The Dark Side of Fate

~Amelia~

Telling Linda and Tamia that Leo and I were returning to the east was more challenging than I thought.

Linda actually cried and told me she did not want me to leave. Left to her, we should move in, but Leo was head alpha of the east, so we had to return sometime.

They did not know we were fated. I didn’t tell them; I am sure Leo hasn’t told anyone.

Maybe he didn’t want anyone to know yet, so I let it be our secret, but I could not be away from him for long.

Their love for me and reluctance to let me leave had nothing to do with how I defended them; although they were very grateful, it had more to do with the fact that we were forming a bond.

I never knew I would ever be friends with the rulers of our world.

I did not even expect that I would be friends with Queen Tamia. To also think she was Leo’s ex-wife was incredible.

Honestly, when Leah spoke to me back in Mountain, I felt a bit intimidated and believed I wouldn’t make the cut, that was why I brazed myself for failure, but Leo had blown my mind away.

He had shown me more love in the north than in the east.

I thought he wouldn’t be able to do so because of Tamia, but Tamia being there also helped him grab onto me tighter.

The accident shook me, and I was scared, but that wasn’t why I requested we return home.

I felt our relationship was heading somewhere, and I wanted us to be in that small space again, so we could connect faster.

There was just too much in the north.

The King always called for Leo, and I had to spend time with Tamia and the others.

I loved it, but it robbed Leo and me of our privacy, something we desperately needed.

I was glad he agreed and hoped we visited the north often.

Also, I pray they don’t get attacked again and remain safe.

I wished I could split myself into two and stay to protect them, but even I had my limits too.

Max seemed excited, and I missed him.

He was quiet and inactive at the estate, and I later learned it was because of Avery.

Although Avery never told me what he did, Katya did.

I didn’t want to believe at first because he seemed different, but I knew she wasn’t lying when I saw how the guy acted around Marcel and how he was permanently excluded from everything.

I hope he finds peace and moves on because he has had it worse than Kyle. The woman he betrayed Avery for had died, and he had lost his pack. He lost on all fronts.

Our flight was smooth, and we arrived at Mountain in the afternoon. Casper had come to get us from the airport and was happy to see Leo.

I could see it, and some might not

Leo’s house, and I breathed in and exhaled when I stepped in. I

everywhere, the kitchen, the dining table, the sitting

I smiled.

and Mirabel’s scent. Remembering those two made me laugh a bit. To think Timothy was planning to slide his daughter into Leo’s life in the

and I walked to mine to

scent. I

bag, set it on the floor,

the

and

and I had learned that intimacy with consent is a

done better and kept improving with

freshen

spend too much time

and wore

the cupboard, then searched my shelf for a book I had not read

space. If

more progress now that

heart because they were good friends, but I hoped he would create a place for me that would

I could smell his earthy scent, so I

I said, and he

relaxed and refreshed, and he had a broad

and I smiled at him, and then

in front of me with a smile, and

smiled back, a bit nervous about what he was about to say because, from the look in

finally said to calm my nerves,

and touched my

my book and stand. Then he held me in his arms and lifted my chin to look

being patient with me, Amelia. Rejecting you was unfair, and I would want to spend the rest of my life proving to you that I am sorry,” He

did not know what he was about to do, but I was eager to find out. My nerves were

stupid to think right. You are mine, given to

my support and my strength, my wisdom

better half, my

a fire that was put out

me heal

for the pain in my past and a promise for a brighter and better future,” he

know

welled up in my

not believe Leo was

crawl, walk, jump, and fly, but he had gone from

looked into his eyes. It was him and not

to wake up without you beside me. I do not want to look back and regret that

not want to lose the