Look who we have here. The royal assassin, the rogues who had decided to come back from exile. Kira's voice where full of mockery, when did she become close to Leonid that she had to come out of his chamber, so comfortable like this is her second house, a lot of things had changed, in these past weeks I have left. What do you want?
Kira, get off my way, I am not here for you, I only came here because of Leonid.
Did your asshole of Stefan send you out or maybe, he asked you to come spy on the pack? Not to worry, he is still the alpha of the pack but very soon, he will no longer be the pack alpha because Leonid is going to take that away from him and I will be...
Kira, who are you battling words... Leonid's voice tail off, seeing me standing right in front of him, he stared at me speechless, his aura is dangerous, and with his fist clenched I thought he was going to push me to the wall and end my miserable life.
I am sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, nor abandon you when you needed me most, I have no idea that he was going to come after you, realizing that, we are plotting to harm him. Short of more words to use, I can't find the right words to use right now, so I pinned my lips and wait for him to say something, not a word came out, I pushed my hair backward, then try to take his hand, Kira violently pushed my hand away from his.
You should leave and don't ever come back, if not I will let Luna Berry know that, you are here after attacking her guards and running away.
I didn't come here for you. My stubborn self blurted. Why are you acting like you the mate of Leonid?
You are his mate but...
Kira stop, you should go home now, tell your father, I will see him later. Leonid's voice kept in a bar, she look at him still wanting to say something Leonid's gaze darken, and she sighed in frustration and left, Leonid turned his gaze back to me after using his eyes to follow her to the exit door.
Leonid, please forgive me, I am been an asshole, sorry, I left with your brother, and sorry...
If you are sorry, you will accompany me to the masquerade ball, a friend of mine, the alpha of another pack is having a party, will you come with me, as my mate?
Is he going to claim me, right now? My inner self asked, I wish I could ask him that, I found myself nodding to him, I don't want to do anything to hurt his feelings.
That's perfect then, come here, I have missed you. He pulled me into a hug, then peck my hair, that is what he always does, to show that he is not mad at me in the time passed when we have an argument, and he had always forgiven me before, I could even pull an effort to apologize, never have I goof as bad as this, so I found it's just too good to be true, forgiving me without more explanation is alarming
Are you not mad at me? He looks at me, then shakes his head.
I am not, you should not work yourself up, after all, you are not Stefan, you are not the one that hurt me.
But I am the one, who left with him without coming to check on you, I left when you needed me most, I was so carried away with Stefan and forgot to do the important thing, if you want to punish me, punish me, after all, I did wrong and I will understand, if you are a little hard on me.
You said I should punish you right? I nodded, his gaze becoming strong and stressed, I closed my eyes waiting for his verdict.
Then let's fight. I laughed at his words. Don't think I am going to go easy on you. He added, and my smile grew bigger, Leonid always knows what makes me feel at ease, he knows how to make me happy, because of him, my childhood was fun, I didn't for once have a dull moment, although I never love him more than siblings, I never thought that the day will come, that I will realize that he is my mate, yet, I don't want him, just maybe, if Stefan didn't show up, I will keep loving and having just him in my heart.
What a world! One minute, I am without a mate, and the next, I am caught between two brothers, one my mate and the other the man that I love.
We fight for several hours, although the silly Leonid told me, he is not going to go easy on me, yet he was more careful, it's like my knowledge about fighting had gone back to zero, I have forgotten most of my moves but it's okay, I am here again, back to were I belong, my happiness, as we fall on the grass with tired eyes, I turned and look at Leonid.
Thank you for forgiving me and giving me second chance. He turned and look at me.
Thank you for coming back, I missed you. Leonid said.
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Stefan was sitting all alone under the tree in the garden when Sky returned, his gaze was buried on the floor.
Did they harm her? Those were his first words to Sky.
No, Leonid accepted her wholeheartedly.
Whoa! What a sweet love, after the betrayal he still accepted her, a mate whose love is unconditional, is what everyone could pray for. Stefan stood on his feet, his gaze where on Hazel, and Hazel noticed he is in pain. Stefan, what Is wrong?
Nothing, I am fine, I will go to my room, Sky, you can join the other and tell Asher, that his job is not over yet. Hazel held Stefan's hand.
You should stop it, already, stop, she is gone, so forget about her.
Hazel, telling me to forget about her, is the same thing as telling me to forget about my Pack. If Leonid got to claim her, he automatically becomes the alpha, anyone, who claimed the former alpha Luna, will end up being the pack alpha, that is the law.
Does it matter, you don't need that pack to be an alpha, and that silly girl is not even your Luna, forget about that pack.
And do what? Stay here and let everything my mother works for goes with the wind, my mother died because of that pack, why trying to protect everyone, it's my mom's last wish, that I become the alpha, I am going to redeem it from whoever wants to take it from me, it's rightfully mine. He pushed his hand from Hazel's grip, he was going towards the castle, yet he held his chest, as his heartbeat accelerate and the next thing, Stefan was falling to the floor, he had taken all the pain from Fiona and had healed her wound, which is the curse of his weakness
Stefan!!!