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,

phone and it read: my ticket to city K has been successfully

didn't mean a short trip or a gig, but rather Orlando's intention to take me to settle there on a

going to say goodbye

up

on his birthday yesterday, but too much had happened

the remnants of last night's passion echo through my body, but I quickly pushed those thoughts

clouded to

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my way downstairs, hoping the breakfast he'd mentioned would at least distract

were Ceccily and Derrick-eating the

The audacity.

a self-satisfied smirk playing

hope you don't mind. Since I'll be the Mistress of Silvermoon soon, I figured I

approached the table, the

the servants came up to

them, Miss Sherry,

and turned

sharp as I asked, "Who told you you could touch anything

expression

as she desperately tried to

with a strained grin. "What's wrong

demeanor, and my voice was steady but firm as I replied, "We are not family. And right now,

words hung in the air like a blade, and Cecily's forced smile

barely concealed until now, surged to

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

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the absurdity of her offer, the sound bubbling up from my

misunderstand," I said, my tone calm but resolute. "My reliance is not on Lea. I stand on my own. This is my place, and I am asking you-on, I

had been quiet up until now, finally locked up

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

glint

sight of him made my

made my skin crawl. I took a slow,

my voice dangerously soft, "are