Chapter 24

Chapter 24

She has given him her heart a long time ago, laid it down at his feet and he picked it up, giving her hope, hope that he would care for it, nurture it and cherish it but the moment his first love returned, he tossed it to the floor and crushed it under his feet. She turns to Kelvin with a wry look in her eyes.

"Can I trust you with a secret? A secret you must take to your grave."

"Of course Leila," Kelvin replies with a serious expression, her words and tone holding every bit of his attention. "You can trust me with anything"

Leila swallows slowly, hoping she does not regret her decision.

"I'm carrying his child Kev," Leila replies. "I'm pregnant

Tatum watches with weary eyes as Kelvin carries Leila in his arms, her arms carefully curled over Kelvin's neck, her head resting peacefully on Kelvin's chest and he feels an odd pain in his heart.

He knows...he understands that their marriage is not really real but why does he feel like this, what is this feeling of something squeezing his heart painfully?

He has always been close to Leila and wanted her to be his mate as a little boy but everything changed when he turned thirteen and Carmela got the phoenix mark.

with Carmela, to care for her, but then,

A duty.

the one he feels comfortable with, happy to be around, it is her smile that fills him

Leila even end up

him to come back and

to the torture chamber open, Leila's smell hanging heavy in the air and before he looks at the eyes of the head warrior, his eyes first fall to the whip clutched in his arm. "Alpha, I

A sign of trouble.

on a very thin thread and one step out of line could cause him to lose his head. He might be the strongest warrior in the pack but he is still

to pay penance, that she regrets hurting the phoenix luna," Clayton replies,

like a woman of her words and if Tatum asks her, she will not

to get away

replies coldly, closing the gap between them and grabbing Clayton by the

She is the Luna, what else would have given me

for doubt

roughly, thinking it made sense for Leila to go to him, Clayton is the head warrior, upholder of law and order

consulted your Alpha," Tatum glares at him, his eyes still

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