Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

Precious Bond Ch 1. Mates

Takes place shortly after the epilogues of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire & The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin.

I would recommend reading The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin before this novella. However, if you don’t, it won’t ruin the story.

PRECIOUS BOND

The Untold Tales of the Alpha and Legacies

Series

KAREENA.

Mates.

For our kind, your mate is a part of you, not just a partner, but your life source. The very air you

need to breathe, and the very touch and caress

you need to keep going. Their caress, their

voice, their promises; they become your life.

But what happens when they are suddenly

ripped from you with no warning? 2

What happens when they tell you they’ll be there for that movie and dinner date tonight,

only for their lifeless, mutilated body to be brought to you? 1

What happens when your entire world is ripped apart, and you’re left wondering why me?

Mates are a beautiful thing, yet equally deadly as they are beautiful.

My life was perfect from the moment he stepped into it. Every day was filled with happiness and

love until it was not.

In seconds, it became a living nightmare when he left me all alone… or so I thought

Because even as he parted, he left me something

to hold on to, as if knowing that without him I’ll die. As if he knew I needed something that would make me try to live.

Something strong enough for me to try to surface the deep dark waters that were drowning me. They were meant to be my emotions, but they began to suffocate me until I

began fighting for his parting gift…

But it wasn’t easy… it’s never easy…

Less than two years ago I lost my mate, my all…

My husband, Shane Dunn. 3

A sharp wind blows through my brown hair, and

I brush my fingers through it as I look at my son, Shane, named after his father. He’s fifteen months now and the spitting image of his

father.

He has blond hair and grey eyes. His eyes might be a mix of both of ours as my own are a greyish blue, but otherwise, he is a mini version of his

father.

He’s currently kicking a ball around in the garden of our home, one which Shane and I

lived in after we got married. There have been

moments it’s all felt overwhelming – that I want to leave it… but then, I can’t bring myself

1. have left

I feel as if he’ll open the door and come back.

for a while for some crazy mission and it’s why he

happens. I buried him.

behind me makes me

but I don’t turn, even when his

around here so often that I can recognise them

anywhere.

on a job?” I ask, not

He’s in cargo pants, tan boots and a fitted black shirt that hugs his muscular physique and I realise he must have just

He says as he walks over to my little

his arms for him.

in happiness before he runs

but feel happy seeing

over, you should have gotten some rest first,” I say quietly to the

auburn-haired man.

looks at

eyes that

gemstones.

wanted to,” he

away, crossing my arms. It’s a little chilly.

I’m not suicidal.” I say as I

hair falls over his forehead as he stands

Good to know, doesn’t mean I trust you. You look like you want to kill something.”

poking my eyes out at

to train. I’m

use a workout.”

really doesn’t. The man is

need to though, he’s done his part, and he

that moment he rejects me… I was meant to once I was mentally coping better, but the more I see him, the harder

begun seeing him as someone

right.

say instead, as I scoop up Shane while

his hands.

replies with a smirk, “I don’t

think those short legs of yours

})

average,” I say as I walk towards the

my books,” he counters, making me

with a wink.

follows me to the private training hall after I drop Shane off at Mishiko’s.

closest friends.

eleven months old now, and she is

right back, and following up with a kick before I step back so the swinging bag

I gasp as I almost trip over his feet and he grabs me by the

smirk as I regain my

balance.

even standing so close?” I

came knocking into me,” he says cockily as I pull away, very aware of the tingles from the bond

along my hips.

marked one another and as

but admit that his touch makes me feel things I don’t want to. His

and I look away. 1

a pig, and

stomach and neck. I look around but

a towel. Well, who cares? I’m not here

to look pretty.

here to work out? The machines

jerk of my head towards the

only one sweating, although he’s smart enough to keep

my sets. Want to spar?” he asks,

I say, pulling out my hair tie and letting my hair down, only to brush

trailing over