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