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. all I have left of him.

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

why he faked his death, but he

never happens. I buried

creak of footsteps behind me makes me sit

when his

it is. His footsteps have been around here so often that I can recognise

anywhere.

you on a job?” I ask, not taking my

tan boots and a fitted black shirt that hugs his

He says as he walks over to my little

his arms

widen in happiness before he

help but feel happy seeing how happy my Shane is.

to rush over, you should have gotten some rest

auburn-haired man.

turns and looks at

eyes that

gemstones.

to,”

away, crossing my arms. It’s a little chilly. I should have grabbed a hoodie…

I stand up and motion Shane over. Jax cocks

over his forehead as he

you. You look like you want

I say, poking my eyes out at

to train. I’m

you. I could use a workout.”

The man

always trying so hard… he doesn’t need to though, he’s done

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

between Shane and me and I know I have begun seeing him as someone who

right.

ass kicked?” I say instead, as I

his

replies with a

short legs of yours

})

am not short, I’m average,” I say as I walk

my books,” he counters, making me give him another

returns with a wink.

drop

closest friends.

eleven months old now, and she is

before I step back so the swinging bag doesn’t hit me, only to slam into a wall of

trip over his

with a smirk as I

balance.

even standing so close?”

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

along my hips.

and as

touch makes me feel things I don’t want to. His smirk fades as he

and I look

pig, and I can feel it

and neck. I look

find a towel. Well, who

to look pretty.

you here to work out? The machines

there.” I say with a jerk of my

and I’m not the only one sweating, although he’s smart enough to keep

spar?” he asks, cocking

down, only to brush my

lower, trailing over my