Chapter five

LEONARDO’s POV…

"I reject you as my mate; I would never accept you." Those words kept ringing in my head as I walked into the hotel room. I would have never believed that one day I would end up doing this, but the white witch was always right; I was in great pain, and my wolf was at its weakest point after the rejection from my first mate.

I was an alpha; there was no way I could let myself continue to be weak, and that was when I decided to take that bold step of having a one-night stand with a wolf so that the pain my wolf felt would be eased.

I sighed. I was never a fan of one-night flings, especially when I knew it was with an omega, but then, I knew it’d give me the upper hand, but what I didn’t expect that day was that at the moment I was about to thrust, I would find out the shocking truth about her being my mate, a second chance mate.

I couldn’t take it, and I left her right there at the hotel, untouched. Returning to my pack, I ran my fingers through my hair, and that was when my girlfriend, Layla, walked up to me. "You look really worried, honey. Tell me, what’s wrong?" She asked me, and I stared at her.

If only she’d agreed to help me, if only she had agreed to have that special stand with me to help my wolf, then I wouldn’t have been encountering this, with the restlessness in my wolf making it all worse.

I shrugged her off, and it was only some time later that an idea came to mind. My wolf was only so eager to see her because we were still connected by the mate bond. What if we no longer were? I smiled to myself; I knew how to get it done.

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When she told me that she wasn’t accepting my rejection, anger was quite enough to explain how upset I was feeling. I wanted to strangle her right there, but I couldn’t. The hatred I was feeling for her at this point—if only she knew

"I won’t let you go so easily, Alpha." That sentence alone was enough to make me want to throw her into boiling lava, but I couldn’t because she walked out on me. The audacity of the woman!

It was at that point that I knew that if I wanted to torture her and make her reject me, I would have to do something to hurt her ego more. Rejection in front of my entire pack didn’t seem to do the trick, but I knew something that would definitely help me, and that was Layla.

I knew she was rather perplexed when I told her that I wanted her to meet the elders, but then who cared? She didn’t have a choice after all.

My wolf was kicking very hard against me because of what I was about to do to her, but I had to stay strong; there was no way an alpha as powerful as me would ever settle for an omega, one who was a hybrid at that.

"Elders, I’m so sorry to have kept you here without entertainment for so long, but don’t worry, I’ve brought entertainment." I told the elders, and she stared at me, confused, which caused me to smirk. If only she knew what I had in store for her. "This is Cora, like I said earlier, and tonight she is going to be entertaining us. You know why? It’s because she is a stripper, and yes, she’s going to be stripping for us." I told them, and with that, wanting to make her angry more, I ripped one part of her dress off.

She gasped as she stared at me in shock while I acted like I didn’t notice, walking towards my seat like the powerful and domineering alpha that I was. When I was in my seat, I crossed my legs. "Come on, Cora, do what you’re here for: strip!" I said, and she staggered till she fell to the ground.

When she fell to the ground, I almost got up to help her, but I managed to restrain myself. There was no way I could let my wolf overpower me; I was the alpha and I was in control, not the other way around.

I knew she was almost at her breaking point, and I wanted her to teach it as soon as possible. I turned toward the door with a smile on my face. Layla couldn’t have walked in at a better time. "Come here, my dearest mate." I said as I walked towards the door, and I could have sworn that Cora thought I was referring to her, but then I wasn't, and when she saw that it was actually Layla, whom I’d introduced to the elders as my mate, she finally fell to the ground.

I had thought this was it and she wouldn’t want to claim my rights as my mate anymore, but I was proven wrong. She got up as she walked towards myself and Layla, taking my hands off her. "You’re not mates; we’re mates." She said that, and I clenched my fists as I turned to them.

They were now murmuring, and I couldn’t take it any more. I dragged her by the arm, saying, "We'll be back soon." I said through my teeth as I pushed her into my room, locking the door behind me.

"What the hell was that?" I asked her angrily.

She scoffed slightly. "Are you really asking me that? Tell me, who is forcing his mate to strip in front of half a pack and then call someone else his mate?" She asked me, and I grabbed her by the hair.

"I do what I want, when I want." I told her in anger, and she held on to my hand.

"I don’t do what I want when I want to, but one thing is certain: there’s no way I’ll ever strip in front of those people." She said that, and I smiled to myself.

"Well then, tell me, will you strip in front of me, your mate?" I asked her, and she stared at me, shocked.

I grabbed her by the breast as I slowly squeezed on it. "You can’t be my mate; there's no way that’s possible, but you know what you can be?" I asked her as I slowly took my hand off her breast.

"Wh…what?"

I smirked and said, "My private stripper!"