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.

something still hung between us,

popped up on my phone and it read: my ticket to city K has

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

to say goodbye to

made up

planned to tell Leo about this decision on his birthday yesterday, but too much had

feeling the remnants of last night's passion echo through my body, but I

too clouded to sort through

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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

seated at the table, were Ceccily and Derrick-eating the

The audacity.

from her plate, a self-satisfied

don't mind. Since I'll be the Mistress of Silvermoon soon, I figured I should get used to

as I approached the table, the cold fury rising

came up to me, her eyes

to stop them, Miss Sherry,

waved the servant off and turned my attention

you you

face flushed crimson as her expression

as she desperately tried

she said with a strained grin. "What's wrong with sharing a little

by her sudden shift in demeanor, and my voice was steady but firm as I replied, "We

the air like a

anger, barely concealed until now, surged

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

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laugh at the absurdity of her

I stand on my

who had been quiet up until now, finally

grin stretched across his face as he chewed obnoxiously, making a show of loudly sharping the food that was

eyes flicked to mine, a playful glint in them as if daring me to

him made my

his entitlement-it made my skin crawl.

said, my voice dangerously soft,