Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

Read Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire Chapter 23 – An End LEO.

I left the cave and stepped out into the car park, trying to clear my head. Locking the door behind me, I slid to the ground, resting my head against the cold metal of the wall behind me as I took a drag on my cigarette. ‘Winona?‘ I called through the link. ‘Yes, Alpha?‘

Winona, she was one of the few I had taken in. She wasn‘t born in the Sangue pack, but she was still someone I trusted, one of the rare few I trusted completely around my son. ‘What‘s Rosaline cooked tonight?‘

Rosaline was my c**k, she lived two floors down from me and she made the best food for me and Corrado. When I had put out the notice for the position, I remember choosing the one whose food Corrado loved the best after tasting it all. I still remember his smile of happiness.

‘She made chicken pasta, and stuffed taco cups.‘

‘Perfect, bring a tray down to my garage, I‘ll let you down when you‘re outside.‘ ‘Of course.‘

She didn‘t question me, she never did and I was grateful.

‘Oh, and Winona?‘

‘Yes, Alpha?‘

‘Bring a woman‘s toiletry pack, or some s**t with basic supplies.‘ A pause followed before she replied.

‘Is the dinner for one or two?‘

‘One.

‘Understood. Anything else, Alpha?‘ ‘No, I think that‘s it.‘

I stared at the fleet of supercars that I owned. I had it all; power, money, cars, a son, and a girlfriend… but even then, something was missing. 4 Something that was starting to poison my mind, just as I had heard the bond would do. Making even the most powerful of men succumb to the will of their females. I never wanted to become a slave to this s**t, besides… it was f*****g cruel to give false hopes of something I could never offer to anyone… 2

It was the reason I never wanted to mark anyone, but then I had already f****d that s**t up and marked her.

‘Alpha, I‘m at the lift.‘

I got up, walking to the lift and keyed in the passcode. After a few moments the lift opened, to

reveal Winona holding a large tray containing Rosaline‘s delicious pasta, and two stuffed taco cups with mince meat, cheese and jalapenos. There were also two cold bottles of juice and a trifle bowl.

“Thanks, I‘ll take it.” I said, taking the tray from her. “And the supplies.” Winona added with a small smile, holding the bag out to me.

“Thanks.”

“Anytime, Alpha.” She replied, I gave her a small nod, about to close the lift when I looked back at her.

“How‘s Corrado been?”

Her smile vanished and she shook her head.

“He didn‘t eat and has been in a strop since Azura left.”

I nodded.

you like any food

dumb. “No.” I said before

son was f*****g attached

crazy more than anything, but she was

placed the tray next to the bed and dropped the bag onto

few other items, locking them away. I picked up her damaged phone and dropped it into one of the lockable drawers, that wouldn‘t open without my thumbprint and code. Satisfied that I had gotten rid of anything that I didn‘t want her to see, I left the room and headed up to my office from the lift. I had a few hours

Corrado‘s bedroom, only to see he was fast asleep, but I could tell he had fallen asleep upset. His lips were dry and there were tear stains on his

over and kissed his forehead, before I stood up and left the room. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and entered my own bedroom. The smell of Nikki‘s seductive fragrance filled the room, the lights were dimmed, and Nikki was sitting on the bed in red lingerie and a black silk gown, that was fully open, showing off her

up from the bed, but once again I didn‘t want to do this. As s**y as I knew she was, she didn‘t appeal to me anymore. It was f*****g weird how it worked… 2 “I was

arms around my neck, her expression darkening, and I knew she could smell Azura on me. She instantly let go of me and

took her?”

“Yeah, I took her.”

was

“Leo, who is she?”

my jacket and headed through the open arch to the dressing

who is she to you?” Her

arms, looking at me sharply. I

trying to say?” I asked, raising an eyebrow as

looked at me, trying to control her emotions. “You don‘t drive strangers, you don‘t look at other women, Leo… You and Azura… Why do I feel like there‘s more?” Her

Nikki, I don‘t want to

Leo, do you love me? Do you still care for me, or is someone else in your eyes now?”

I ever

my life. A partial distraction from the

up at me with tears in her

that filled me with

She whispered, clutching my shirt. My eyes flashed and I looked down at her, not

on me, which meant I wasn‘t enough, right? And since then, it‘s like you‘re done with

didn‘t exactly cheat.” I

is cheating. You didn‘t even check me out today! I‘m

about to enter the bathroom, when she grabbed my arm. “Leo, what is going on? We‘ve been friends for years before we began dating. I‘m begging you, just tell me what‘s going on with you. How many secrets will you keep

I had

me, what day was it?” I

frowned, thinking

I‘ll never forget.” She

I nodded.

me neither. She was my mate Nikki,

heart was thundering as she let go of me, backing away. Tears began streaming

slept with your mate…” She whispered, dropping onto the

stayed silent, running my hand

“Yeah.”

me sharply, her eyes flashing.

up from the bed, her eyes flashing again. “You brought her here… her mark… Oh f*****g hell, tell me it‘s not true! Did neither

you existed or what you were to me, until she saw us

and I could see

you didn‘t want your mate… Then… Why was she here?” She asked, her voice softer, as if scared I was going to snap, and I f*****g