Page 174 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
“Hey, for what it’s worth, she’s one gorgeous fish.”
I smirk as I tackle him to the ground. I know he let me because he is not that easy to bring down. My heart skips a beat when he catches me, making sure I don’t take any of the impact of the fall. I smirk, straddling him and bunching his shirt in my fists.
“And if I’m Lola, then you’re Oscar. You have some damn big lips, too,” I say, bending down and kissing him softly.
“Only thing is Oscar was only infatuated with Lola. What I feel for you… is way fucking more than that,” he says quietly, his hands slipping under my top, dancing along my skin as he kisses me again.
“Same…” I say, thinking this is my moment.
“You were going to -” Leo is cut off when the front door opens, and Alejandro leans against the door frame.
“If you two are fucking done? I don’t need you lot getting it on out here. Wasn’t earlier enough?” He smirks, making my cheeks burn.Oh, he’s so dead.
“Kiara! Control your mate!” I growl, jumping off Leo and running at Al.
“Hold up there, kid,” Al drawls, still smirking annoyingly and clamping his big hand down on my head.
“Ow, ow!Ow!”
I bring my knee up, ready to hit him in the privates, when he steps back, snickering as Leo pulls me into his arms.
“Baby, be nice,” Kiara scolds him, coming up behind him.
I’m always fucking nice, Amore Mio,” he says, grabbing her by the back of her neck and kissing her.
“Hey, don’t play dirty!” I know he is just trying to distract Kiara! I stick my tongue out at him, leaning into Leo’s hold.
“You’re fucking immature, you know that?” Leo asks Alejandro when he moves away from Kiara.
“Does it look like I give a shit?” Al counters.
“Clearly fucking not,” Leo replies coldly.
“Okay, how about we retreat to Alejandro’s office? Corrado is playing with Rayhan and Alessandra…” Kiara suggests, and I realise what she means.
Time to try to heal him…
“Yeah, let’s,” I say, feeling unease settle into me…
Knowing the Answer
Leo
The office is tense, and even Alejandro is dead serious. Any sarcasm is gone as he stands there with his arms crossed, watching me coldly. That is his concentrating expression.
Azura is sitting on the armrest of the chair I am in, and Kiara tells me to remove my shirt. I pull it off and Azura takes it from me, holding it to her chest. I can hear her heart beating violently, although she is trying not to let it get to her.
Kiara takes a deep breath, a frown of concentration crossing her face as she kneels in front of me. Her eyes blaze purple, and for a split second, I am reminded of the flicker I saw in Azura’s eyes the other night. Usually, when your wolf comes to the front, if you watch carefully, or in my case, record it and slow down the speed just to observe it, you will see the wolf’s eye colour bleed into yours. What just happened with Kiara’s is like a flame spreading from the bottom of the iris.
I am brought out of my thoughts when Kiara places her hands on my shoulders. Her frown deepens as she runs her hands down my chest, my flanks, and parts of my stomach as she tries to assess the extent of the damage. I hear her heart skip a beat. I keep my face a mask of indifference as I know what is coming…
She will try and fail, but you know what is going to be fuckinghardest? When I’m going to have to act like it’s fine and watch the emotion in their eyes…
A coolness begins spreading from her hands, and I feel it wash through me. An edge of the pain seems to lift a little, but I know she isn’t succeeding. She doesn’t stop, her purple aura wrapping around us both to the extent that Azura is being pushed away, but she refuses to let go of me, her arm firmly around my shoulders. Kiara bites her lip, her forehead now covered with a layer of sweat as she pours everything she has into me.
“What’s happening?” Alejandro asks, his voice dark and cold as he looks between us.
Kiara isn’t able to reply as she looks into my eyes. A trickle of blood runs from her nose, and her eyes glitter with tears as I feel another strong surge of intense power rush through me, but we both know it is futile. The blood isn’t stopping, and even Azura is beginning to worry. Kiara’s entire body is tense, her brows furrowed as she gives it her all. She is going to fucking pass out at this rate.
