Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

Read Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire Chapter 41 – You Don’t Know the Pain

LEO.

“Leo…”

She walked over to me, and the moment she touched my back, sending a rush of sparks through me, I felt a wave of calmness washi over me,

The f*****g bond.

“I didn‘t mean it in a bad way. You know. Hrowing up, everyone called me a freak because I was born with the help of magic, so they found the word fitting. There were even a few people in the pack who refused to acknowledge me because of it.

Heck, some still exist…. as I got older, I stopped telling my family because I didn‘t want to always cause them trouble…” She sighed, and I did my best to remain calm. Flaring anger rushed through me, and I wondered if that was why she was so cheerful because inside she was dealing with a lot.

“I know you always say I‘m the daughter of an Elite. Although my life is nowhere as harrowing as I‘m sure yours has been, I just wanted to let you know that things aren‘t always what they seem.” She moved in front of me, her hand running along my waist, before she placed it on my chest. “It‘s ok to be afraid. I sometimes am… like right now. I don‘t know how this will work… with this baby… us… What will we tell our child? Why aren‘t we together?”

She placed her hand on her stomach, and that intense urge to touch it once more tempted me, but I didn‘t.

“We‘ll figure it out…” I said quietly. We would… I would figure it out for all of you…

I saw the vulnerability in her eyes when she had told me her situation.

Tonight had felt like a snippet of the life that maybe we could have… Her, Corrado… our unborn pup… She‘d be the mother Corrado would love. Even if she wasn‘t what I would have expected, somehow, she had won him over, the perfect balance of wild, cheeky and mature…

I reached up, brushing her silky locks back. Her eyes fluttered shut for a second as my fingers grazed her skin ever so lightly.

These sparks… What were they?

So unexplainable…

She leaned into my touch, her head tilting up slightly, and that intense tension returned.

I wanted her.

“Yeah… maybe we will.” She responded quietly. We fell silent, but I didn‘t remove my hand from her hair, my thumb caressing her jaw. 1 knew what I was afraid of, but I‘d never speak it out loud… I was f*****g afraid of us letting our guards down once more, only to be cast aside like always…

She whispered, her heart

I thought she‘d have forgotten… I

She began to sense that I

hated… I was only a pup who wouldn‘t be able to do any damage to her anyway, for now. But I saw it all, the beatings, the torture,

own. Creating the wendigos… it was sick. No one would hear me… because those who had a chance to do something… well they were under her control or too scared to rebel. I was just

away, wishing I had a cigarette right now. “There

to storm into this pack and caused more suffering. I get the reasons, I f*****g do. I know the pain when one‘s mate is hurt, but then I realised violence is dealt with, with violence. Was there a difference between good and evil when those views and beliefs

and so I had secretly unlocked the cell and cleared the escape route for her. She never knew I had helped her back then, and I made sure no one saw me, but I had wanted to help her because she didn‘t deserve the torture

I snuck her food I‘d get punished if I was caught, but

I didn‘t really know.

wrong were

bleeding after blacking out on the floor, and I would just get up and get back to my sorry life.” I was unable to hide the pain and bitterness from my voice. “Do you know how it felt to drag the dead body of my mother to try to bury her? A body that I couldn‘t even recognise after her transformation into a Wendigo?” 4 She reached up cupping my face, her heart pounding and her eyes full of anger and pain. I was unable to stop myself from grabbing hold of her waist. My own emotions were a f*****g storm, I had never told anyone that s**t. “I‘m so d**n sorry

battle against the Djinn a decade ago. You

to do… not because of the b*****d.” I replied icily. “Rafael Rossi… I want to believe that if he knew, he wouldn‘t have let Rayhan do what he did. I did

good heart… just like Marcel said.” She

it was never enough… Selene saw everything right?

to speak to my parents, and I think you need to do the same… But regardless of that… Do you know what I see? I see an incredible human before me, a true leader, one with compassion, strength, and justice. Hell, I can‘t believe I‘m saying this. Did you put something in the

to manipulate.” I replied mockingly. “Oh I‘m not, but jokes aside, you are a good person Leo, and I‘m lucky that you are the father of my child. He or she will be

that child

it Leo… give them one more chance to prove that they mean it. You don‘t need to be

there‘s no way to forgive that.” I replied, coldly glancing down into her dazzling silver eyes. 2 “There is, if you truly

even refuse to meet your half–brother, right? When he was just an

eyes widening with surprise, before looking up at me

“Are you challenging me?”

show you reason.” I replied

her eyes. “Not enough. Talking to your half–brother who didn‘t do s**t isn‘t enough.” She raised her eyebrow, her nails digging into my neck. What the f**k was with this girl and violence? 2 “Fine, I‘ll visit her grave… I will speak my mind and I will tell my parents how I feel about Indigo…and you, you tell Marcel how hard you had it. It‘s

she had drawn blood, I pulled her hands against my chest glaring down at her. “Don‘t

isn‘t that easy.” I shot back, gripping her hips and

against me and she grabbed my shoulders in reflex. Her heart pounded and my d**k throbbed at the feel

but I‘ve forgiven you for what you did to me… I‘m dealing with the fact that you‘re only being nice to me because of this pup! I‘m trying, and

I stared down at

Try…