Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

16. An Outsider AZURA. And with those words, I walked over to him confidently and gave him a big bear hug, praying that thisworked.

I felt Leo's aura rolling off him in waves, but just when I thought he wasgoing to slit my throat in anger, Marcel let out a hearty laugh.

"It's a true honour! I need to hear what is going on, but how about Ilet you finish getting dressed..." He trailed off as his eyes fell on my mark, frowning deeply.

“I never knew you were mated?”

“Oh I am.

Kinda.” I winked.

"Azura is really cool, but she can't cook." Corrado added helpfully.

2 I pouted as I looked at mini Leo, did he really need to add that part? Marcel chuckled, “Wellwe won't need Azura to cook, we have plenty of people who can cook! But I'm happy to see you here.

Surprised, but happy." He placed his hand on my head and I could see the happiness inhis eyes.

I smiled back, seeing Nikki turn and walk off.

Leo glanced at me but didn't say anything, and I had a feeling he knew I wouldn’t say anything, before he followed her, and I heard theirfootstep receding.

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I hated how that hurt.

"Well, I will let you get dressed, come down to mine when you are ready! Come Corrado, I have brought you some gifts.” He picked up his grandson, andthe moment I shut the door after them, I let out a breath of relief and ran a hand through my hair.

Oh for fucks sake, I am so screwed.

My heart thudded when a sudden thought came to me, what if Marcel mentioned to someone thatI was here? Goddess, help me.

I needed some air, entering my bedroom I pushed open one of the windows, taking a few deep breaths to calm myself, not to mention the nausea that was gettingto me.

After a few minutes, I began looking through my things for something decent to wear.

"For fucks sake Nikki, stop it!" I froze when I heard Leo’s voice through the window, my heart thundering.

"'Why were you in her room?! Why is she here?! Something isn’t right and you’re hiding it from me! Who the fuck is she?” “I’m not fuckingdoing this with you! She's no-one." Thanks, dick-face.

But what did I expect? Him to tell her I'm his mate? “Is she? Then why were youin her room?! She was in her bra!" "Oh for real, Nikki? We're fucking werewolves, I've seen hundreds of she-wolves in their bras, or without." Wow, that's one way for you to make a point Leo, fucking perv.

2 “In her room Leo.

With the door shut.

I'm not fucking stupid! I want to know who she is.” “You heard her, she’s a fucking Westwood, happy?” “Exactly! Why would youallow someone from a family you dislike here?! There's something going on!" She shouted.

I felt a wave of guilt wash over me, I was becoming the cause of problems intheir relationship...

I will go to this lunch and then I'll figure something out.

Maybe I needed to go to Alejandro and Kiara.

Plan or not, I had to go.

5 "Leo!" "I'm not having this fucking conversation with you." His voice was fainter, and I heard the distant sound of a door shutting.

I looked at the beige top in my hand, feeling disappointed in myself.

I had wasted enough time mulling over things and coming up with zero solutions.

I walked over to the bed and sat down, taking a moment to collect my thoughts.

Going to Alejandro would fuck up a lot…

would have been my next option, but he wasn't

so I’ve got some pretty wild sex tapes

the same fucker has something on my girls, two of whom are your underage daughters? Oh, and Iaccidentally killed someone and then I was forced to help get rid of the evidence?' Yeah, shit was going to

pushed off the council

my hand through my hair before I stood up and began gathering my

sooner I was out of

gathering my phone

Leo to let Eric

was causing problems, not only for Leo by being here, but for

hand on my stomach, feeling the

needed to reject him before

face if I could, because I wanted to see the pain in

and for a second I wanted to unleash hell, but I simply took a deep breath My phone beeped and I picked it up, mystomach lurching at the unknown number, my heart thundering as I unlocked the

at the text, I closed

you do not tell Marcel anything,

It was Leo.

Thank the goddess.

tell Marcel An hour later I was at Marcel’s mansion, after pulling on a baggy pairof jeans that I held up with a belt, a cropped beige long-sleeved

knew it looked silly, my hair was very silky and straight, making strands of hair stick up in all directions refusing to bend, but hey,

they had argued before there was no sign of it

looked effortlessly handsome as ever, in black jeans and a dark grey short-sleeved shirt, leavinghis muscular

was wearing shades and he had a cigarette between those lips

against the wall of the mansion as Marcel put slices of meat on the

hurrying over to

him, but the

has he made?”

damn really? I love anything with milk!” 1 “Me too!” Corrado said,

would like, so I have made a variety.” Marcel

may have been sixty, but he looked much younger, his long brown hair pulled intoa messy

tanned, and he had a

Typical Rossi genes.

but aren't you tired after your journey? You really didn’t need to do this.” “Azura doesn’t know howto cook

it so weird that I couldn’t cook? It seemed he would keep

He looked over at Leo and Nikki, Nikki was at the table

“Yes.

food, it doesn’t taste that good because it ishealthy food, but it looks really good." He whispered

tugging his

then there's your Grandad, who seems to be a

"Here, have some milkshake." Marcel

thanks." Nikki said with a small smile that looked a

How rude.

the father and son, from what I

rest of the Rossi's he had a problem with, right? “Thank you, it’s yum.” I complimented,

look, right?" He laughed, and I could feel Leo’s glare

you here?" Marcel asked,

Nikki raise

remembered the message Leo had sent earlier, and although he had decided

I could and there

sighed heavily, clutching my glass

work

slowly, looking down at the milkshake before I

I said sadly, making the corners of my lips dip

immune to this façade

“Your mate?”

small sip of

he marked me and then he left me, and sincehe's from this

Leo was trying