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

some pretty wild sex tapes that my ex secretly made last year that he is threatening torelease

daughters? Oh, and Iaccidentally killed someone and then I was forced to help get rid of the evidence?' Yeah,

pushed off the

hair before I stood up and began gathering

sooner I was out of

my things into my bag, gathering my phone

Eric get me out

for Leo by being here,

feeling the crushing pain

to reject

could, because I wanted to see the pain in

hell, but I simply took a deep breath My phone beeped and I picked it up, mystomach lurching

at the text, I closed my

not tell Marcel anything, I

It was Leo.

Thank the goddess.

second message, with the story I was to tell Marcel An hour later I was at Marcel’s mansion, after pulling on a baggy pairof jeans that I held up

and straight, making strands of hair stick

if they had argued before there was no

in black jeans and a dark grey short-sleeved shirt, leavinghis muscular tattooed arms

he had

the wall of the mansion as Marcel put

hurrying over to

away from him, but the boy approached me, and I

he made?”

love anything with milk!” 1 “Me too!”

Azura, come, I wasn't sure what you would like, so I have made a

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

skin was tanned, and he had

Typical Rossi genes.

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

cook? It seemed

He looked over at

“Yes.

the best, and Nikki makes healthy food, it doesn’t taste that good because it ishealthy food, but it

tugging his

then there's your Grandad, who seems to be

Marcel passed us both

Nikki said with a small smile that looked a bit

How rude.

and son, from what I remembered, Leo wasn’t like this towards his

was just the rest of the Rossi's he had a problem with, right? “Thank you, it’s

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

tell me Azura, what brings you here?" Marcel

saw Nikki raise her

earlier, and although

I could and

him to not lose his shit, and so, I sighed heavily, clutching my

girl, work

down at the milkshake

said sadly, making the corners

immune to this façade of

“Your mate?” Marcel

a small sip

so yummy, if Nikki didn't want any, perfect, more for me! “Yes, he marked me and then he left me,

lie left a bitter taste in my mouth, I don’t know if Leo was trying to earnbrownie points in his Dad's book, but