Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

23. An End LEO.

I left the cave and stepped out into the car park, trying to clear my head. Locking the door behind me, I slid to the ground, resting my head against the cold metal of the wall behind me as I took a drag on my cigarette. ‘Winona?‘ I called through the link. ‘Yes, Alpha?‘

Winona, she was one of the few I had taken in. She wasn‘t born in the Sangue pack, but she was still someone I trusted, one of the rare few I trusted completely around my son. ‘What‘s Rosaline cooked tonight?‘

Rosaline was my cook, she lived two floors down from me and she made the best food for me and Corrado. When I had put out the notice for the position, I remember choosing the one whose food Corrado loved the best after tasting it all. I still remember his smile of happiness.

‘She made chicken pasta, and stuffed taco cups.‘

‘Perfect, bring a tray down to my garage, I‘ll let you down when you‘re outside.‘ ‘Of course.‘

She didn‘t question me, she never did and I was grateful.

‘Oh, and Winona?‘

‘Yes, Alpha?‘

‘Bring a woman‘s toiletry pack, or some shit with basic supplies.‘ A pause followed before she replied.

‘Is the dinner for one or two?‘

‘One.

‘Understood. Anything else, Alpha?‘ ‘No, I think that‘s it.‘

I stared at the fleet of supercars that I owned. I had it all; power, money, cars, a son, and a girlfriend... but even then, something was missing. 4 Something that was starting to poison my mind, just as I had heard the bond would do. Making even the most powerful of men succumb to the will of their females. I never wanted to become a slave to this shit, besides... it was fucking cruel to give false hopes of something I could never offer to anyone... 2

It was the reason I never wanted to mark anyone, but then I had already fucked that shit up and marked her.

‘Alpha, I‘m at the lift.‘

I got up, walking to the lift and keyed in the passcode. After a few moments the lift opened, to

reveal Winona holding a large tray containing Rosaline‘s delicious pasta, and two stuffed taco cups with mince meat, cheese and jalapenos. There were also two cold bottles of juice and a trifle bowl.

“Thanks, I‘ll take it.” I said, taking the tray from her. “And the supplies.” Winona added with a small smile, holding the bag out to me.

“Thanks.”

“Anytime, Alpha.” She replied, I gave her a small nod, about to close the lift when I looked back at her.

“How‘s Corrado been?”

Her smile vanished and she shook her head.

“He didn‘t eat and has been in a strop since Azura left.”

I nodded.

you like any food for yourself,

said

son was fucking attached to

more than anything, but she was

I silently placed the tray next to the bed and dropped the bag onto the mattress, before I exited the room, shutting

damaged phone and dropped it into one of the lockable drawers, that wouldn‘t open without my thumbprint and code. Satisfied that I had gotten rid of anything that I didn‘t want her to see,

he had fallen asleep upset. His lips were dry

and kissed his forehead, before I stood up and left the room. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and entered my own bedroom. The smell of Nikki‘s seductive fragrance filled the

the bed, but once again I didn‘t want to do this. As sexy as I knew she was, she didn‘t appeal to me anymore. It was fucking weird how it

wrapped her arms around my neck, her expression darkening, and I knew she could smell Azura on me. She instantly let go

took her?”

“Yeah, I took her.”

was fucking

“Leo, who is she?”

jacket and headed through

who is she to you?” Her voice

arms, looking at me sharply. I

say?” I asked, raising an eyebrow as I grabbed a pair of grey sweatpants and a

control her emotions. “You don‘t drive strangers, you don‘t look at other women, Leo... You and Azura... Why do I feel like there‘s more?” Her voice was low

had a long day, Nikki, I don‘t

busy or avoid it! Tell me Leo, do you love me? Do you still care for me, or is someone else

I ever

became a daily part of my life. A partial distraction from the shit that consumed my mind, but was there someone else now? Yeah, obviously, the bond fucked that all

looking up at me with tears in

filled me

her too... “Azura, is she important to you?” She whispered, clutching my shirt. My eyes flashed and I looked down at her, not sure what I should

cheated on me, which meant I wasn‘t enough, right? And since then, it‘s like you‘re done

exactly cheat.” I

even check me out today! I‘m

enter the bathroom, when she grabbed my arm. “Leo, what is going on? We‘ve been friends for years before we began dating. I‘m begging you, just

what I had

Tell me, what day was

thinking for a

Moon, I‘ll never forget.”

I nodded.

was my mate Nikki, that night I

thundering as she let go of me, backing away. Tears began streaming down her cheeks as

your mate...” She whispered, dropping onto the

silent, running my hand through my

“Yeah.”

up at me sharply, her eyes flashing. “Azura. Is she your

her here... her mark... Oh fucking hell, tell me it‘s not true! Did neither of you have shame that I was right here?! Were you hooking up with her behind my back?! What a skank she is!”

My eyes flashed as anger rushed through me. “I was the one who fucking cheated on you, she didn‘t even fucking know you existed or what you were to me, until she saw us together.” I growled, my grip on her tight. “I rejected her, and it was by fucking chance that I

could see

want your mate... Then... Why was she here?” She asked, her voice