Chapter Thirty One

Leonel's POV

Unlike the first time he showed up in front of me regarding his friend, his approach is different now. He didn't threaten me. He didn't try to intimidate me with his eyes. Instead, the one standing in front of me is Klaire's friend and clearly, a man who's in love with her. And he's begging me to spare her friend from further pain.

I admit, the thought of him being in love with my fated one does not sit well with me. Especially when Klaire is with him most of the time, but this isn't the right time to be jealous or act all possessive when I do not even have the right to be.

It's the fact that Zella went after her again because of me when she's barely healed.

"Since you came into her life, she's in constant danger, I only ever see her now with a broken and bruised body. Don't you see that your existence is a threat to her? I am afraid that one day, I will see her lifeless body because of you."

And his words felt like knives digging into my heart and soul, and even my wol