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
"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
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