated a few inches away from us and he was making these threatening signs as if he was intentionally trying to threaten me.At this point, he even sent the person close to me to tell me, “you’ll die after this, Cora. Once I defeat Leonardo in this case, trust me, it’ll be over for you.”I grasped on to Leonardo’s hands even tighter , I was scared. I knew I wasn’t wrong to want to be with my mate, but then with all that was going on, oh goodness, I couldn’t help but be scared. I took in a deep inhale as after sometime, the wolf judge came in, taking his seat immediately as his assistant took a note and started to read.“King Dexter has filed a complaint against his new Luna and Alpha of shadow lake pack, Alpha Leonardo Rodriguez. According to him, the two have been having an affair under his nose and now, Alpha Leonardo Rodriguez is planning to take h
“Leonardo!” I called, bending to his level as tears streamed down my cheeks while I checked his wounds.Raising my head to Dexter and his guards, I could tell that they were ready for war, and the fear of what these men wanted to do to us sent shivers down my spine. I took Leo’s hand in mine as I rubbed it.“Cora, I’m fine.” He told me, but from his little groan, I could tell he wasn’t and was only saying this so I wouldn’t get worried.“Leo, take a look at yourself, you’re not fine.” I told him, but he shook his head.“I promise, I’m fine. It’s just an arrow.” He said, and with that, he pulled the arrow out of his shoulder as I gasped, some blood coming out of his shoulder as he threw the arrow to the floor.Seeing the blood that was coming out of his shoulder, I tore off a piece of my dress as I wrapped it around his wound, trying to stop the bleeding, but even though it helped a lot, it didn’t do as much as I wanted and tears streamed down my cheeks as my heart sunk in pain.He got
CORA’s POV…With the sun getting into my eyes, my head was aching, and I could feel my wolf jumping in excitement. I took in a deep inhale as I placed my hands over my eyes, trying to stop it from getting into my eyes.My head was throbbing, everything hurt, I was in so much pain. I turned to the other side, and turning, I felt my body press against another firm body, and I opened my eyes immediately, to find Leonardo laying beside me. My eyes widened in shock, and almost immediately, I came back to my senses as I got off the bed.I looked around, the empty bottles of alcohol, the scattered plates of food and then at the clock, oh my goodness! It was morning, Leonardo had spent the night here!I took in a deep inhale as I ran my fingers through my hair.I was trying my best to stop the headache, and it was at that moment that I recalled what Dexter had told me. He had said that he would make sure I regretted it if I didn’t come to his room last night.“Oh… shit!” I cursed, sliding my
I opened my eyes, slowly, after withdrawing from the kiss as I stared at him, caressing his hair, gently, and he pulled me by the waist, closer to himself as he took in a deep inhale. “I love you, Cora.” He told me, and this time, more tears started to stream down my cheeks as I turned away from him, going to the window as I placed my hand on it, resting, as more tears streamed down my cheeks.I took in a deep inhale as sniffling, I wiped my tears, and just then, he wrapped his hands around my waist from behind as he closed the curtains, burying his face into my neck as more tears streamed down my cheeks.“Why is Selene being this unfair to us?” I asked, still sniffling as it felt like my heart was beating just to see me in pain and not for me to live.“You know, normal is boring; right?” He asked me, and I closed my eyes.I knew he was only trying to make me feel better but then turning, and then looking into his eyes, I could see that more than I was, he was in so much pain.“Can we