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LEO. "So that’s him?" Song asked Azura quietly. "Yup." "Ok Azura, he’s so-" "Don’t, I bet his big ears are listening in." Azura muttered. I was outside the hospital room whilst they talked inside quietly, but yeah I could still hear and see them with the door slightly ajar. Azura was sitting next to her friend with her arms around her. We had gotten back pretty fast, I had Azura with me and I knew instantly why she had felt that pain. In the fight, I had overexerted myself, and she had felt it… Luckily, she had regained consciousness pretty quickly before we even got back to pack grounds. Since then, she has been watching me intently, almost calculatingly… I had to fucking make sure that didn’t happen again, for her sake… But then what about overall? The bottom line was I'm fucking dying, and that pain would only increase as the days and weeks passed by. The doctor had checked her over and she was fine. As for her friend, she had been tended to and was in good care, although
LEO. I had gotten a few hours of sleep in before going for a light run, making sure not to overexert myself, especially since I did not want Azura to feel my pain. I had returned home, showered and dressed before dealing with a little paperwork that I was falling behind on. It wasn’t long after that Corrado had woken up, and I had stopped working to spend a little time with him. We were now seated opposite one another, with a breakfast prepared by Rosaline in front of us. Corrado ate silently, a deep frown on his face. The first thing he had done when he ran out of his bedroom was ask where Azura was... not hiding the fact that he had expected her to be here. Seriously, this kid. He had then become serious, frowning and watching me like a father would their disobedient pup. "What did you do Daddy?" He asked suddenly, placing his spoon down. I raised an eyebrow while drinking my coffee. "What did I do?" "Why isn't Azura here? Did you make her angry?" He asked, looking at me wi
LEO. Two hours had passed, and I was working with Ace, Jax, Dan and Li Sheng. There was so much I fucking needed to deal with, and although it felt like everything was fucking spiralling out of control, I would fix it. Emmet had grabbed the chair when I had been distracted by the sheer shock of his revelation. He had slammed it into my back with such force, the leg had ripped through my clothes and back. But I had been far too wrapped up in my own thoughts to realise what had happened, until he was dragged away to his cell, and my men had begun worrying over me. The dull ache remained in my back, but it was healing quickly enough. I had had it cleaned and bandaged by one of the guards, not wanting to waste time by going down to the hospital. "Alright, I need to get going. Start the preparations, Ace you need to get to Web. Dan, check Emmet’s laptop and office, see if you can find any bank statements or if he has any accounts that we don’t know of, or in any other names. Li Sheng ha
AZURA. I sensed his struggle and knew I had to do something, even if he had been a total asshole to me last night. I mean, he had protected me from Judah and gotten rid of him. ‘Don’t be so stubborn, forgive him Leo.’ I said softly. I wanted to do more… I wanted to cup his face and tell him he wasn’t alone, but I couldn’t bring myself to do so when he didn’t want me, and so I simply tried to comfort him silently through the bond. He exhaled sharply, taking another drag of his cigarette before he turned back to his father, his tattooed hand closing around my wrist just when I was about to remove it. Not letting me move away. "It’s in the past… You don’t need my forgiveness. I just needed it off my chest." Leo said curtly, acting as arrogant as ever, but it was obvious that Marcel’s words had gotten to him. "Thank you son, I'm glad you told me." Marcel said quietly, approaching us. The father and son looked at one another, and I slowly tugged my hand free, this was their moment.
LEO. She played me fucking dirty and left. But despite the fucking beast she awoke within me, it was her words that really got to me. ‘Although I’m not enough for you…’ If I wasn't half as stubborn as I fucking was, I would have told her the truth that that shit ain’t true… But yeah, that’s all there fucking was to it… I felt lighter getting that over with, and it reminded me of the past when I at least had my father… It’s just a shame it's too late for all of that to be back. Right? I was delaying… I knew I was far past the stage of Kiara being able to help me, but I don’t think I wanted to hear it. Even if I already knew the truth. I pushed the thought away thinking back to the moment between Azura and Corrado. Corrado has only ever said ‘I love you’ to three people before now; Dad, Winona, and me. It had hit hard… He had taken to her, I didn’t need any more fucking signs that she was meant for me. That hatred I felt… even the word elites… it all seemed so fucking far in the
The entire mansion was abuzz, I had never fucking seen it so alive. Marcel didn’t really host parties, and those that did take place would be in the Pack Hall. "Leo, Corrado, ah, you are both ready." Marcel said, coming over, wearing a pair of beige pants and a black shirt. "Care to share what exactly this party is for?" "For Azura!" Corrado added. "Yeah… I get that." I said tugging his cheek before looking at Marcel seriously, mind linking him. ‘But the reason? She’s not a part of this pack, and neither are we… a couple.’ ‘No seems not, or not officially, but she is still carrying your child. A part of this pack’s future.’ He replied through the link. ‘The pack knows that.’ 'Exactly, and so we are celebrating that.’ Marcel said with a small smirk just as we heard the sound of heels running over. "Alpha Marcel I have the last of them. Sorry, I'm late." Winona’s breathless voice came. We both turned to see Winona holding a small box. She was wearing a one-sleeved ruched fitted
AZURA. It was so hard having to pretend that he had no effect on me when all I wanted was to be in his arms. My entire body reacted to just his presence being near, I felt giddy, and even breathing became difficult. The way that he had looked at me had made my core clench in desire, but Nikki’s presence had been a pretty good slap in the face. I had thankfully been able to keep control of myself and give him the cold shoulder. I walked into the garden, gulping in a desperately needed mouthful of air. I needed something to drink… Jackie excused herself, so Song and I made our way over to the drinks bar. Both of us grabbing a non-alcoholic drink. "So, was that her?" Song asked softly. "Yup, that was her." I replied, downing my drink and sighing. "I can’t believe she’s in red." Song murmured, trying to keep her voice down. "Hmm, I guess it was purely coincidental." I replied. Song frowned. "I don’t like her, and something tells me it really wasn’t coincidental." "Yeah, me neith
AZURA. "Yeah, I get what you mean. Before Emmet, I had a boyfriend… in fact, I never liked Emmet back then. He just… we just clashed. Our mentalities were different, although both of us were friends with Leo. That was until the bond… and it’s so strong… it consumes you. And I know a bond with an Alpha is even more intense. Anyway, when the bond snapped into place everything changed. Me and my boyfriend broke up. Although I knew it really affected him, it was the obvious thing to do when you find your mate, and he didn’t make it harder for me… and soon I found myself falling for Emmet. Then, when I was completely smitten, deeply in love, that’s when it all began… I'm sorry I lied to you, and in front of Eric too. I just- I just didn’t know what else to do." She hugged herself, staring at the water in the pool. "I'm going to reject him, I know it's going to be hard, but I'm going to do it. I should have done it ages ago when he first began hurting me to vent his anger...." I looked at