Diego:“Do you even know where I am going?” Lea asked, shaking her head in question at me. I smirked and tapped the steering wheel twice, knowing that she was right to ask. I didn’t know where she was going, but I wanted to spend the day with her. And considering Renata, I knew that this was going to be something that was going to bother her.“Can’t a man want to spend a little time with his mate?” I asked, teasing her. She looked at me, studying my expression for a second before shaking her head at me. I had to admit, I was amazed by how well I managed to get along with the woman, especially since I knew that I didn’t expect it. To me, this was all something that I had to do for my pack. I never did intend for us to be anything more than we already were. “Considering the fact that the man didn’t want that mate, I am amazed that you are more than willing to spend time with me.” She said, choosing to be honest with me. And though I knew that she didn’t trust me, I couldn’t blame her,
Lea: I frowned at the fact that the man was treating me as if I were some thief or liar as he drove me to the bank. My chest ached, but I didn’t bother waiting for him to explain what it was that bothered him as I walked out of the car. “Thank you.” I closed the door before the man responded, and though I knew that it wasn’t something that I would normally do, I hated the fact that he saw it as normal to disrespect me the way that he did over something that I didn’t even do. He drove off when he saw me walking inside the bank, and though I had to admit, I did wish that he didn’t, I knew that it wasn’t going to be something that I was going to tell him. I walked inside, and I smiled when I saw the employee already waiting for me. His eyes met mine, and I nodded in appreciation as he returned the smile. “I am Mattia,” “Lea,” I said, extending my hand to shake his. “Though I do believe that you already know who I am.” “A pleasure to meet you, Lea.” He said, shaking my hand. His
Diego: My eyes were fixed on the hooded man for a second as my canines were in their full size, ready for an attack. He turned to look at me, and I could see a dark gaze in his eyes. The man was an Alpha blood, it was the one thing that I could feel and recognize as my wolf grew angrier, though he was, I didn’t know. But something inside me told me that he wasn’t a stranger to me. “It seems to me that we have someone else to be dealing with.” He said, looking me in the eye. It was the one thing that I could see through his hood. “I wonder, did it not teach you not to mess with me when I sent your body flying to the wall behind you?” I let out a low warning growl, and he smirked before going to punch me in the face. I grabbed his hand, stopping him from doing so, and he let out an annoyed growl before I twisted his hand, feeling it crack under my tight grip before it broke. “How about I show you what it is to be messing with an Alpha? Maybe it would teach you what it is to do so.
Lea:“Are you okay?” I asked, looking at Diego as we watched everyone leaving the room.Flashback:“Whatever training that has to be done can be made when he has healed and when I’ve gotten my answers.” I said, looking at Ezra. The man frowned at my words, and I raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to tell me otherwise. He knew and could tell that I wasn’t going to be backing out, and Mario, who cleared his throat, understood that I wasn’t the child that he would have expected to deal with.“You need to be safe. You will hear of the information as it comes. You know, the last thing that I am going to care about is your ‘mate’ healing right now…”“Well, I do,” I said, looking the man dead in the eye. “I thank you for your offer to train both my mate and I, but I don’t go doing things at random. I have to understand what I am stepping into, and I think that I have shown off the fact that I can fight when needed.” “Fighting when needed will only kill you when you are put in a situation wh
Diego:I opened my eyes and I couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips when I saw Lea laying in my arms. Her body was curled against mine, and though I stayed calm, I hated admitting that it was something that I wished that I hadn’t agreed on.The idea of betraying her the way that I did, working with my father to get her killed for a crest that I didn’t even know whether or not she had was an all time low of me, and I couldn’t help but find myself unable to look her in the eye. The woman was honest with me, a feature that I knew many didn’t bother having when they dealt with me, and that was something that she didn’t understand. I couldn’t even bring myself to explain what I did in the first place. I pretended to be a hero when in fact, I was just as monstrous as he was.She stirred, and I watched as she opened her eyes to look at me. They widened in surprise at the fact that she realized that she was sleeping in my arms, and I chuckled, shaking my head as I smiled in ass
Lea: “I take it that you chose to suck up your dignity to come and train,” Ezra said, looking me in the eye. “It has nothing to do about dignity, Ezra.” I said, glaring at the man. “And who the hell do you think you are to be speaking to me in such a sense anyway? I seem to have noticed that you have no limits and I think that it is time that you’ve minded them.” “I know my limits very well, piccolo…” “No, you don’t.” I said, stopping the man. “And if you think that I am going to be listening to one word that you say because…” “Listen here, Auditore.” He said, stopping me. “I am not the type that you are going to come at with your plain threats. You are going to do as told if you want to live, and believe me, you are not going to want to find yourself caught up with the other hoods that are now on the loose, looking for you.” “What?” I said, processing the man’s words. “What are you talking about?” “You being who you are is going to draw more danger to you than you know. If you
Ezra: “Why did you tell her this way?” Mario asked, shaking his head in question. “She has done nothing wrong to be a victim to your anger, Ezra.” “Saying the grandfather that chose her over his eldest grandson. Oh, I forgot, I am still a bastard…” “No one has ever called you that, and if you don’t stop here and now, I am going to be grabbing the back of your head and hitting it against the nearest wall. Do not forget your limits here.” He said, and I scoffed. “Because of her and her fucked up excuse of a father, I never got to live with my mother. She chose him over me, and just when I thought that things would be better, he couldn’t keep her safe. Remember her stabbed heart as she was brought in a coffin?” I asked, taking a deep breath as I fought to ignore the pain that I felt. “He failed to keep her safe and failed the cause. Do not expect me to be kind enough to spare his daughter a glance because she is my ‘so-called sister’.” “She was not even aware of your existence and yo
Diego: “Lea, stop,” I said, looking at my mate whose eyes were welled up with tears. The rage that I saw in her body language was not one that I understood, especially when I knew that she walked out of the room being at peace despite everything that we both knew that we were going to have to deal with. “What? What the fucking hell do you want?” She asked, bursting out. I stood back, frowning in confusion as I tried to understand what was bothering her. I didn’t know what happened in the first place, but I knew that she wasn’t going to come back this angry out of nothing. “What do you all want from me?” “Lea, what happened?” I asked, shaking my head in question. “Talk to me, neonata…” “Why? What good would it bring me? Would you help me solve everything that seems to be piling up? Because if you will, please, by all fucking means, do so.” She said, raising her hands in mock surrender. “I am alone in a world that requires nothing more than for me to be a liar and traitor. My father