Fire in the Heart

Leo’s eyes flash, widening in surprise as he looks at me. I look back at him, my heart thumping violently. “You really can go to hell, Leo. I fucking hate you,” I spit. “Azura, listen to me.” I am about to turn away but stop and look back up at him. “Just shut up. I’m…

“Go ahead. Even if you do, I won’t let you go until you have fucking listened to me,” he growls, his voice low and husky. My heart thunders as I massage my wrists, wanting to attack him. But when he is letting me, it doesn’t seem so tempting anymore. Instead, I reach up, running my…

You know, I’m glad you dumped her, although it took you two years, Jax remarks through the link. Yeah, and just so we’re clear, stay away from Azura. She’s mine, I growl back. I frown in shock at my words as my eyes meet Jax’s, who simply smirks. What the actual fuck is going on…

“Thank you. Winona really does have an eye for clothes,” I say, brushing my hand along the fabric. I was pleasantly surprised to find that she was the one who had purchased the clothes that Leo had gotten for me. Despite her wearing neutrals and plain clothes, she has an eye for this stuff. I…

“Daddy…” “You won’t come, Weo?” I ask, turning to him and giving him the best innocent face that I can muster. I so hope it works… Please do not be immune like Mama! He looks at me as I stare back doe-eyed, my lips set in a downwards pout. His eyes flash as he narrows…

“I’m getting lucky with all the calls. How are you?” Not so fucking good. “Perfect.” “Good to hear. How’s your son, or should I say, my grandson?” I frown, obviously that wasn’t going to stay a secret forever. “Stop acting like I consider you anything close to a father,” I reply icily, refusing to answer…

“Care to share what exactly this party is for?” “For Azura!” Corrado adds. “Yeah… I get that,” I say, tugging his cheek before looking at Marcel seriously, mind-linking him. But the reason? She’s not a part of this pack, and neither are we… a couple. No, seems not, or not officially, but she is still…

“Yeah, because I could handle it. Do you know how it felt having to watch you do whatever Endora wanted? And what fucking hurts the most is when you were given your free will back, you allowed Rayhan to come here and once again hurt our people. I get it, they weren’t all good, but…

“I have never seen Daddy hug Grandad,” he says in a loud whisper. Marcel chuckles as Leo moves back. He is as stoic as ever, but when our eyes meet, he is unable to hide the fact that they are full of emotions. I know it wasn’t easy for him… but I truly am proud…

I looked over at Azura, who was asleep, her chest rising and falling, and ran my knuckles down her jaw. I’m not going to take any chances… It was too easy… I’ve seen Azura fight Emmet. She’s good, yet she didn’t stand a chance against Judah. So how did he go down so easily? Because…