Page 72 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
“Details.” My voice is calm, but anger is pulsating through me.
“I don’t know the details, but Emmet said she insulted you and this pack. It got physical, and she did a number on his facewhilst he also landed a few on her. They are both pretty bruised up... but he shouldn’t have hit her.” His voice is quiet in that last sentence. No, he fucking shouldn’t have.
My eyes blaze, my heart is thundering, and the anger that is raging through me is blinding. Bruised up.
“Alpha?” I swallow hard, ending the call.
“Stop the car.” He instantly brakes, and I get out just as he opens his door quickly.
“Boss, is everything okay?”
I don’t reply, getting into the driver’s seat and slamming the door shut behind me, I start the car, hitting the gas as I pick up speed.
He shouldn’t have touched her. I don’t give a fuck what she said, she is there under my fucking protection. My head is fucking pounding with uncontrollable rage that I am trying to control so I don’t end up fucking ripping the steering wheel right off, trying to comprehend what Eric had said.
Azura isn’t the type to insult our pack. She’s never looked down on us or me for that matter. Sure, she’s lost her temper, but that was if she was triggered, which means Emmet must have said something. His hatred for the Elite is not something I am fucking blind to. He is one of the few who understands my hatred... but if that is the case, it means he must have found out exactly who Azura is.
I am driving this thing as fast as it will fucking go, a blur in comparison to everything around me.
Tell me exactly what happened,I command Eric the moment I am in range.
Sure, I found them around the side of the apartment block when Azura was on top of him ready to punch him and I broke them apart…he begins to explain.
It takes me less than half an hour to get back, half the time it should have fucking taken. Getting out, I head upstairs and intomy office, pulling my jacket off.
She…
She what?I ask coldly.
She then said he hurt Jackie and wanted her to tell me the truth.He sounds tense and his words surprise me, too. Emmet hurting Jackie? Sure, he has a temper, but he wouldn’t hurt her…
Continue.
I know he doesn’t want to speak up as he and Emmet have enough issues between them, never seeing eye to eye. Although both had tried for the Delta position, I gave it to Emmet… but even then, I found myself asking Eric to deal with a lot more. It should have been Eric. He had been more Delta material, but it was Emmet I ultimately wanted closer to Marcel, and when he had needed a new Delta when his last one retired, I suggested Emmet.
Well, Jackie denied it, and when I was leaving, I just saw Jackie take Emmet inside and say goodbye to Azura before shutting the door,he briefs me as I head out of the office, tossing my jacket onto the sofa. I pause, furrowing my brows.
She just took Emmet inside?
Yeah.
Yet Azura had bruises and grazes?
Yes.
But Jackie as a doctor didn’t check her… even if someone went against her Alpha or mate, Jackie is the type of person who would still tend to the sick or injured, no matter who they are…
Get the CCTV footage sent to me from the fight,I say before ending the link.
I stop for a second outside Corrado’s bedroom, opening the door slightly to see he is fast asleep with Winona sitting on the bed, leaning against the headboard asleep, too. He is safe. I closethe door silently and leave the apartment, heading straight for Azura’s as I undo my shirt cuffs, rolling the sleeves of my black shirt up. I raise my hand and knock hard.
Nothing.
I knock again. Nothing.
Fuck, I don’t care, I’m going in.
I enter a code on my smart watch before I hold it against the scanner and hear the lock click open. I step into the apartment, shutting the door behind me. Her scent fills my senses and I head to her bedroom. Why didn’t she fucking answer?
