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.

still hung between us,

that moment, an alert popped up on my phone and it read: my

me to settle there on a permanent

to say goodbye to the people and things of Silvermoon once

up

decision on his birthday yesterday, but too

of last night's passion echo through my body, but I quickly

clouded

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

at the table, were Ceccily and Derrick-eating the breakfast Leo had prepared for

The audacity.

her plate, a

Mistress of Silvermoon soon, I figured

I approached the

servants came up to me, her eyes wide with

them,

waved the servant off and turned my

told you you could touch anything in the house or eat

crimson as her expression wavered between outrage and a forced

lips twitched as she desperately tried

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

was steady but firm as I replied, "We are not family.

words hung in the air like a

until now,

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 us with a bit more respect

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absurdity of her offer,

is not on Lea. I stand on my own.

who had been quiet up until now, finally

obnoxiously, making a show of loudly sharping the food that was

eyes flicked to mine, a playful glint

sight of him

his entitlement-it made my skin crawl. I took a slow, deliberate step toward

said, my voice dangerously