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. I have left of

as if he’ll open the door and come back. With some wild reason that

while for some crazy mission and it’s why he faked his death, but he was fine all along.

I

footsteps behind me

I don’t turn, even when his cinnamon and earthy scent

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

anywhere.

ask, not taking my eyes off

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

as he walks over to my

his arms for him.

he runs into his arms, laughing.

feel happy seeing how

over, you should have gotten some rest first,”

auburn-haired man.

turns and looks at

green eyes that remind me

gemstones.

wanted to,” he

crossing my arms. It’s a little chilly. I should have grabbed

worried about us. I’m not suicidal.” I say as I stand up and motion Shane over. Jax cocks a brow. A strand

falls over his

trust you. You look like

I say, poking my eyes out at

actually off to train. I’m going

could use a workout.” He says. I stop in my tracks.

The man is pure

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

his life. I’m waiting… waiting for that moment he rejects me… I was meant to once I was mentally coping better, but the more I see

marked one another to break the bond between Shane and me and I know I have begun seeing him as someone who is always there, someone

right.

I say instead, as I scoop up Shane while he holds on tightly

his

can try.” He replies with a smirk, “I

short legs

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average,” I say as I walk towards the

short in my books,” he counters, making me

with a wink.

me to the private training hall after I drop Shane off at

closest friends.

is eleven months old now, and she is a happy baby who loves

and following up with a kick before I step back so the swinging bag doesn’t hit me, only

I almost trip over his feet

smirk as

balance.

even standing so close?”

says cockily as I

along my hips.

one another and as much as

his touch makes me feel things

and I look away.

sweating like a pig, and I can

my stomach and neck. I look around

a towel. Well, who

to look pretty.

here to work out? The

with a jerk of my head towards the weights.

not the only

spar?”

down, only to brush

lower, trailing over my stomach. before