LEONARDO’s POV…
"I reject you as my mate; I would never accept you." Those words kept ringing in my head as I walked into the hotel room. I would have never believed that one day I would end up doing this, but the white witch was always right; I was in great pain, and my wolf was at its weakest point after the rejection from my first mate.I was an alpha; there was no way I could let myself continue to be weak, and that was when I decided to take that bold step of having a one-night stand with a wolf so that the pain my wolf felt would be eased.I sighed. I was never a fan of one-night flings, especially when I knew it was with an omega, but then, I knew it’d give me the upper hand, but what I didn’t expect that day was that at the moment I was about to thrust, I would find out the shocking truth about her being my mate, a second chance mate.I couldn’t take it, and I left her right there at the hotel, untouched. Returning to my pack, I ran my fingers through my hair, and that was when my girlfriend, Layla, walked up to me. "You look really worried, honey. Tell me, what’s wrong?" She asked me, and I stared at her.If only she’d agreed to help me, if only she had agreed to have that special stand with me to help my wolf, then I wouldn’t have been encountering this, with the restlessness in my wolf making it all worse.I shrugged her off, and it was only some time later that an idea came to mind. My wolf was only so eager to see her because we were still connected by the mate bond. What if we no longer were? I smiled to myself; I knew how to get it done..When she told me that she wasn’t accepting my rejection, anger was quite enough to explain how upset I was feeling. I wanted to strangle her right there, but I couldn’t. The hatred I was feeling for her at this point—if only she knew"I won’t let you go so easily, Alpha." That sentence alone was enough to make me want to throw her into boiling lava, but I couldn’t because she walked out on me. The audacity of the woman!It was at that point that I knew that if I wanted to torture her and make her reject me, I would have to do something to hurt her ego more. Rejection in front of my entire pack didn’t seem to do the trick, but I knew something that would definitely help me, and that was Layla.I knew she was rather perplexed when I told her that I wanted her to meet the elders, but then who cared? She didn’t have a choice after all.My wolf was kicking very hard against me because of what I was about to do to her, but I had to stay strong; there was no way an alpha as powerful as me would ever settle for an omega, one who was a hybrid at that."Elders, I’m so sorry to have kept you here without entertainment for so long, but don’t worry, I’ve brought entertainment." I told the elders, and she stared at me, confused, which caused me to smirk. If only she knew what I had in store for her. "This is Cora, like I said earlier, and tonight she is going to be entertaining us. You know why? It’s because she is a stripper, and yes, she’s going to be stripping for us." I told them, and with that, wanting to make her angry more, I ripped one part of her dress off.She gasped as she stared at me in shock while I acted like I didn’t notice, walking towards my seat like the powerful and domineering alpha that I was. When I was in my seat, I crossed my legs. "Come on, Cora, do what you’re here for: strip!" I said, and she staggered till she fell to the ground.When she fell to the ground, I almost got up to help her, but I managed to restrain myself. There was no way I could let my wolf overpower me; I was the alpha and I was in control, not the other way around.I knew she was almost at her breaking point, and I wanted her to teach it as soon as possible. I turned toward the door with a smile on my face. Layla couldn’t have walked in at a better time. "Come here, my dearest mate." I said as I walked towards the door, and I could have sworn that Cora thought I was referring to her, but then I wasn't, and when she saw that it was actually Layla, whom I’d introduced to the elders as my mate, she finally fell to the ground.I had thought this was it and she wouldn’t want to claim my rights as my mate anymore, but I was proven wrong. She got up as she walked towards myself and Layla, taking my hands off her. "You’re not mates; we’re mates." She said that, and I clenched my fists as I turned to them.They were now murmuring, and I couldn’t take it any more. I dragged her by the arm, saying, "We'll be back soon." I said through my teeth as I pushed her into my room, locking the door behind me."What the hell was that?" I asked her angrily.She scoffed slightly. "Are you really asking me that? Tell me, who is forcing his mate to strip in front of half a pack and then call someone else his mate?" She asked me, and I grabbed her by the hair."I do what I want, when I want." I told her in anger, and she held on to my hand."I don’t do what I want when I want to, but one thing is certain: there’s no way I’ll ever strip in front of those people." She said that, and I smiled to myself."Well then, tell me, will you strip in front of me, your mate?" I asked her, and she stared at me, shocked.I grabbed her by the breast as I slowly squeezed on it. "You can’t be my mate; there's no way that’s possible, but you know what you can be?" I asked her as I slowly took my hand off her breast."Wh…what?"I smirked and said, "My private stripper!"She pushed me away and made me leave when I grabbed her by the arm, pulling her back to myself as I stared at her angrily. "I don’t know the rules you grew up with in the pack you came from, but one thing is certain: this isn’t that pack. In this pack, no one dares to walk out on me like that, especially an omega, a hybrid at that." I told her, and she scoffed."A kind reminder that this hybrid is your mate. I won’t take this, Alpha. Leonardo, I am your mate, not a stripper." She told me, and deep down, my wolf was jumping in excitement, but then I wasn’t.I couldn’t imagine myself addressing an omega, a hybrid at that, as my mate to the whole world. What would they think of me? Almighty alpha Leonardo, mated to a hybrid omega The shame that came with it alone irked me, and there was no way I would let it happen."You’re a stripper, and I’ll make sure you remain that. I have only one mate, and that is Layla. It doesn’t matter what you say or do, you’ll never be my mate." I told her, a
