ALPHA LEONARDO’s POV…I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried to sleep, but everytime I tried to, all I could recall was Dexter introducing Cora as his mate, and goodness, I couldn’t take it. It was making me worried as hell.I sighed as I sat on the bed, wondering what to do. I had to get her back, but then, with her being so upset with me, would she ever want to get back with me? I hadn’t done anything wrong, she thought I cheated her, but I didn’t, and now, there was no way I could explain it to her.She had fought so much for us to be together, I couldn’t let all her sacrifices be in vain, I’d rather die than let that happen. I took in a deep inhale, getting off the bed as I walked into the bathroom, getting freshened up as in the bathroom, all I could think of was her and the memories we had made together.Walking out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel wrapped around my waist, the lights suddenly went out, and I groaned.Of course, the lights had to go out now that I ne
CORA’s POV….Pulling my knees to my chest, recalling everything that had happened last night and how for the first time in such a long time, I got to see Leonardo again, tears streamed down my cheeks.I held on to my chest, I already knew he was this kind of man, so why did it still hurt so much? I made everyone believe I was dead, I forged my own death so why did it still hurt me that he moved on from me so quickly?When I was alive, on the day he was supposed to mark me, he went to another wolf, so why did I think when I “died”, he would remember me?I took in a deep inhale as I hit my head against the bed, screaming in anger and frustration as more tears streamed down my cheeks. As if betraying me wasn’t enough, of course, he had to bring another woman to a ceremony I told him was my dream.Life wasn’t like I thought it was. It wasn’t like what I saw in the movies so why did I let it hurt me this badly? I ran my fingers through my hair and just as I grabbed a vase, throwing it to t
ALPHA LEONARDO’s POV…Standing there, my wolf was kicking against me. I kept trying to mindlink her, but it was blank, and as much as I wanted to believe she was doing it on purpose because she was mad at me, I knew it couldn’t result in the mindlink being blank and my wolf kicking against me.Standing there, from that edge, I could see someone sinking into the water, and my eyes widened in shock. It looked like the person was paralyzed because the person wasn’t even moving and I rushed to the stream as I jumped in.Swimming towards the person, my eyes widened in shock as I saw who it was. It was Cora! “Cora! Cora!” I called out, in the water, as I tried to get her up, but then, it was like she had gained an extra weight.I put my hands around her waist, pulling her up as I managed to get us both out of the water, but then, just grabbing on to one of her, she slid out of my hands again, deep into the water and my eyes widened in shock.How was this possible?I blocked my nose as I jum
As I watched her leave, it felt like my heart was sinking, and even though twice, she stopped, she didn’t turn, and for some reason, I felt like she was being forced to do something she didn’t want to do. This wasn’t the Cora I knew. No matter how upset she was at me, she would have at least thanked me for saving her life and not walked away from me the way she did.From the way she’d acted, it was obvious that someone was threatening her and by the way, what was she even doing in the stream? How was she even drowning? The Cora I knew loved water and as such, she was an excellent swimmer so how was it possible that she was drowning? I didn’t trust any single soul in this pack. I needed to be watchful, they could have been planning something against Cora and I’d never forgive those bastards for it.After she was out of sight, I turned back to my wolf form as I snuck back out of the pack, but then, I didn’t go straight home. I was so tired of home. Everyone always wanted to return to th
ALPHA LEONARDO’s POV….I walked back into the bathroom, shutting the door behind me as I closed my eyes. “Cecilia, what the heck was that? What are you doing here?” I asked her, angrily, “and why are you like that? Don’t you have any clothes?” I asked her, and she chuckled before coming to knock on the door.“Leonardo, do you want to know the reason none of your relationships after the one that we shared succeeded? It’s because we’re destined to be together. Leonardo, screw whatever is going on, accept me. Love me, and trust me, we’ll be happy together. It’s no use going after Cora and putting your life in danger because it’ll do you no good. Come with me, and I promise, I’ll treat you well.” She told me, and hearing this from the same woman, hearing the same woman who almost caused my death insult the one who saved me, I opened the door as I grabbed her hand, not caring to give her any clothes to cover up as I pushed her out of my room.“Beta!” I yelled, and immediately, some soldier
CORA’s POV…My heart was throbbing. I was in severe pain, and just then, I heard the window creak open and I knew he’d left.I stared at the food on the table in the closet as I placed my hand to my chest. Why didn’t I just trust him earlier? Why didn’t I just listen to what he had to say then? Why didn’t I just recall that Layla didn’t like the fact that we were together?Why didn’t I just wait one more moment for him to at least explain what happened? If I had done so, we would have never being in this situation?I sniffled as I shook my head, it was the past. There was nothing I could do about it. I had made the mistake already and I had to deal with it, but it still hurt, because no matter how hard I tried, I still loved him.Before knowing the truth, I did, and now that I knew the truth about what happened that night, I couldn’t help but long for him.As I inhaled his scent from the closet, my heart ached even more and I bowed my head, between my legs. “Selene, I was told that I
“What are you doing here?” He asked, and I swallowed, clenching my fists as tears started to stream down my cheeks.Not turning, I rushed to him. He would kill Leonardo, I knew that, but I could at least beg. “Dexter, please, listen to me. I swear that I…”“Didn’t you say you’d be down for lunch? Why are you all alone eating lunch here?” He asked me, and I stared at him, confused.I didn’t understand what was going on here anymore. Wasn’t he supposed to be mad that Leonardo was here? Wasn’t he supposed to hit my head against the wall? Wasn’t he supposed to be planning my death? Why was he so calm? Why did it look like he wasn’t even bothered or like he didn’t even notice his presence in the room?I turned, and to my surprise, Leonardo wasn’t even there. I heaved a sigh of relief as I held on to my chest, goodness, that was quick! For a moment, I thought it was over for me. For a moment, I thought my end had come and I would be gone in the blink of an eye after Dexter walked in, but th
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
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