"I’m not a thief!" Cora yelled as she stared at Layla, anger seething through her. "How could you ruin it?" She asked as she tried to get the necklace back from Layla, who pushed her away angrily."Stay away from me, Cora. Trust me, everyone is going to know who you really are. Today, the people here are going to find out that you’re much more than the crybaby you’re trying to make yourself look like." She said, and Cora turned to Alpha Leonardo slightly as she blinked, tears streaming down her cheeks, before she looked away immediately.Alpha Leonardo, not wanting to make things worse than they already were, moved closer to Layla. "Listen to me, Layla. Stop all of this now. You’re only humiliating yourself. What do you think you’re doing? Stop this, let’s go." He told her as he grabbed her hand, but she hadn’t had enough yet; she had promised to humiliate Cora at the ceremony, and until she did that, she wouldn’t stop.She pushed his hand away as she stared at him, looking straight i
CORA’s POV….With every accusation Layla made, I found myself itching to throw her off a building.When she had told me that she was going to ruin the ceremony for me, I had thought she would maybe ruin my dress, not give me food, or probably something like that, but what I didn’t expect was that she would go this far and accuse me of stealing."I am not a thief!" I yelled at her. If she was going to keep paying these accusations on me, I was going to have to defend myself.I had thought I was defending myself well and seeing the look on her face, I immediately knew she hated it. "I am not a thief, stop lying!"I told her, and just then, I recieved a resounding slap across the face.It was such a tight slap that I fell to the ground. I held on to my cheek as I raised my head to her, how could she? How could she slap me like that?I raised my head to see everyone staring at me, and even worse, it just had to be in front of the Dark Knight pack. I held on to my cheeks, anger running th
CORA’s POV….I raised my head to see him staring at me, and I swallowed, wiping my tears off slightly as I got up, and I made to leave when he suddenly called out to me."Cora," he’d called slightly, and I stopped.I stood there, tears streaming down my cheeks, when he came to where I stood, placing his hands on my shoulders, and at that moment, I let it all out. The moment his hands came on my shoulders, the tears I didn’t want him to see started to stream down my cheeks, and I closed my eyes as he led me back to the ground where I’d been crying before he came along."Don’t cry; it’s going to be fine." He told me as he rubbed my back slightly, but it wasn’t enough to make me stop crying.Stealing was a very shameful thing, and the fact that I had just been accused of it, especially because of a necklace, and in front of the Dark Knight pack, was the most embarrassing thing.I couldn’t bring myself to believe that she would actually stoop that low. I couldn’t believe that, despite now
"You think so?" He asked me, and I nodded."Yes, it’s a very nice name; I like it a lot. I’d actually call you Eddie. Is that fine?" I asked him as I smiled.He nodded. "You can call me monkey, and I’d be fine." He said that, and I burst out into laughter.While I was laughing, I placed my hand on my face. Laughter? Was I actually laughing? I swallowed, and just then, tears started to stream down my cheeks.What was wrong with me? Why was I crying? He had made such a funny joke, and I was supposed to still be laughing. Why did the laughter suddenly bring tears to my eyes?"Oh my, did I say something bad? I’m so sorry; I didn’t mean to hurt you, I promise." He tried explaining himself, and I chuckled slightly."It’s not you, Eddie. Actually, smiling, laughing, having fun, and being kept company are not my things. And now, you just made me laugh. Remembering that these aren’t things I’m familiar with brought tears to my eyes. Sorry if it made you uncomfortable." I told him with a smile
I couldn’t be thinking about that, at least not now. He was hurting Edgar badly, and I just couldn’t stand there and watch it."What are you doing? Let go of him!" I told him as I tried to separate him from Edgar, who had started to bleed from the beatings."How dare you hug her? How dare you lay a finger on her? Don’t you know who she is? Don’t you?" He asked, and the moment he asked if Edgar didn’t know who I was, I staggered.How much more foolish could I be? While he was only punishing Edgar for getting so close to me, a hybrid omega, I thought he was jealous because someone else had their hands on me."Stop this; this is foolish!" I yelled at him as I continued to try to get him away from my new friend."Stay away from this, Cora. It’s none of your business." He told me, and with that, he pushed me to the floor.I raised my head in shock as I stared at him. Did he really just push me to the floor? I got up again and said, "Stop this, alpha Leonardo. You’re hurting him!" I yelled
CORA’s POV…Tears streamed down my cheeks as I stared at the condition Edgar was in. They were all cowards—the beta, the elders—every single one of them was.I rushed to the beta; I knew every single one of them was scared of defying him, but I decided to try my luck. Maybe the beta would be able to help. "He’ll kill him; please help him." I told him as tears streamed down my cheeks.He turned to the man and the alpha, and all he did was shake his head. I rushed to Leonardo, "stop this, let him go." I told him as I struggled to get him free, but he wasn’t willing to do so."He dared to touch you today; I won’t spare him!" He yelled, and I shook my head.I went to the beta, and this time, I knelt in front of him. "He didn’t touch me, I swear. Please stop the alpha. He’ll kill Jim if you don’t do something about it." I told him, and just as alpha Leonardo was about to send a knife through Edgar, the beta stepped in."Alpha Leonardo!" He called as he held on to the alpha’s hand.Despite
With my heart racing so much, I recalled what he had done to Edgar. For crying out loud, the man didn’t even do anything to him, yet he had been such a jerk to him.I sighed, and I turned to leave when he pulled me back, pinning me to the wall as he stared at me. "And where are you off to?" He asked me, and I ignored him, trying my best to get out of his reach."Let go of me!" I told him, tears streaming down my cheeks as I tried to get away from him."And why should I? You’re the one who refused to let go of me when I wanted to be free of you, so tell me, why should I let you go?" He asked me, and I rolled my eyes."Leave me; I owe you no explanations." I told him and was about to leave when he dragged me back, pinning me to the wall again, this time with his chest pressing against mine, and I swallowed."You do, Cora. I own you, and as such, you owe me every damn explanation." He told me, and I pushed him away as I turned to leave."What do you even want? Don’t you think you’ve alre
With how close he was to me at this moment, I could feel my heart racing. I swallowed as I stared at him, and he gulped."You are?" I managed to speak, and he placed his hands on the wall with a smirk on his face."Didn’t you know already? You’ve been asking if I was jealous for a very long time, and now I’ve answered the question." He told me, and this time, he leaned in even more.I gulped as his hot breath brushed through my skin like a breeze on a beautiful summer day, and I closed my eyes, swallowing at intervals. He chuckled slightly, tucking my hair behind my ears as he planted a soft kiss on my cheeks, and damn, that was the first time it actually sent shivers all the way from my heart, to my spine, to my stomach, and then all the way down to my legs.I opened my eyes slowly to see him staring at me, and I knew that if I continued to stand there in front of him, I might end up doing something I would regret."Excuse me." I told him and was made to leave when he dragged me back