Diego:“The last that she was seen was running away from Ryker’s men,” Giovanni said, and I chuckled, shaking my head. This was the last thing that I needed right now.If Ryker’s men found her, then word has reached Cosimo about her being missing, and fucking hell are we going to have to deal with the one mess that we didn’t want to deal with.My phone rang, taking me off guard, and I couldn’t help but frown before pulling it out of my pocket, expecting it to be my father who was calling. However, I was surprised when I found that it was an unknown number.I answered, not saying a word, as I waited for whoever it was to tell me what they were on about. And whoever was on the other line chose to be just as quiet, clearly testing my patience right now. “I think that you lost yourself a mate,” the man said, Vieri’s voice, made my heart drop. This was the last thing that I needed to be dealing with right now. And considering the fact that he knew that she was my mate, I knew that things
Lea:My ears rang as the sound of the explosion made it feel as if someone was throwing me off a cliff all while banging drums beside me.My heart raced, and I looked beside me to find the man in the black cloak approaching me. Diego’s body dropped, and his eyes, despite being open, were rolled back behind his head as he fought to stay conscious. The black cloak man approached me, and I could hear screaming and the crying of women for their children outside the room. “Did you really think that you could hide, little Auditore?” He asked, making me frown in confusion. He went to grab me by my neck, but just as his hand reached me, the bracelet glowed, forcing me to raise my hand and stop him before I could process what I was doing. “Impressive.”“Who the hell are you?” I asked, and he smirked, looking at me as if I grew a second head. Hell, even I would be looking at myself as if I grew a second head right now, especially since I didn’t even understand what was going on. “You followe
Cosimo: I took off the cloak as I walked inside the Estate, smirking at the experience that I just had. I looked at my wrist for a second, taking a deep breath as I knew that I was going to have to get that checked. However, at least I knew that she had both the bracelet and crest. And though I couldn’t see the crest, I knew that it only worked when it was with the bracelet. “You are hurt,” my gamma, Lidia said, approaching me. She looked down at my hand and I smirked, knowing that she didn’t just come to ‘check on me’. She rarely ever did. “And yet, you seem to be satisfied.” “I am.” I said, and she raised an amused eyebrow. “With the wound that you have?” She asked, shaking her head at me. I extended my hand toward her, and she smiled. “I can assume that you found what you wanted.” “Indeed, and she is better than I thought that she would be. My son does not know of her capabilities yet, but I can assume that he will find out soon enough. Now the question would lie on whether
Diego:I frowned when I opened my eyes to find Lea sleeping by my side.She had her head on the edge of the bed, and I couldn’t help but run my finger through her hair. However, to my surprise, the woman jumped in fright, growing alert, causing the blanket that was draped over her shoulders to fall behind her.She looked around the room for a second too long only to look at me and to process the fact that I was awake.“Alpha?” She asked, and I nodded. Her eyes studied my expression, and I took a deep breath.“Water?” I asked, and she shook her head, snapping out of her daze. It was only now that I realized how dried my lips were, and the need for water became urgent for me. She got up from the chair, and walked toward the dresser that was in the room. A water jar was there, and I watched as she poured a few drops in a napkin as she walked to me. She gently dabbed my lips with it and poured a few drops inside my mouth before removing it. “I don’t want to take a risk when you just wok
Lea: I walked around the pack for a few seconds, my chest aching as I tried to think of anything but what I was now dealing with. I was angry, well, I didn’t even know how to describe what I felt. I just knew that I was broken inside. “You know, going inside is going to be a lot better for you right now.” Mario said, taking me off guard. I turned to face the man and he smiled as he approached me. His eyes met mine and I looked down at my feet. “I didn’t hear you, Beta Mario. I apologize.” I said, and he frowned. “You know, you can call me grandpa.” He said, and I nodded. I knew that he was my grandfather, but a man that I never knew, one who was never in my life, how the hell was I going to see him as my grandfather. “I wanted to get some fresh air. It is the reason why I walked outside for a bit.” I said, and he nodded, seeing as I dismissed his topic. I didn’t want to, but I knew that he didn’t care about me to at least come over or say hello. The man could have called, and
Diego:The door was knocked in the infirmary room as I looked out the window, knowing that Giovanni was going to bring Lea here.I needed to set things straight, but the thing was, right now, I didn’t even know how I was going to escape this, but I knew one thing, she was going to understand that I didn’t want to be with her. Only I won’t reject her. She has to be on my side, and rejecting her will only put me through a fuss that I did not need.“Come in,” I called, not bothering to turn to the door as it opened. Lea walked inside, I could hear her footsteps, and I didn’t turn until I heard the door closing. “You called for me,”“I heard what I told you.” I said, not bothering to sugarcoat anything. She didn’t respond, and I turned to face her, waiting for a comment from her. However, I was neither dumb nor blind, I knew that she was hopeful before, but now after hearing my tone, she understood that it wasn’t something that I wanted happening. “I don’t expect you to offer what you d
Lea: “idiot,” I muttered to myself, growing somewhat angry with the fact that the Alpha actually asked me to come for him to tell me that he didn’t want anything to do with me. “As if I wanted to be with a man like yourself. Arrogant and stupid, and you never even bothered to say thank you.” I cut the grass that was on the ground under me as I sat in front of one of the trees. I have been doing it for a while now, and I threw it back on the floor. “I am curious as to what the poor grass has done to piss you off as much as it has.” He, Ezra, said, approaching me. “Don’t mind me, but you clearly seem to be very angry with it.” I removed my hand from the grass that I was about to cut and the man chuckled, shaking his head at me. “I didn’t thank you for what you did for me.” I said, and he raised his hands in mock surrender. “I wouldn’t want to end up having my limbs ripped apart for offending you.” He said, and I rolled my eyes. “I was just trying to lighten the mood.” “At a ver
Diego: “Come on.” I said, looking at Lea who was aimlessly walking around the pack grounds. I didn’t know where Giovanni was, but I was sure that he spoke to her, and judging by the anger that I saw in her eyes toward me, I knew that it might not have gone the way that I wanted it to. But right now, that was the least of my concerns. She didn’t respond, but she did walk forward as she entered the house, knowing that we were going to be leaving to the pack. The pain that I read in her body language was not one that I liked, nor was it one that I wanted to see, but I did not aim to change it. If anything, she knew who she was in comparison to who I am. Vieri and Mario saw us by the door, and I extended my hand to shake the Alpha’s. “I am forever thankful for what you have done for me and my pack. I wouldn’t have known what I would have done if you hadn’t found her.” Vieri looked at Lea for a second and then at me. “She is a strong girl, she would have managed to find her way bac