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..."

and every day without her

see

ease the ache, but instead, it only seemed

by a

sat up, hastily brushing his hands over his face, regaining his

in," he commanded, his voice steady, the cold,

entered the room, his

in a man,

his gaze shifting between Panther

demanded, his tone

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

the battle three years ago-the one that

expression hardened, but he nodded for Panther to

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Chapter 216

the battlefield, but because of treachery from the Oceanheart Tribe This man," Panther gestured to the

moment, Leo stood frozen, his mind

his heart pounded in

that Elizabeth's adoptive family had been responsible for his injury, believing that their cowardice had cost him

targeted her, resented her,

have I done?" Leo whispered, his voice

the enormity of his

had pushed Elizabeth away, hurt her, punished her

she had been

she

Leo's body trembled with the intensity of his emotions. Finally, he turned toward Panther, his voice cold, devoid of the warmth it once

he ordered, nodding toward

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