CORA’s POV…I placed my hand on my chest, and I could feel it racing. What would I do? How would I get out now? Tears streamed down my cheeks as I recalled what I heard Kayla and Leonardo doing earlier, and that was even more reason for me to want to leave.I would never accept the rejection he had thrown my way, not ever, but that didn’t mean I would eat sand for him. Because I had refused to be rejected by a man who didn’t like me because of my class, it didn’t mean that he could do whatever he wanted and I would stand there.I had to protect my wolf; even if I didn’t really have anyone in my life, I had her. She had been there with me since I could recall, and now I had to protect her with everything I had in me. I closed my eyes, and just then, when I noticed a guard wasn’t looking my way, I rushed out of the main building.I reached the garden, and just then, I noticed a guard moving around with a torch. I swallowed as I immediately hid behind a pillar, my heart racing like it wa
That thought, like an arrow, pierced through my heart, and I clenched my fists. What was happening to me? Why was I suddenly thinking about this now? Why didn’t I think of this before when I was at the house?My life was in danger; Layla had plans to kill me, so why was I this way? Why wasn’t I just hurrying to leave the place? Why was Alexa acting this way? She was kicking against me so fiercely, and at that moment, I didn’t even know what to do.I held on to my bag tightly; nothing would change my mind. I had already made the decision to leave the pack, and I had only made it with mine and Alexa’s well-being in mind. As for Alpha Leonardo, he could go to hell.Why did I have to care about him? Did he ever care about me all those times? All those times that I struggled to be without a mate, was he ever there? Even when he found out that I was his mate, what did he do? He tried to turn me into a stripper.No, I would never let this continue. I had to be worried about myself. The moon
Alpha Leonardo’s POV...I ran my fingers through my hair as I stared at Layla, who rolled her eyes before falling asleep. Once again, we had another fight, and at this point, I was beginning to feel guilty.I was hurting her, but even more, I was hurting myself. I now have regrets. I couldn’t touch Layla because every time I tried to make love to her, my wolf would kick against me, reminding me that I had a darned mate. I brushed my fingers through my hair as I closed my eyes, the connection I had with Cora coming back to mind.I sighed slightly. Could it be that she was telling the truth? Could Layla be any sort of danger to her? On one hand, I wanted to believe her because with how Layla was acting this way, always mentioning Cora’s name whenever we had a fight, as she thought that she was the main reason we were fighting, it was believable, but whenever I recalled that Cora could just be jealous because I had chosen to announce Layla as my mate instead of her, I brushed it off.I w
CORA’s POV…I placed my hand on my chest as I looked around. It was already late; what would I do now? I was feeling really scared, and the reason for my fears was simply not because I was all alone, away from the pack that was supposed to keep me safe, but because of the awful feeling of danger being around the corner.I swallowed as I picked up my bag, getting off the floor. It wasn’t safe to just sit here; I had to go around. Perhaps walking around the bushes until I arrived at a safe place would be best for me. As I got up, I fell to the ground, and that was because of the pain in my legs.I closed my eyes, pressing my lips tightly as I swallowed. I looked around. What happened to those nighttime guards? Why weren’t they here? I took a deep inhale as I rolled my eyes. Why would they be here? Cora was involved, after all.When it came to me, the moon goddess never hesitated to cause me pain. Whenever I was involved, she made sure that things would never go in my favor, and I would
"You’re all useless, pathetic fools. She is missing; find her now!" I yelled angrily as I stood in front of the members of the peck.My whole mind has been messing with me since I walked into Cora’s room and found out she wasn’t there. I had searched all the possible places I knew she could visit, but I still couldn’t find her, and that was getting me even more worried.My wolf was kicking hard against me, not showing me any sort of mercy, and I wouldn’t blame it. His friend was in trouble, and I was the cause of it. I buried my face in my hands. Could she have escaped the pack? Could she have left because of what happened?I shook my head. No, she couldn’t have. She would never do this, and Cora would never leave because of just a fight. She had to be somewhere around; she could not have gone far. I decided.I was trying to give myself hope. Deep down, it felt like I was just lying to myself, but I didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want to believe she was in any sort of pain."Alpha,
She stared at me, and I was sure she couldn’t believe what she had just heard. "Your what?" She asked me, and I turned away from her as I ran my fingers through my hair.How did those words leave my mouth? How did I even blurt out such words? Layla had always been in trouble, and even though most times there wasn’t a reason for it, she made sure to cause it, and now that I had said those words to her, she had a reason to put up a fight with me."Tell me, Leo. What is she to you? Tell me!" She yelled, and I rolled my eyes as I turned away from her."Layla, leave me alone. I’m not in the mood for this." I told her and was made to walk away from her when she held on to me, dragging me back."No, Leo. This time, you won’t be able to get away from my questions. Tell me, what do you mean by she is your mate?" She asked me as she continued to shake me hard, and at this point, I couldn’t take it. I pushed her away as I growled in anger."Leave me; what’s so hard about that, Layla? I have told
Alpha Leonardo’s POV...I ran my fingers through my hair as I paved the throne room. My wolf was kicking hard against me, and it was because I was very worried about Cora.I had made sure to inform some neighboring packs about her disappearance, but that still didn’t seem to help, as I was still very worried about her."Where are you, Coea?" I spoke to myself as I held on to my chest. My wolf was missing its mate; it was kicking hard against me to go find her, and now I was very upset.Why did she leave? Why didn’t she just accept my rejection before leaving? I was so pissed at the moment; if she had just accepted that rejection, I wouldn’t be feeling this way.I hissed as I looked around the throne room, staring at the wall clock.It had been a few minutes since I had ordered some guards to go do a search for her, and they still hadn’t returned. I sighed as I went to sit on the throne, but when I sat on it, I ended up thinking about Cora again.What was wrong with me? Why did I keep
CORA’s POV….My heart skipped a beat when I heard them say those words. Were they coming in? What would they do to me now that I was conscious?I held on to my chest and my clothes in particular as their footsteps started to get closer. "Oh, moon goddess, save me, please." I closed my eyes as I said my prayers.My legs were shaking; I could barely stand properly, and this was scaring the hell out of me. I kept on praying to be saved, as I didn’t know what these men were planning to do to me.I sighed as I hid behind the door, looking around the dark room that was scaring the hell out of me. I was still there when the moment I had dreaded since I regained consciousness came, and before I knew it, the door opened.The moment the door came open, a huge ray of light came in, and it almost blinded my eyes because I couldn’t recall the last time I had seen such light.I covered my eyes, and the moment I did that, I almost knocked something over, but luckily, I was quick to realize it, and I
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