Page 86 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
“I know, kiddo.” I give him a faint smile, heading straight for the lift up to my office.
Winona, come to my apartment immediately and watch Corrado.
Yes, Alpha.She only lives a few floors down.
“Wait here. I’ll bring Azura,” I tell him, placing him down in the open living space.
“Okay!” He says happily as he begins taking the food out of the bag. “I’ll set the table.”
Jax.
Nothing.
I leave the room, and instantly the faint smell that lingers makes me cover my nose with my sleeve. A sleeping drug…
I break into a run just as my phone buzzes. I look at it; Azura’s door has been opened. I can’t hear anything. The door shuts just as I reach the top of the stairs, spotting Jax slumped on the ground. A fire of rage rushes through me, and my eyes blaze as I run down the stairs, my feet barely touching the steps. I skipped most of them, rushing to her door. No matter how calm I am trying to be, the storm raging inside of me refuses to calm down. I am fucking going crazy at just the thought of something happening to her.
Emmet’s scent lingers outside, and I open her door quietly just in case I am fucking overreacting, only to be met with the sound of Emmet’s voice.
“…gone with his kid. He won’t be home for a while. Who are you going to run to now?”
“I don’t need to fucking run because I can deal with you myself,” Azura replies icily.
I turn the bend only to see he has her pinned against the wall near the bedroom door, his hand around her neck, whilst she has her arms in front of her stomach defensively. Neither has seen me yet…
How dare he touch her…
“I know your secret,” he whispers menacingly. Her eyes flashwith fear, something I’m not used to seeing in them.
I am trying to contain the white-hot anger that is festering within me. I have never felt so angry in my fucking life. The urge to shift and rip him apart is taking over. My heart is beating violently, my claws out, and it is then that Azura’s eyes snap up, finally noticing me. A wave of relief fills her eyes.I’m here.
“Let her go,” I hiss, advancing towards him. He freezes, letting go of her as if touching her suddenly burnt him. His heart thuds as she lets out a shaky breath.
I need someone to come to Emmet’s floor and apprehend him before I kill him,I growl through the link. I am fucking shaking, ready to kill him. He turns to me, his face pale, his eyes blazing with rage and fear.
“Leo…”
“How dare you…” I growl. “You have fucking doomed yourself.”
Jackie… try to think of her...
It is futile; I have lost my grasp on reality, and my self-control is slipping. All I can see is the blood dripping down her neck. The sound of the lift opening and footsteps approaching reaches my ears, but my only focus is on the bastard in front of me. Emmet swears, running a hand through his hair.
“I’m your friend, Leo.”
“I don’t care. You crossed a line that you never should have,” I growl, advancing towards him.
“Fuck it… if I’m going down…” In a flash, he spins around, aiming a clean-cut roundhouse kick straight at her stomach.
My eyes blaze in pure anger. I am behind him in a flash, just as Azura screams as she is thrown to the ground, clutching her stomach. My growl of rage rings in the air. I grab Emmet, punching him in the face, feeling something break. I don’t fucking care. I slam him into the wall behind him, damaging the wall with the impact.
“What the fuck, Leo?” He groans in pain.
“You touched what’s mine,” I growl viciously, digging my claws into his neck as I bring my knee up, connecting with his stomach. I feel something break as he howls in pain. His eyes widen, and pure fear flits through him as he looks at Azura on the floor with realisation dawning on him.
“She’s...”
“Emmet! Leo!” Eric shouts.
