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…

been my next option, but he

wild sex tapes that my ex secretly made last year that he is

and 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

Dad pushed off the

my hand through my hair before I stood

was out of here,

bag, gathering my phone

Leo to let Eric get me out of

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

stomach, feeling the crushing pain in my chest

reject

see the pain in his eyes when I

for a second I wanted to unleash hell, but I simply took a deep breath My phone beeped and I picked

the text, I

not tell Marcel

It was Leo.

Thank the goddess.

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 with a belt, a cropped beige long-sleeved top and twisted my hair into a messy knot on

was very silky and straight, making strands of hair stick up in all directions refusing to bend, but hey, Iwasn't trying to

Nikki were here, and if they had argued before there was no

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

and he had a cigarette

of the mansion as Marcel

what Grandad made!" Corrado called, hurrying over to me the moment I stepped into

away from him, but the boy approached me, and I didn’t plan

has he made?”

bananas." "Oh damn really? I love anything with milk!” 1 “Me

Azura, come, I wasn't sure what you would like, so I have made a variety.” Marcel said with

he looked much younger, his

he had a

Typical Rossi genes.

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

really find it so weird that I couldn’t cook? It seemed he would keep on mentioning it until all of

Kiddo, does everyone you know, know how to cook?” He looked over at Leo and Nikki, Nikki was at the

“Yes.

doesn’t taste that good because it ishealthy food, but it looks

smiled, tugging his

to be a pro.” I added, and

have some milkshake." Marcel passed us both a

smile that looked a bit

How rude.

between the father and son, from what I remembered, Leo wasn’t like this

he had a problem with, right? “Thank you, it’s

He

tell me Azura, what brings you here?" Marcel asked, flipping the lamb

saw Nikki raise her head slightly,

earlier, and although he had decided the story, I didn’t

wanted to mess this up, I knew I could and there was fuck all he could do about

to not lose his shit, and so, I sighed heavily, clutching my glass with both

girl, work

the milkshake before I

sadly, making the corners of my

person was immune to this façade of mine, and that

mate?” Marcel

nodded, taking a small sip of my

Nikki didn't want any, perfect, more for me! “Yes, he marked me and then he left me, and sincehe's from this

in my mouth, I don’t know if Leo was trying to earnbrownie points in his Dad's book,