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,

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

settle there on a

going to say goodbye to the people

made up

Leo about this decision on his birthday yesterday, but too much

feeling the remnants of last night's passion

too clouded to sort

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

were Ceccily and

The audacity.

a

mind. Since I'll be the Mistress of Silvermoon soon, I figured I should get used to things

I approached the table, the cold fury rising

to me, her eyes wide with

to stop them, Miss Sherry,

and turned my attention

you could touch anything

her expression wavered between outrage and a

lips twitched as she desperately

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

shift in demeanor, and my voice was steady but firm as I replied, "We are not family. And right now, you're going to

the air like a blade,

until

then, huh? When you're left alone with no one to rely on?" Her voice sharpened as she leaned forward. "If you start treating us with a bit more respect now, maybe I'll consider letting you carry Derek's

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the absurdity of her offer, the

stand on my own. This is my place, and I am asking

until now, finally locked up from his

his face as he chewed obnoxiously, making a show of loudly sharping the food that was never meant for

glint

sight of him made my

my skin crawl.

said, my voice