Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

34. Refusing to Fail

LEO.

“Your baby won‘t die, not on my fucking watch.” I promised her, my mind racing as I tried to think of the best course of action. 2

She was looking at me with her eyes flickering from silver to blue, her heart thundering as she clutched her stomach. Her lips parted, but she was unable to put two words together.

I knew my medical shit… Although werewolves could take a hell more than a human, the trauma of his kick could have damaged the placenta. 1

“You are going to be ok.” I murmured, lifting her carefully into my arms.

Her heart was racing, her entire body shaking, and I had never fucking seen her look so vulnerable.

You fucking will be ok. ‘I need our top gynaecologist ready to check on a patient with blunt force trauma to her abdomen.‘ I said through the link, the urgency in my voice crystal clear. 1

I ran from the apartment to the lift.

‘Winona I need you to go down through my office to my underground quarters. Just go through my office, I‘ll open the entrance for you now. Go down via the lift. In the main room, there‘s a drawer with the number 78X0 on it, on the left side. The second compartment in the fridge contains a box of syringes. I need you to bring them to the hospital right now!‘ ‘Yes, Alpha!

I had never let anyone down there, and I just fucking hoped she found it. I quickly unlocked the office passageway from my watch. My own heart was thundering as I looked at the woman in my arms. She was frozen in shock, her hands shaking as she clutched her stomach, her eyes fixed on her bloody thighs.

She couldn‘t lose this baby; something told me she could lose the world but not this child. It would destroy her.

The lift opened and I ran to the exit. ‘Dad! Dad, I need you to get Kiara here right now, her sister needs her.‘ My voice broke as fear enveloped me. 22 I promised her that her baby won‘t die... I was fucking going to keep that promise. ‘Leo what‘s going on! What‘s happened to Azura?‘ Dad‘s panicked voice came through the link. ‘Call Kiara now.‘ I repeated, my voice strained with urgency. ‘She‘s going to lose this baby otherwise!‘

Baby... what... ok, on it!‘ ‘Winona hurry!‘ ‘I‘m on my way!’ Her breathless reply came.

‘We are ready for the patient. Room 30 second floor, Alpha.‘ My heart was fucking thundering in my ear as I ran to the hospital. My feet skidding on the tiled floor as I entered, before running to the stairs, taking her to the room that was ready for her. “Place her down!” Doctor Donna ordered as she stepped forward. 3 I did slowly, she was unmoving, but the tears were now streaming down her cheeks. She needed all the strength she could get. What should I fucking do? “I’m going to do an internal examination.” “Check her levels.” “She‘s lost a lot of blood.” I need to do something... Think Leo... “I, Leo Rossi, take back my rejection and accept Azura Rayne Westwood as my mate and Luna... “I said quietly, staring at the woman on the bed. 23

My wolf‘s approval filled my head, and a ripple of gasps filled my room. 3 Azura‘s eyes snapped to mine as the bond came to life, from the edge it had been teetering on for so long. I felt it strengthen once more as that powerful pull between us returned.

If she marked me, it would reinforce her abilities... But I was dying... 2

She was strong enough to survive without me. But after the story Dad had told me about her mom and her own birth, I knew losing this child would be far worse.

I stepped closer and knelt down by the bed.

“Mark me Azura. It may give you the strength you need to heal.”

I hoped so... I fucking needed this to work for her.

She looked at me as if trying to comprehend what I was saying.

her

amongst themselves, were like screams in my head. Azura also seemed to have heard them. Her head snapped to mine, the fiery determination of a woman who refused to

before lifting her head from the cushions, perching next to her on the narrow hospital bed. With my

Her voice

whispered before sinking her teeth into my neck Pleasure erupted through me as I felt the sizzling intensity of

sent an explosion of fireworks through me. Her lips brushed my neck, and if the situation

Our bond was completed...

me and I felt my

00... 1

feel her storm

for her child.

should have been able to

Disappointment in herself.

She held out the box to me and I took it from her, flipping it open. I was met with a blast of freezing cold air. “Give me a

process of healing.” My aim to try to find a cure... It wasn‘t perfect, but what I did notice was that it healed external wounds, just not long–term injuries. I wasn‘t sure how well it would work

in pain, she was the most

me.” I said to

I wasn‘t strong enough to fucking prevent this... but... I moved her gown slightly, one of the doctors had already thrown a sheet over

Please fucking be ok

which I let flow through the bond despite the fear I was fucking trying to hide. She didn‘t even fight or react, her hands

the research specimen behind this… after the battle a decade ago, I had taken some of her blood for research out of interest. Trying

product of that research

I could... I‘d exchange my

Come on...

top of her stomach, seeing Winona slip out of the room silently. I had given her everything I could... but it wasn‘t enough, I wasn‘t enough... fuck I never was... A haunting memory of long ago rēturned. Just like mom... She was pregnant

and I didn‘t plan to tell him, knowing

tried... I always fucking tried but it was never enough. I looked down at the woman on the bed.

hours. “Alpha, the heartbeat of the foetus is getting stronger, and she‘s stopped

Azura and I looked up sharply as Donna gave some orders.

Our eyes snapped to one another, her heart racing as she

machine in and set up. She placed some gel on Azura‘s lower

quietly, seeing the tension on her face. ‘He‘ll fucking

mine but she didn‘t say anything, nodding slowly. “Perfect… Alpha that serum... I think it worked... We will keep assessing her to see

sure you do.”

washed through me as I looked at the curled–up baby, and the

Thank fuck... 2

as a wave of relief flooded the

back at the woman on the bed. Our eyes locked, and

women. Kiara Westwood, and a cousin of mine, Raihana Somers, sister of Rayhan Rossi. 7 “Zu!” Kiara whispered, as she placed her hands on