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,

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

a gig, but rather Orlando's intention to take me to settle there on a permanent basis, where the music scene was

I'm going to say goodbye to the people and

up my

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

passion echo through my body, but I

too clouded to sort through it

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

the table, were Ceccily and Derrick-eating the

The audacity.

plate, a self-satisfied

I'll be the Mistress of Silvermoon soon,

jaw tightened as I approached the table, the cold fury rising within

the servants came up to me, her eyes wide

tried to stop them, Miss Sherry,

the servant off and turned my attention

"Who told you you could touch anything in

as her expression wavered between

lips twitched as she desperately tried to maintain her

with a strained grin. "What's wrong with sharing

remained unmoved by her sudden shift in demeanor, and my voice was steady but firm

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

until now, surged to

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.

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of her offer, the sound bubbling up

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,

until now, finally locked

his face as he chewed obnoxiously, making a show of loudly sharping

flicked to mine, a playful glint in

him made my

made my skin crawl. I took a slow,

voice dangerously