I pushed her away angrily, and she fell to the ground in pain. I could hear her ankle getting sprained again. My wolf clenched at this, and I closed my eyes. I hated this mate bond; I wanted to torture this woman right here, but as a result of it, I could not.I let my wolf control me once, and it didn’t end well. It had turned me into something I never thought I could be, and as a result, Cora came into my life. I would never let it happen, not at all.I turned to the wolf in the room with anger in my eyes. "And what are you doing here? Get out!" I yelled at him, and he immediately rushed out.She raised her head to me, and I could see the tears in her eyes as she stared at me. "You want to be my mate, don’t you?" I asked her as I grabbed her by the hair, making sure to hurt her, and she gasped in pain."Please stop; you’re hurting me." She yelled in pain."I’m hurting you? What do you think? "Your existence isn’t causing me enough pain already." I asked her in anger as I pushed her
It sounded stupid; I hated the fact that this was the only thing that came to mind, but what could I do? My life has already become a living nightmare. Getting rejected by my first mate, I thought it was normal, considering my status as an omega, a hybrid at that. I lived off only pity for years, and I was sure no one wanted a mate who had been living off pity. But now, after getting a second chance, even though it was coincidental, I thought my life would get better, but sadly, it didn’t.Even more tears streamed down my cheeks as I recalled how he’d announced Layla as his mate to the elders. For goodness’ sake, I was his mate. It was me who the moon goddess had given to him, so why did he insist on pushing me away? I could no longer take it; the rejection, the pain, everything was too much for me to handle.I couldn’t take it anymore. I was done living this life. I wasn’t going to handle any rejection. I wasn’t going to become a private stripper to my own mate.I looked around the r
I held on to my injured leg as I stared at her run back into the house; if she ever got to the alpha, I would be done for. I shook my head, turning. Perhaps I had to end my life. If I ended it, there would be no one to be punished.I shook my head; that was the best thing to do. I wiped my tears, and just as I turned, suicide still in mind, I stopped. What had gotten over me? How could I even think of suicide as the only way to save myself?"Real wolves don’t kill themselves." If a wolf commits suicide, their pack’s name would be tainted, and no one would respect that wolf. That wolf and everything that surrounds it would automatically become outcasts." My eyes widened.Was I really willing to risk it all? I had already lived my whole life as an outcast, so was I really willing to live the rest of my supernatural life as an outcast too? No, I wasn’t.I held on to the wall as I managed to get up. I had to get to that wolf; I couldn’t let her reach the alpha. With gritted teeth and tear
CORA’s POV…I slowly opened my eyes to find my back aching badly and my head hurting, and this time, when I had opened my eye, instead of the brightly lit room I thought I would find myself in, I was in a dark room.I tried to get off the floor, but then I realized that I had been tied. My eyes widened in shock as I looked around the room, only to see that I wasn’t in any room; I was in the dungeon. Tears started to stream down my cheeks the moment I recalled that he had told me he would take me to the dungeon to kill myself.How did I get into so much trouble? How did my life become such a mess? He didn’t want me as a mate; he wanted someone else, so why couldn’t he just let me die? And that maid—what had I done to her to cause her to snitch on me in that way?I struggled to get free from the bounds, but it was of no use; getting out of it seemed rather hopeless, and it hurt me. I closed my eyes as I continued to try and get free, but I still couldn't, and I shut my eyes in anger."L
CORA’s POV…He moved away from me as he ran his fingers through his hair, and I swallowed as I stared at him. "You can’t threaten me, Alpha." Your heart just won’t let you, so why are you doing this? Why can’t you just accept the fact that we are destined to be together?" I asked him, and in anger, he turned back to me as he pinned me to the wall, placing his hand on my throat as he started to strangle me.I struggled to get his hands off my neck, but it felt like he was just too upset to even let that happen. "I’d rather get mate to a stone than accept you as my mate. What don’t you understand, Cora? Tell me, what is it that is so hard to understand about the fact that I am now mated to Layla? Is it so hard to understand rejection? You know what? I never thought that for someone like you, rejection would be such a big deal." He told me as he turned away from me, and at that moment, I knew where he was headed.He wanted to start rubbing salt in my wounds. He wanted to remind me of the
Alpha Leonardo’s POV...I could see the hurt in her eyes after I said those words to her, but they meant nothing to me. Even though it hurt me to say those words to her, I meant them.She was a hybrid; I knew that, and there was one thing these hybrids were known for, and that was the fact that they always wanted to be touched. The female hybrids always wanted a man between their legs, and sadly, my mate was no different."You’re disgusting, Cora. Extremely disgusting, and I am honestly ashamed to call you my mate." I told her as I dragged her by the hair, but then she didn’t respond to any of my insults.I continued to say mean things to her, but not once did she even retaliate, and I lost it. I pushed her head away angrily as I got up, running my fingers through my hair as I walked away from her."Tell me, Leonardo. Don’t you feel anything? Didn’t you feel a single thing when you had your hands on me? Didn’t you feel a single thing when your lips were around me?" She asked in a shak
She stared at me, and I smirked slightly. "What’s wrong? Didn’t you challenge me earlier? I’m only accepting your challenge, darling. Don’t you forget that." I reminded her, and she swallowed as she stared at me."It’s fine, Alpha." Say whatever you want to me and whenever you want to say it, but I know one thing, and that’s certain: you won’t ever hurt me, not intentionally at least. Even if you’re not in love with me, I know that the mate bond is strong, and it won’t let you hurt me, not ever." She told me, and I clenched my fists.Hearing her speak, it felt like she was responsible for all the pain I usually felt within my wolf every time I hurt her. I gritted. "You wouldn’t want to put that to the test, Cora. That is certain." I told her, and she chuckled slightly."Never mind, alpha. You’ll come to admit sooner rather than later that you can’t hurt me. We’re destined to be together." She put her hand on my chin as she slowly caressed it. I clenched my fists even harder. What was