After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 189

In heat? The words felt foreign to me.

As someone who hadn't fully embraced my werewolf side until recently, I hadn't experienced the full force of a heat cycle before.

Now, the heat that radiated through my body felt like fire, consuming every rational thought / had left.

My body ached with a need I didn't understand, and the intensity of it left me feeling unsteady, weak.

Leo's hands were gentle as they moved along my back, offering comfort, but also stoking the embers of the fire burning inside me.

't fight it," he murmured, his voice a soft plea. "Let me help you. We're mates, Sherry. This is natural"

I trembled in his arms, torn between the desire to push him away and the overwhelming need to be closer to him.

He was right-every instinct screamed that we were meant to be together, that only he could ease the relentless ache spreading through my body.

My fingers dug into his shirt, but I couldn't bring myself to let go.

Leo's lips brushed against my neck, sending a shiver down my spine.

"If you don't let me help you, the heat will come back, and it will only get worse. It's painful, Sherry. Trust me."

My resolve crumbled in that moment, and I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

His touch was intoxicating, and with every kiss, every caress, the haze of my heat cycle took over completely. When I awoke the next morning, the room was empty.

The spot beside me in the bed where Leohad been was cold, and an uneasy feeling settled in my chest.

I reached over to find a small note left on the pillow:

Elizabeth

*You're past the worst of it now. The war is about to begin, and I need to make preparations. I didn't want to wake you, but I've left breakfast for your in the dining room. No matter what happens, I want you to know that I will always love you. Stay safe. - Leo"

The words made my chest tighten, and I wasn't sure if it was from lingering emotion or confusion.

Everything that had happened last night-everything he had said, everything we had shared-it felt monumental, yet I was left feeling.. incomplete.

if something still hung between us,

popped up on my phone and

short trip or a gig, but rather Orlando's intention to take me to settle there on a permanent

also means that I'm going to say goodbye to

up

tell Leo about this decision on his birthday

last night's passion echo through my

clouded

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dressing, I made my way downstairs, hoping the breakfast he'd mentioned would at least distract me from my complex emotions. But as I entered the dining room, my

Ceccily and

The audacity.

her plate, a self-satisfied smirk playing

Silvermoon soon,

approached the table, the cold fury rising

to me, her eyes wide with

to stop them, Miss Sherry, but

I waved the servant off and turned my attention

I asked, "Who told you you could touch anything in the house or

expression wavered between outrage and a

as she desperately tried to maintain

strained grin. "What's

shift in demeanor, and my voice was steady but firm

hung in the air like a blade,

until

flashing. Tve heard the news-Leo is heading to war. The rogues are ruthless this time, and there's a very real chance he won't come back alive. What will you do then, huh? When you're left alone with no one to rely on?" Her voice sharpened as she leaned forward. "If you start treating

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the absurdity of her offer, the sound bubbling up from

tone calm but resolute. "My reliance is not on Lea. I stand on my own.

quiet up until now, finally locked up from his

he chewed obnoxiously, making a show of loudly sharping the food that was never

playful glint in

sight of him made my

made my skin crawl. I took a slow,

I said, my voice