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.

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

on the down low for a while for some crazy mission and it’s why he faked his death, but he was fine all along. But who am I kidding?

I

creak of footsteps behind me makes me sit

turn, even when his cinnamon and earthy

have been around here so

anywhere.

a job?” I ask, not taking my

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

He says as he walks over to my little one, crouching down

his arms for him.

in happiness before he runs into his arms,

help but feel happy seeing

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

auburn-haired man.

and looks at me with his

eyes that

gemstones.

to,”

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

not suicidal.” I say as I stand up and

falls over his forehead as he stands

you. You look like you want to kill

say, poking my eyes out at him.

Jax, seriously. I’m actually off to train. I’m going to leave Shane with Mishiko.”

join you. I could use a workout.”

doesn’t. The man is

to though, he’s

to once I was mentally

break the bond between Shane and me and I know I have begun seeing

right.

ass kicked?” I say instead, as I scoop up Shane while he holds

his

He replies with

think those short legs of yours will reach.’

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I’m average,” I say as I walk towards the back door and

my books,” he counters, making me give him another pointed look – one

with

to the private training hall after I drop Shane off at Mishiko’s. Mishiko is the wife and

closest friends.

Aya is eleven months old now, and she is

a kick before I step back

I gasp as I almost trip over his

a smirk as I regain my

balance.

were you even standing so close?”

into me,” he says cockily as I pull away, very

along my hips.

another and as

touch makes me feel things I don’t want to. His

look away. 1

like a pig, and I

stomach and neck. I look

towel. Well, who cares? I’m not here

to look pretty.

here to work out? The machines

jerk of my

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

Want to spar?” he asks, cocking

thank you,” I say, pulling out my hair tie and letting my hair down, only to brush my fingers through it before I pull it back up into a

over my stomach. before he