That thought, like an arrow, pierced through my heart, and I clenched my fists. What was happening to me? Why was I suddenly thinking about this now? Why didn’t I think of this before when I was at the house?My life was in danger; Layla had plans to kill me, so why was I this way? Why wasn’t I just hurrying to leave the place? Why was Alexa acting this way? She was kicking against me so fiercely, and at that moment, I didn’t even know what to do.I held on to my bag tightly; nothing would change my mind. I had already made the decision to leave the pack, and I had only made it with mine and Alexa’s well-being in mind. As for Alpha Leonardo, he could go to hell.Why did I have to care about him? Did he ever care about me all those times? All those times that I struggled to be without a mate, was he ever there? Even when he found out that I was his mate, what did he do? He tried to turn me into a stripper.No, I would never let this continue. I had to be worried about myself. The moon

CORA’s POV…I placed my hand on my chest as I looked around. It was already late; what would I do now? I was feeling really scared, and the reason for my fears was simply not because I was all alone, away from the pack that was supposed to keep me safe, but because of the awful feeling of danger being around the corner.I swallowed as I picked up my bag, getting off the floor. It wasn’t safe to just sit here; I had to go around. Perhaps walking around the bushes until I arrived at a safe place would be best for me. As I got up, I fell to the ground, and that was because of the pain in my legs.I closed my eyes, pressing my lips tightly as I swallowed. I looked around. What happened to those nighttime guards? Why weren’t they here? I took a deep inhale as I rolled my eyes. Why would they be here? Cora was involved, after all.When it came to me, the moon goddess never hesitated to cause me pain. Whenever I was involved, she made sure that things would never go in my favor, and I would

She stared at me, and I was sure she couldn’t believe what she had just heard. "Your what?" She asked me, and I turned away from her as I ran my fingers through my hair.How did those words leave my mouth? How did I even blurt out such words? Layla had always been in trouble, and even though most times there wasn’t a reason for it, she made sure to cause it, and now that I had said those words to her, she had a reason to put up a fight with me."Tell me, Leo. What is she to you? Tell me!" She yelled, and I rolled my eyes as I turned away from her."Layla, leave me alone. I’m not in the mood for this." I told her and was made to walk away from her when she held on to me, dragging me back."No, Leo. This time, you won’t be able to get away from my questions. Tell me, what do you mean by she is your mate?" She asked me as she continued to shake me hard, and at this point, I couldn’t take it. I pushed her away as I growled in anger."Leave me; what’s so hard about that, Layla? I have told

CORA’s POV….My heart skipped a beat when I heard them say those words. Were they coming in? What would they do to me now that I was conscious?I held on to my chest and my clothes in particular as their footsteps started to get closer. "Oh, moon goddess, save me, please." I closed my eyes as I said my prayers.My legs were shaking; I could barely stand properly, and this was scaring the hell out of me. I kept on praying to be saved, as I didn’t know what these men were planning to do to me.I sighed as I hid behind the door, looking around the dark room that was scaring the hell out of me. I was still there when the moment I had dreaded since I regained consciousness came, and before I knew it, the door opened.The moment the door came open, a huge ray of light came in, and it almost blinded my eyes because I couldn’t recall the last time I had seen such light.I covered my eyes, and the moment I did that, I almost knocked something over, but luckily, I was quick to realize it, and I

CORA’s POV…,My head was banging, had I not being completely sure that I wasn’t the type to have alcohol, I would have forgotten that I had actually been kidnapped and then brought here by god knew who.I swallowed as I held on to my hand. The fact that the moment I reached for my head, it was so easy made my eyes open immediately and I looked around. Where was I? I itched my head badly as I tried to remember what had happened, and it was only then that I recalled what had happened.I covered my mouth in fear, those men had brought me here. I could recall, I could remember how I had been hit on the head with a stick and then lost consciousness. I shook my head as I tried to get up, but the moment I tried to do that, I fell to the ground again.I groaned in pain as I held on to my legs. They were shaking. I closed my eyes as I took in a deep inhale, I was starving. This wasn’t what I had planned for myself, I hadn’t even made any preparations to come here, or he kidnapped so what could