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..."

year, and

wanted nothing more than to see

the ache, but instead,

interrupted by a knock

hands over his face, regaining his

voice steady, the

most trusted warrior, entered the room, his

dragged in a man, beaten and

narrowed as he stood, his gaze shifting

Leo demanded, his

with the weight of the news he

about the battle three years ago-the one that led to your injury and the loss of

he nodded for Panther

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Chapter 216

legs were injured, not because of Elizabeth's adoptive parents deserting the battlefield, but because of treachery from the Oceanheart Tribe This man," Panther gestured to the prisoner, was bribed to forge the evidence against

stood frozen, his

and his heart pounded in his

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

her, resented her, all because

have I done?" Leo

glazed over as the enormity of his actions washed over

had pushed Elizabeth away, hurt her, punished her for something

she had been

now, she was

with the intensity of his emotions. Finally, he turned toward Panther, his voice cold, devoid of the warmth

him," he ordered,