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
Lea:I had to admit, I didn’t expect, not for one second, that I would be coming back here after my father passed away.The pain that I felt after losing him was one that I didn’t think I would be able to overcome easily, and I knew that I was just stabbed in the gut the second that I entered this place.For it was one reason to be coming here, but a whole other reason to be handling the pain of knowing that I saw him alive as the two of us walked through this front door. He looked weary, but he was content that things were going to be okay. And though he refused to tell me what he was worried about, I knew that he seemed to be optimistic about getting it solved and taken care of.“Lea, how are you?” Alpha Cosimo asked, smiling at me. I could tell that the man was surprised and that he was forcing a smile. The man didn’t expect to see me here, but then again, I didn’t expect to find myself being by his son’s side in the first place.“I have been well, Alpha, thank you for asking.” I s
Diego: “I am amazed to see that you are as frightened of the woman as you are. Never did I expect to see you dismissing one because you wanted to talk.” He said, knowing that he was playing on a very thin line right now. The anger that I felt boiling inside me was one that I didn’t know how to describe, but I knew one thing, the man was going to be regretting the way that he was speaking to me the second that I was able to take him down. I just needed to grow stronger, and I was going to be sure that he eats his own words before he is able to say them. “Or is it the fact that you are afraid that I am going to tell her that you…?” “I am not afraid of her, nor am I afraid of what you think that you can do.” I said, stopping the man. His eyes hardened, and I knew that underestimating him was a bad idea. But he had to understand that underestimating what I could do was going to be fatal for him too. The man didn’t understand that he was growing older, and I was growing stronger. This ga