After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Suddenly, the fog of sleep lifted, and reality crashed into him.

The woman in his arms wasn't Elizabeth.

She was one of his female subordinates, het wide eyed innocence masking a deeper intent. Leo's heart pounded with anger and shame.

He pushed her away so forcefully that she stumbled backward, nearly falling to the ground.

chest heaved as he glared at her, his voice laced with icy fury. "Who let you in here?"

The woman, shocked and embarrassed, fell to her knees on the plush carpet, her head bowed.

"Alpha, please-why do you torture yourself like this? I'm willing to give myself to you. I don't care if I have no name, I don't care if" "Get out!" Leo barked, his voice dangerously low.

His fists clenched at his sides, struggling to control his rage.

"You think you can compare yourself to "her"? To Elizabeth? Get out now, and never come near me again!"

The woman's face turned crimson with humiliation..

She hastily pulled her coat over her shoulders and scurried from the room, sobbing quietly as the door clicked shut behind her.

When the door closed, the room fell into an oppressive silence.

Leo sank back into the couch, burying his face in his hands.

The anger, the guilt, the unbearable longing for Elizabeth-it all collided inside him, threatening to tear him apart.

He murmured her name softly, almost pleadingly.

""Elizabeth..."

than half a year, and every day without her was more painful than the

than to see her again, even from a

but instead, it only seemed

was interrupted by a

sat up, hastily brushing his hands over his

voice steady, the cold, distant Alpha mask slipping back

trusted warrior, entered the room,

dragged in

eyes narrowed as he stood, his gaze

this?" Leo demanded, his

before speaking, his voice heavy with the weight of the news he was

truth about the battle three years ago-the one that led

hardened, but he nodded for

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because of treachery from the Oceanheart Tribe This man," Panther gestured to the prisoner, was bribed to forge the evidence against them. It was Nicholas

frozen, his mind racing as he processed

his heart

Elizabeth's adoptive family had been responsible for his

had targeted her, resented her, all because of

I done?" Leo

the enormity of his

had pushed Elizabeth away, hurt her, punished her for

been

she was

emotions.

him," he ordered, nodding