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 thundering

a moment I thought she‘d have forgotten… I sighed, looking down into her

it was pretty normal… When I was five…. She began to sense that I was

never wanted to lose, yet someone she 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

who had a chance to do something… well they were under her control or too scared to rebel. I was just

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

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

herself, 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

I was caught, but it was ok as long as I did

I didn‘t really know.

wrong were blurred into

caverns as my people, including her. I wanted to protect them all… 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 own emotions were a f*****g storm, I had

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

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

shows that you have a good heart…

I did, it was never enough… Selene

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,

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

would that child

them 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,

no way to forgive that.” I replied, coldly glancing down into her

meet your half–brother, right? When he was just an innocent part of this entire f****d up

looked down, her eyes widening with surprise, before looking up

“Are you challenging me?”

trying to show you reason.”

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…

away from where she had

to do but forgiving isn‘t that

she grabbed my shoulders in reflex. Her

what you did to me… I‘m dealing with the fact that you‘re only being nice to me because of this pup!

frowned as I stared down at

Try…