CORA’s POV…I placed my hand on my chest, and I could feel it racing. What would I do? How would I get out now? Tears streamed down my cheeks as I recalled what I heard Kayla and Leonardo doing earlier, and that was even more reason for me to want to leave.I would never accept the rejection he had thrown my way, not ever, but that didn’t mean I would eat sand for him. Because I had refused to be rejected by a man who didn’t like me because of my class, it didn’t mean that he could do whatever he wanted and I would stand there.I had to protect my wolf; even if I didn’t really have anyone in my life, I had her. She had been there with me since I could recall, and now I had to protect her with everything I had in me. I closed my eyes, and just then, when I noticed a guard wasn’t looking my way, I rushed out of the main building.I reached the garden, and just then, I noticed a guard moving around with a torch. I swallowed as I immediately hid behind a pillar, my heart racing like it wa
That thought, like an arrow, pierced through my heart, and I clenched my fists. What was happening to me? Why was I suddenly thinking about this now? Why didn’t I think of this before when I was at the house?My life was in danger; Layla had plans to kill me, so why was I this way? Why wasn’t I just hurrying to leave the place? Why was Alexa acting this way? She was kicking against me so fiercely, and at that moment, I didn’t even know what to do.I held on to my bag tightly; nothing would change my mind. I had already made the decision to leave the pack, and I had only made it with mine and Alexa’s well-being in mind. As for Alpha Leonardo, he could go to hell.Why did I have to care about him? Did he ever care about me all those times? All those times that I struggled to be without a mate, was he ever there? Even when he found out that I was his mate, what did he do? He tried to turn me into a stripper.No, I would never let this continue. I had to be worried about myself. The moon
Alpha Leonardo’s POV...I ran my fingers through my hair as I stared at Layla, who rolled her eyes before falling asleep. Once again, we had another fight, and at this point, I was beginning to feel guilty.I was hurting her, but even more, I was hurting myself. I now have regrets. I couldn’t touch Layla because every time I tried to make love to her, my wolf would kick against me, reminding me that I had a darned mate. I brushed my fingers through my hair as I closed my eyes, the connection I had with Cora coming back to mind.I sighed slightly. Could it be that she was telling the truth? Could Layla be any sort of danger to her? On one hand, I wanted to believe her because with how Layla was acting this way, always mentioning Cora’s name whenever we had a fight, as she thought that she was the main reason we were fighting, it was believable, but whenever I recalled that Cora could just be jealous because I had chosen to announce Layla as my mate instead of her, I brushed it off.I w
CORA’s POV…I placed my hand on my chest as I looked around. It was already late; what would I do now? I was feeling really scared, and the reason for my fears was simply not because I was all alone, away from the pack that was supposed to keep me safe, but because of the awful feeling of danger being around the corner.I swallowed as I picked up my bag, getting off the floor. It wasn’t safe to just sit here; I had to go around. Perhaps walking around the bushes until I arrived at a safe place would be best for me. As I got up, I fell to the ground, and that was because of the pain in my legs.I closed my eyes, pressing my lips tightly as I swallowed. I looked around. What happened to those nighttime guards? Why weren’t they here? I took a deep inhale as I rolled my eyes. Why would they be here? Cora was involved, after all.When it came to me, the moon goddess never hesitated to cause me pain. Whenever I was involved, she made sure that things would never go in my favor, and I would
"You’re all useless, pathetic fools. She is missing; find her now!" I yelled angrily as I stood in front of the members of the peck.My whole mind has been messing with me since I walked into Cora’s room and found out she wasn’t there. I had searched all the possible places I knew she could visit, but I still couldn’t find her, and that was getting me even more worried.My wolf was kicking hard against me, not showing me any sort of mercy, and I wouldn’t blame it. His friend was in trouble, and I was the cause of it. I buried my face in my hands. Could she have escaped the pack? Could she have left because of what happened?I shook my head. No, she couldn’t have. She would never do this, and Cora would never leave because of just a fight. She had to be somewhere around; she could not have gone far. I decided.I was trying to give myself hope. Deep down, it felt like I was just lying to myself, but I didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want to believe she was in any sort of pain."Alpha,
She stared at me, and I was sure she couldn’t believe what she had just heard. "Your what?" She asked me, and I turned away from her as I ran my fingers through my hair.How did those words leave my mouth? How did I even blurt out such words? Layla had always been in trouble, and even though most times there wasn’t a reason for it, she made sure to cause it, and now that I had said those words to her, she had a reason to put up a fight with me."Tell me, Leo. What is she to you? Tell me!" She yelled, and I rolled my eyes as I turned away from her."Layla, leave me alone. I’m not in the mood for this." I told her and was made to walk away from her when she held on to me, dragging me back."No, Leo. This time, you won’t be able to get away from my questions. Tell me, what do you mean by she is your mate?" She asked me as she continued to shake me hard, and at this point, I couldn’t take it. I pushed her away as I growled in anger."Leave me; what’s so hard about that, Layla? I have told
Alpha Leonardo’s POV...I ran my fingers through my hair as I paved the throne room. My wolf was kicking hard against me, and it was because I was very worried about Cora.I had made sure to inform some neighboring packs about her disappearance, but that still didn’t seem to help, as I was still very worried about her."Where are you, Coea?" I spoke to myself as I held on to my chest. My wolf was missing its mate; it was kicking hard against me to go find her, and now I was very upset.Why did she leave? Why didn’t she just accept my rejection before leaving? I was so pissed at the moment; if she had just accepted that rejection, I wouldn’t be feeling this way.I hissed as I looked around the throne room, staring at the wall clock.It had been a few minutes since I had ordered some guards to go do a search for her, and they still hadn’t returned. I sighed as I went to sit on the throne, but when I sat on it, I ended up thinking about Cora again.What was wrong with me? Why did I keep
CORA’s POV….My heart skipped a beat when I heard them say those words. Were they coming in? What would they do to me now that I was conscious?I held on to my chest and my clothes in particular as their footsteps started to get closer. "Oh, moon goddess, save me, please." I closed my eyes as I said my prayers.My legs were shaking; I could barely stand properly, and this was scaring the hell out of me. I kept on praying to be saved, as I didn’t know what these men were planning to do to me.I sighed as I hid behind the door, looking around the dark room that was scaring the hell out of me. I was still there when the moment I had dreaded since I regained consciousness came, and before I knew it, the door opened.The moment the door came open, a huge ray of light came in, and it almost blinded my eyes because I couldn’t recall the last time I had seen such light.I covered my eyes, and the moment I did that, I almost knocked something over, but luckily, I was quick to realize it, and I