“Leo, I…” before I even had the chance to speak, he cut me off.“Are you happy now?” He asked me, and I stared at him.“Leo, I swear. I…”“This is what you wanted all along, isn’t it?” He asked me as he moved closer to me while I stepped back. “Free jewelry, Cora getting insulted. That’s what you’ve wanted the whole time, or am I wrong, Layla?” He asked me, and I stepped back in fear.“Leo, what’s wrong with you? Why are you sudddnly asking me these questions? What are you trying to say, say it more clearly.” I told him, and he chuckled.With that chuckle, I knew that something was coming, and that something definitely wasn’t going to be good. He grabbed me by the hand as he dragged me out of the hall, angrily.We stood at the garden, while he was running his fingers through his hair, and I stared at him, what could he running through his mind?“Start talking, Layla. I want to know. What was the reason for humiliating my pack so much? What reason did you have to humiliate cora like t
CORA’s POV….I could see the anger and hatred in her eyes as I held on to her hand. She could have never believed that I would be able to stand up for myself, but lucky for me, I could. I twisted her hand as I placed it behind her, and she winced in pain."Don’t mistake my silence for weakness, Layla. Trust me, that’s the biggest mistake you can ever make, so don’t even try and commit that mistake." I told her, and just then, she kicked me, and I fell to the ground."The audacity. What gave you the right, fool? How dare you even touch me?" She yelled as she grabbed me by the chin. "You’ll pay for this, Cora. You’ll have to pay for it." She told me, and I struggled to get away from her.She was annoying me; she was really getting on my nerves, and I hated that fact. If I let her continue with this, she would think it was okay to bully me, and I wouldn’t do anything about it, but that was far from the truth. I couldn’t let her bully me, not anymore at least, and with that, I pushed her
I swallowed as I stared at him, and before I could even say anything, Layla got up limping as she rushed to him. Before I could even do anything, she embraced him, and like the drama queen that she was, she started to cry. "Leo, she hates me; I told you she did." She said that, and I stared at her, shocked.Alpha Leonardo turned to me, and I shook my head, trying to speak when she interrupted. She stopped hugging him as she stared at him, and before I knew it, she raised her hand as she showed it to him, and this time, all of a sudden, she had a bruise, and my eyes widened in shock."She did this to me, Leo. Cora did." She said, and I stared at her. This woman never ceases to amaze me. "Just because of what happened at the hall, and because of how I had exposed her, she hurt me." She told him, and I stared at alpha Leonardo whose eyes had never left me since she started pointing those accusing fingers at me.I shook my head as I stared at him. "She’s lying, alpha Leonardo. Don’t belie
I followed them as Leonardo continued to drag her, but then I was very eager to see where this was headed.He dragged her, and they got to the throne room. He pushed her to the floor, and she cried out in pain as she fell to the ground, injuring her legs.I smiled as I stood at the door, watching the drama unfold. "Alpha, believe me, I didn’t say anything to her. I…" Before she could even complete her statement, he grabbed her by the hair, bending as his face grew closer to hers, and I clenched my fists.Wasn’t he supposed to be punishing her? What was he doing now? I stood at the corner. Something in me wanted to believe that he had a greater punishment for her, so I just stood there and watched what he did.It was really annoying the hell out of me that he was being that close to her, but then I just had to stay put; I didn’t have to start showing my jealous side. Not now at least.After some time of their faces being so annoyingly close to each other’s, he pushed her head away, and
I saw her slowly getting up, and I realized that she had been badly injured. That affected me in no single way, so I walked up to her and dragged her by the hair as I stared at her. "Don’t get me angry; come on, start cleaning." I told her, and with that, I pushed her forward.Just then, she stared at me and said, "You would pay for this, Layla. I’m not giving up yet. The alpha is soon going to find out the truth about you, and when that happens, I didn’t even give her the chance to keep saying the rubbish she wanted to say, and with that, I interrupted."You don’t get to say anything to me, especially now that you’ve got a lot of work to do." I told her, and with that, I dragged her out of the throne room.I took her to the maids’ headquarters, and I stood in front of the maids, who were surprised to see me standing there. "Listen to this, everyone. Some maids don’t want to believe they’re maids, and as such, they’ve been defying the alpha. Because of that, he has made a strict rule
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