Page 68 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
Another thud makes me freeze, and I stare at the wall. It doesn’t sound normal… the first thing that comes to my mind is that they are having sex, but the random bangs don’t add up. Should I just go and ask if everything is okay? I’m sure it isn’t someone breaking in…
Being as bored as I am and wanting to get out of here, I decide to just check up for my own piece of mind. Leo never really said I can’t leave… did he? I can’t remember. Oh, well, who cares? He wants me here.
I leave my apartment silently, and I haven’t even shut my door when across the hall Jackie’s door opens and Emmet storms out. He is angry. Scratch that, he is fucking fuming. He doesn’t even see me as he storms to the lift swearing under his breath. I guess he was throwing things in anger. Men…
Once the lift starts descending, I walk over to Jackie’s door and ring the bell. She is nice, and I bet she is feeling down. Maybe I can cheer her up and I won’t feel so bored either. The door opens to reveal a distraught Jackie.
“Emmet, ple-” She stops in her tracks as she stares up at me in fear as she realises I am not Emmet.
I’m seeing red. She has a bruise on her jaw, and I can see the finger marks and blood around her neck where it is obvious she has been grabbed by a clawed hand. Oh, hell no.
Both our hearts are thumping for very different reasons.
“This isn’t what it looks like,” she whispers, but the way she is shaking, trying to cover her neck and the way her heart is thumping…
Lies.
He hurt her. He fucking hurt her.
“What the hell happened?” I ask quietly, trying to control the rage within me.
“Azura, this is nothing. Please just don’t tell anyone. I haven’t told anyone your secret.” She is blackmailing me, but the thing is, I would sacrifice my own secrets and so much more than let something like this go. “Go back to your apartment,” she says softly, fear and confusion clear on her face at my silence. I nod slowly, and she looks at me. “Promise me you won’t tell the Alpha.”
“Promise,” I say quietly. She searches my face which is expressionless, before nodding in relief.
“Thanks, he was just a little angry,” she whispers.
Yeah, and he’s fucking dead.
I nod, and she closes the door. I count to ten, my eyes flashing silver before I turn and run to the lift. I may not tell Leo, but I am going to deal with him myself. How dare he… he is supposed to be the Delta… and he fucking hurt his mate? Not on my fucking watch.
I hit the lift to the ground floor ready to unleash hell on the fucking bastard.
A Lie
Azura
Ileave the lift, and he is nowhere in sight, but that isn’t going to deter me. I follow his scent, my eyes blazing as the image of Jackie’s bruises flashes in my mind. I look around, sniffing the air and following my nose around the side of the apartment before breaking into a jog, just in time to see him disappear behind another building. I look back at the streetlights and wonder where he is going.
“Emmet!” I shout as I rush to catch up. I turn the corner and see him about to enter the dark building, but he stops when I call him.
“Azura?” He looks surprised to see me. “Didn’t you leave?” I guess he really didn’t see me upstairs.
“Oh, I came back,” I reply, walking over to him.And I’m fucking glad I did.His eyes narrow as if suddenly suspicious of why I am here, his expression darkens, and he looks me over.
“Why are you following me?”
Because I was right there when you stormed out of your apartment, right before I saw the marks on Jackie’s neck,” I reply, looking him square in the eye.
“Look here, I don’t know what the fuck you want, but what I do is none of your goddamned business. Stay out of this. Remember you and your kind are not fucking welcome here,” he spits.
“My kind? We are all fucking werewolves, you dumb dick. We are fucking one, and even if it wasn’t, there shouldn’t be fucking discrimination.”Okay, Azura, you are going off-topic.
“You know… I checked, and there’s only one fucking Azura, and she’s a Westwood. I wonder if Leo even realised or was he so busy with work he didn’t even know who he was helping.”
“Oh, whatever, that shit won’t work. Leo knows I’m a Westwood. This isn’t about who I am, but what you fucking did. Do Leo or Marcel know that the Delta is an abuser?” I shout, my anger rising at his lack of care. He scoffs stepping closer to me threateningly.
“Only thing is, it’s your word against mine and Jackie’s. Trust me, she won’t rat me out… so you think Leo will ever listen to an Elit-”
