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…

nightmares.” She whispered, her heart thundering as she

forgotten… I sighed, looking down into her eyes that were watching me

suffering under Endora, watching her torture and experiment on everyone, it was pretty normal… When I was five…. She began to sense that I was stronger than Marcel was as

never wanted to lose, yet someone she hated… I was only a pup who wouldn‘t be able to do

scraps of our people to our 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

cigarette right now. “There

were our heroes… our saviours, were allowed 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 became

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

get punished if I was caught, but it was

I didn‘t really know.

wrong were blurred

I was seven and I was burying the bodies of our dead with my bare hands. Endora would come for me, or Dad would take me to her. She‘d tie me up, and all I remember is the excruciating pain that she inflicted on me. I would wake up 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

of the battle against the Djinn a decade ago. You had a

ideas. I did that because no child deserved to be without his or her parents… I did it because it was the right f*****g thing 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 what I did

you have a good heart… just like

what I did, it was never enough… Selene saw everything

hurts is no one knows exactly what you suffered at her hands… you told me 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

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 lucky to have you.” I f*****g wasn‘t expecting her to say that…. not after the s**t I had put her

that child be

one more chance to prove that they mean it. You don‘t need to be chums with them… but maybe putting it behind you will help you move on, and look to the

forgive that.” I replied, coldly glancing down into

your half–brother, right? When he was just

her eyes widening with surprise, before looking up at me

“Are you challenging me?”

I‘m just trying to show you

challenge in 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 not fair on you to

at me. “If you weren‘t pregnant, I‘d f*****g teach you a lesson. You‘re f*****g violent.” I growled, gripping her wrists and yanking her hands away from where she had drawn blood, I pulled her hands against my chest glaring down at her. “Don‘t change the subject Leo, are you really a

that easy.” I

chest slammed against me and she grabbed my shoulders in reflex. Her heart pounded and

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 all I‘m saying to you is to try as

frowned as I stared down at

Try…