CORA’s POV…He moved away from me as he ran his fingers through his hair, and I swallowed as I stared at him. "You can’t threaten me, Alpha." Your heart just won’t let you, so why are you doing this? Why can’t you just accept the fact that we are destined to be together?" I asked him, and in anger, he turned back to me as he pinned me to the wall, placing his hand on my throat as he started to strangle me.I struggled to get his hands off my neck, but it felt like he was just too upset to even let that happen. "I’d rather get mate to a stone than accept you as my mate. What don’t you understand, Cora? Tell me, what is it that is so hard to understand about the fact that I am now mated to Layla? Is it so hard to understand rejection? You know what? I never thought that for someone like you, rejection would be such a big deal." He told me as he turned away from me, and at that moment, I knew where he was headed.He wanted to start rubbing salt in my wounds. He wanted to remind me of the

She stared at me, and I smirked slightly. "What’s wrong? Didn’t you challenge me earlier? I’m only accepting your challenge, darling. Don’t you forget that." I reminded her, and she swallowed as she stared at me."It’s fine, Alpha." Say whatever you want to me and whenever you want to say it, but I know one thing, and that’s certain: you won’t ever hurt me, not intentionally at least. Even if you’re not in love with me, I know that the mate bond is strong, and it won’t let you hurt me, not ever." She told me, and I clenched my fists.Hearing her speak, it felt like she was responsible for all the pain I usually felt within my wolf every time I hurt her. I gritted. "You wouldn’t want to put that to the test, Cora. That is certain." I told her, and she chuckled slightly."Never mind, alpha. You’ll come to admit sooner rather than later that you can’t hurt me. We’re destined to be together." She put her hand on my chin as she slowly caressed it. I clenched my fists even harder. What was

As she knelt in front of me, I could feel the hesitation, especially with how she was taking so long to raise her hands to start pleasing me."What’s wrong? Would you rather I killed you?" I asked her, and she shivered in fear as she shook her head in fear.I could see her hands shaking as she placed her hands on my laps, and when I saw that she was taking so long to start, I grabbed her by the hair. "Tell me, what’s wrong? Why are you wasting so much time? Does it look like I have all the time in the world to waste?" I asked her angrily, and she shook her head."I’m so sorry, Alpha, I..." She was stuttering as she raised her head away from me, and I heard her voice start to shake.I sighed as I turned her back to face me. "When you speak to me, speak very clearly. I don’t have all the time to waste, got it?" I asked her, and she nodded as she raised her head to me."I’m so sorry, Alpha." I can’t. I just can’t; I’ve never done it before." She told me, and I stared at her, shocked.One

CORA’s POV…As I sat in the garden, the wonderful breeze blowing my hair to my face, I could not help but close my eyes. It felt so peaceful here—far more peaceful than it was in the house. I sighed, "Thank goodness there’s a garden; it feels like heaven; at least I’d get to be in peace, away from these people." I spoke to myself as I rubbed my hands slightly against my arm.I closed my eyes. I just needed to be away from that house—away from everyone for some time at least. I sighed as I got up, walking to the swing in the garden as I sat in it, moving myself in it from time to time. What came over me while I was with Leonardo, and why was I feeling this hurt that he had chased me away?I was honest with him; I really didn’t know how to do those things that he had asked me to do, so why did he choose to push me away that way? When I first started, it was very hard for me, but the moment he placed his hand on mine, I felt a certain jolt, and I was sure it was the mate bond doing its t

CORA’s POV….Walking out on Alpha Leonardo like that after giving him a huge piece of my mind felt like a great thing to do. I knew he felt insulted, and I was very proud of myself for being able to make him feel that way.He thought he could insult everyone, put them down, and get away with it every single time, didn’t he? If I were here now, I would show him it wasn’t okay to just do that.I sighed as I walked into the house, turning one more time to see him standing there. I couldn’t really see his face since I was now far away from him, but then I could see one thing, and that was the fact that he was very angry, and the fact that he kept on hitting the swing was evidence of that.I had to admit, it really did hurt me to see him like that, and I had the mate bond to blame for it, but I had to endure; he deserved it after all. I smiled to myself slightly as I flipped my hair, and just as I was walking into the house, feeling very proud of what I had just done, I accidentally bumped