Page 47 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
I stood up, ready to get the fuck out of there. I was done. Alejandro placed a hand on my shoulder as if he thought I was going to attack her or some shit.
“She’s a kid. Are you seriously going to start a fucking fight? Why the fuck were you using her as a target?” He asked, frowning. Once again, he had me fucking wrong. Nothing new there. My eyes blazed a steely blue as I shrugged him off.
“She’s a fucking maniac,” I growled.
“You’re the maniac!” Azura shouted, glaring at me murderously. “Get out of my sight, or I will poke your eyes out and cook them!”
Haha, kid. I wouldn’t mind picking on you a little longer, but I think I’ve fucking overstayed my welcome.
“Azura!” Her brother tried to calm her, unsuccessfully.
“Oh, yeah?” I growled.
“Yeah!”
One thing I learned from back then, and what happened over lunch, was not to trust that fucking calm of hers. The calmer she appears to be, the higher the chance that she isn’t okay. I wish I had the power to read her mind. Does Nikki really bother her to that extent? Or is she just fucking pissed at me for some other shit? Either way, she wants to get out of here, and I am going to show her out. I could have Eric or Emmet show her out, but I just need to see her one last fucking time…
She hasn’t accepted my rejection yet. The pull of the mate bond is so powerful, and I need it fucking gone. I’ll tell her to reject me. I’ll make sure this thing between us is destroyed. Just thethought of it unnerves me for some fucking reason. I run my hand through my spiky hair, trying not to let my thoughts divert elsewhere. Azura and I are never going to work.
An hour passes faster than I anticipate, even though I have done nothing but sit here. I have to go get her. I stand up, feeling the weight of reality sitting on my shoulders.
My phone beeps, and I look at the reminder that crosses the screen. Fuck, has a month passed already?
Slipping my phone into my pocket, I leave my office, only for Nikki to jump up from the sofa. She never disturbs me when I am in my office, my rules that she obeys, but sometimes it just let the dark thoughts consume me freely without a distraction. If it was Azura in her place, she would fucking throw out all the rules I had in place. It would make for one crazy life. How the fuck did the Goddess pair us?
“Leo, are you going out already? You changed?” She looks me over, and I frown.
Obviously, I fucking changed. The psycho fucking stabbed me, and I had blood everywhere.
“Azura is leaving.”Azura… I rolled her name on my tongue. I like how it sounded, even if she is a fucking maniac.
“She’s leaving?” Nikki looks surprised, and maybe a tad fucking happy.
“Yeah. Things didn’t work between her and her mate, so I’ll be showing her out.”
“Thank, Goddess.” She crosses her arms, and I raise an eyebrow.
“Do you have an issue with her?” I ask, taking a drag on my cigarette.
“Not really, she’s a little weird.” Her words irritate me, and I raise an eyebrow.
“Not following the fucking stereotype doesn’t make a person weird.”Fuck, Leo, keep your mouth shut.Nikki looks surprisedat my comment as she walks over to me.
“So, are you saying you don’t find her weird?”
“I don’t really have an opinion about her.” I shrug coldly. She nods slowly.
“Okay, whatever. I’ll come with you to bid her farewell.”
I need to talk to Azura alone. I’ll send Nikki off once she has said her goodbye. We have just left the apartment when Corrado and Winona appear at the top of the stairs. Corrado is near tears as Winona struggles to calm him.
“What’s going on?” I ask sharply.
“I want to go to Azura’s!” Corrado frowns. I guess me telling him he couldn’t see her went out the fucking window. They had played together at Marcel’s, and I know he fucking likes her.
“Azura is leaving today. Want to go say goodbye?” Nikki asks him.
“I don’t want her to go,” he whispers, stilling suddenly. Something stirs inside of me as I stare at my son. He has never taken to anyone as he has to her…Why does she have to be one of them?
