CORA’s POV….My head was aching badly, and tears streamed down my cheeks as I opened my eyes, staring at the ceiling as I got off the bed. It hurt; everything did. I didn’t know what hurt more: the physical pain from having to do all of that work or the emotional pain of my own mate doing all of this to me.Sure, he had been the one who had tried to reject me before, but then I refused. In a way, I was the one who brought all of this upon myself, but deep down, I was hoping that one day, maybe one day, he would have a change of heart. But with the way things were going, I was starting to doubt if it was ever going to happen.I just hoped that the moon goddess would look upon me with mercy. I just hoped that one day she would have pity on me and actually make me happy like I deserved to be.Seeing as I wasn’t able to get any rest, I decided to take a stroll around the garden.It was really difficult for me, especially as I was yet to recover from the physical pain from having to clean
I gulped as I stood there, wondering what she could be doing here. She kept on turning at intervals, and it only made me more worried.First of all, she wasn’t even supposed to be here, as it was very dangerous. Not only was it very dangerous, but it just wasn’t supposed to be. She was a woman of class; the alpha had announced her as his mate, so why would she ever be here?I stared at her, and before I knew it, she grabbed a cloak as she placed it over her head, covering her face, and this time, I got even more suspicious."What are you up to, Layla? Why are you here?" I asked myself as I made sure I was very concealed.At intervals, she would turn around, and even at certain moments, she would go around, and I was very scared. What if she saw me here? I swallowed."Who is there? Show yourself!" She spoke as she started to walk in my direction after I had mistakenly stepped on a stick, drawing some attention to myself, and I covered my mouth in shock. What had I just done?How could
I placed my hand to my chest. I was in serious trouble, and that was because my life was threatened by Layla. I fell to the ground as tears streamed down my cheeks. My life was in danger. She had made all these plans to have me kidnapped, and sadly, I wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.No, I wouldn’t let it happen. Perhaps the moon goddess had caused the alpha to do this to me, so I would come here to clear my mind and then hear her say those words.I bowed my head as I clenched my fists. What would she gain if she did this to me? I ran my fingers through my hair. What would I do now? I was already so frustrated, and now this just made it worse. I took in a deep sigh. I would have to save myself at all costs.I got up, and with that, I started to go back to the pack. I was already in enough pain, and I knew my wolf would be in even more pain. I didn’t want to stress her, and as such, I just decided to take a walk.I walked, and just when I thought I had seen it all, I arrived a
"Leo, why are you bothering her?" She asked as she dragged him to herself, and I clenched my fists. My wolf was kicking hard against me as I stared at them, and she chuckled as she wrapped her hands around his neck.My wolf was kicking against me; she was in pain again, and she had suffered enough already. I couldn’t let her go through any more pain. I took a deep inhale and turned, about to leave, when Alpha Leonardo spoke again. "Are you sure you’re alright? You don’t look like you are." He told me, and I closed my eyes.He didn’t care; I had to stop giving myself false hope. He had never cared about me, and he would never care about me. I was just hurting myself by thinking I had a place in his life. The only thing that was still keeping us together was the mate bond, and he didn’t even care about it.I had to stop giving myself fake hope; I just made myself more miserable by doing so. "I’m fine, Alpha." You’re with Layla, aren’t you? She is all that matters to you, so go on. I’m a
I rushed into the room as I ran my fingers through my hair in nervousness. "Cora, where are you?" I called out as I rushed into the room, but she was still nowhere to be found.I opened the door to the bathroom, but she still wasn’t anywhere to be found, and it was getting me extremely worried. I knew Cora wasn’t that stupid, but then her wolf? When a person was in pain, their wolf could lead them to do anything possible, and now it was scaring me to know that her wolf could have caused her to hurt herself.I closed my eyes. What could have happened to her? "Cora!" I called again, and with that, I rushed out of the house.I was already rushing towards the chief’s quarters when I suddenly saw a shadow in the garden. I stopped and saw the person wipe away tears. I ran my fingers through my hair as I walked towards the figure in the middle of the garden."Cora?" I called, and she stood up as she turned to me. When I saw it was her, I heaved a sigh of relief. "What are you doing here? Don
CORA’s POV…I couldn’t believe this; how could he say those words to me? How could he be so vile to me? I cried as I rushed to my room, and the moment I got into the room, I fell to the ground in tears.I rushed to my bed as I threw the things on it to the ground in anger. I held on to my hair as I stared at the condition of the room. I closed my eyes as more tears streamed down my cheeks. What was I expecting? Did I really think he would believe me?I rushed to the table as I banged on it angrily. What would I do now? When even my own mate wouldn’t want to believe me, who would believe me? I held on to my hair as the words I heard earlier from Layla to those men kept coming to mind.She was going to have me kidnapped; what would I do then? I sighed; maybe I had to go talk to the alpha again. That was the best thing to do; maybe he would believe me if I told him what I had seen.Tears streamed down my cheeks. If I had to cry and beg at his feet, I would do it. I just couldn’t stay bac
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