I swallowed as I stared at him, and before I could even say anything, Layla got up limping as she rushed to him. Before I could even do anything, she embraced him, and like the drama queen that she was, she started to cry. "Leo, she hates me; I told you she did." She said that, and I stared at her, shocked.Alpha Leonardo turned to me, and I shook my head, trying to speak when she interrupted. She stopped hugging him as she stared at him, and before I knew it, she raised her hand as she showed it to him, and this time, all of a sudden, she had a bruise, and my eyes widened in shock."She did this to me, Leo. Cora did." She said, and I stared at her. This woman never ceases to amaze me. "Just because of what happened at the hall, and because of how I had exposed her, she hurt me." She told him, and I stared at alpha Leonardo whose eyes had never left me since she started pointing those accusing fingers at me.I shook my head as I stared at him. "She’s lying, alpha Leonardo. Don’t belie

I saw her slowly getting up, and I realized that she had been badly injured. That affected me in no single way, so I walked up to her and dragged her by the hair as I stared at her. "Don’t get me angry; come on, start cleaning." I told her, and with that, I pushed her forward.Just then, she stared at me and said, "You would pay for this, Layla. I’m not giving up yet. The alpha is soon going to find out the truth about you, and when that happens, I didn’t even give her the chance to keep saying the rubbish she wanted to say, and with that, I interrupted."You don’t get to say anything to me, especially now that you’ve got a lot of work to do." I told her, and with that, I dragged her out of the throne room.I took her to the maids’ headquarters, and I stood in front of the maids, who were surprised to see me standing there. "Listen to this, everyone. Some maids don’t want to believe they’re maids, and as such, they’ve been defying the alpha. Because of that, he has made a strict rule

I gulped as I stood there, wondering what she could be doing here. She kept on turning at intervals, and it only made me more worried.First of all, she wasn’t even supposed to be here, as it was very dangerous. Not only was it very dangerous, but it just wasn’t supposed to be. She was a woman of class; the alpha had announced her as his mate, so why would she ever be here?I stared at her, and before I knew it, she grabbed a cloak as she placed it over her head, covering her face, and this time, I got even more suspicious."What are you up to, Layla? Why are you here?" I asked myself as I made sure I was very concealed.At intervals, she would turn around, and even at certain moments, she would go around, and I was very scared. What if she saw me here? I swallowed."Who is there? Show yourself!" She spoke as she started to walk in my direction after I had mistakenly stepped on a stick, drawing some attention to myself, and I covered my mouth in shock. What had I just done?How could

"Leo, why are you bothering her?" She asked as she dragged him to herself, and I clenched my fists. My wolf was kicking hard against me as I stared at them, and she chuckled as she wrapped her hands around his neck.My wolf was kicking against me; she was in pain again, and she had suffered enough already. I couldn’t let her go through any more pain. I took a deep inhale and turned, about to leave, when Alpha Leonardo spoke again. "Are you sure you’re alright? You don’t look like you are." He told me, and I closed my eyes.He didn’t care; I had to stop giving myself false hope. He had never cared about me, and he would never care about me. I was just hurting myself by thinking I had a place in his life. The only thing that was still keeping us together was the mate bond, and he didn’t even care about it.I had to stop giving myself fake hope; I just made myself more miserable by doing so. "I’m fine, Alpha." You’re with Layla, aren’t you? She is all that matters to you, so go on. I’m a

CORA’s POV…I couldn’t believe this; how could he say those words to me? How could he be so vile to me? I cried as I rushed to my room, and the moment I got into the room, I fell to the ground in tears.I rushed to my bed as I threw the things on it to the ground in anger. I held on to my hair as I stared at the condition of the room. I closed my eyes as more tears streamed down my cheeks. What was I expecting? Did I really think he would believe me?I rushed to the table as I banged on it angrily. What would I do now? When even my own mate wouldn’t want to believe me, who would believe me? I held on to my hair as the words I heard earlier from Layla to those men kept coming to mind.She was going to have me kidnapped; what would I do then? I sighed; maybe I had to go talk to the alpha again. That was the best thing to do; maybe he would believe me if I told him what I had seen.Tears streamed down my cheeks. If I had to cry and beg at his feet, I would do it. I just couldn’t stay bac