Our eyes met as the sun began shining through, casting a warm glow across his face.
Did I ever say how beautiful he looked when he smiled like that?
He was my angel, just as I was his devil.
***
It was a while later, and we were all dressed and ready to head down. We didn’t get to finish what we started since Corrado wanted Leo to get him dressed today. Both father and son had already gone down, and I was just about to rush back to grab my phone when I saw Winona step out of Corrado’s room. “Hey Winona, when did you get back last night?” I asked with a smile, thinking it wasn’t like her to leave without telling anyone.
She looked up at me, forcing a smile, but I could see she had been crying. Instantly, my smile vanished, and I walked over to her. “Hey, is everything ok?”
“Yeah, I just have a cold. I am so sorry for just leaving like that yesterday.” She said guiltily. “I promise it won’t ever happen again. I love Corrado, I would never be so negligent again.”
“It’s ok girl, are you sure you’re ok?” I asked, I wasn’t really convinced, and there was something off, she wasn’t relaxed or happy like normal.
She nodded, and I didn’t push it.
Strange.
“I’m fine, thank you.”
“Ok, shall we head down to breakfast?”
She tensed and shook her head, “No thank you, I want to rest a little I had… tea already.
“Winnie… are you sure you’re ok?”
She smiled, but it didn’t reach her eyes. She nodded before excusing herself and returning to her room.
I turned, slowly heading to my own bedroom to get my phone. That was odd… she didn’t always eat with us, but she was often in the kitchen or around.
Hmm, I’ll ask Leo about it. I grabbed my phone answering some texts from Mama, Kia, Raven, and my girls. Damn everyone had so many questions about the Luna ceremony, and I still couldn’t get my head around it!
The biggest question was, what was I even going to wear? Damn, I had no idea.
Replying to Liam’s messages, I smiled, thinking he always sent messages reminding me to take care of myself. I had one from Atlas too, and I replied as I entered the kitchen and took a seat.
“Morning Azura.” Marcel said with a smile, “Hope you slept well.”
“I did thanks,” I replied, picking up my fork.
Leo leaned over, kissing me softly. ‘I’m telling Marcel after breakfast, I need him to talk to Emmet today. He said through the link, I nodded slowly.
Yeah, it was time Emmet the dickface was dealt with.
Breakfast passed quieter than normal aside from Corrado’s chatter, I guess it was the weight of everything going on. When we had finished eating, Winona entered.
“If you aren’t feeling great, we could get someone to take Corrado.” I offered, making the men look up.
“What’s wrong?” Leo asked sharply.
“Oh no, I’m fine, I’ll take him.” She said, giving a small smile.
Ok, something was really off…
She washed Corrado’s face, before waiting patiently as he gave us all a hug and kiss.
“Goodbye Mommy, goodbye Daddy, goodbye Grandad! I will come back soon!” He waved before taking Winona’s hand. “Come on Winnie, let’s go, I need to tell Lucy no kissing…”
I smiled as his voice faded away, and I glanced back at the table. Marcel was frowning, mixing his coffee distractedly, while Leo was looking toward the door calculatingly before he turned to Marcel, his face becoming serious and cold, and when he spoke, his voice meant business. “There’s something I need to tell you.”
LEO.
“What’s wrong?” Dad asked, looking suddenly tense.
What the fuck was up with him? Now wasn’t the time to ask him though, I needed to get this shit over with.
Azura placed her hand on my thigh, and our eyes met for a moment before I wrapped my arm around her neck pulling her close and kissing her forehead. “I’ll start with my side business, as you already fucking know, I created some pretty lethal bullets.” Dad nodded slowly, drinking his coffee.
This wasn’t going to be easy, and I wasn’t going to fucking sugarcoat it or try to justify shit.
“Well as you know, I have several businesses, one of which is the Heimtückische Wölfe…” I said, waiting for him to take that in.
“Heimtückische Wölfe… that’s…” Realisation dawned on his face as he stared at me as if he had just been hit with a reality check. Guess he fucking had. “So.. Schurke Wolf… I often thought the name was ironic, how the fuck did I never see that…”
“I’m not going to try to justify anything, but the Cartel was the majority of my income. I’m not even going to say I’m sorry for it. I regret certain decisions regarding having involved the bastard Emmet, but otherwise if I was told to do it all over… I wouldn’t change the Cartel.” I said coldly, but I was watching him intently despite my emotionless attitude.
“That’s…” Dad sat back, running his hand through his messy hair as he exhaled sharply. He set his cup down, joining his hands in front of him, and placed them to his lips trying to comprehend what I had just told him.
Was he stressed out? I couldn’t fucking make out what he was thinking, but from the way he was constantly either clenching and unclenching his hands, to the tapping of his foot on the floor, or running his hand through his hair, I could tell he was trying to digest my revelation.
I poured myself another cup of coffee since it looked like this was going to fucking take all day. “Emmet is the one who took my formula and created his own fucking batch of lethal bullets. Plus, there was a shipment of drugs that I had brought into the country. It was meant to be the final one, one that has fucking made me the richest man in the country, only to find out they’ve been tampered with. I’m certain it’s Emmet’s doing too. I need you to put him under Alpha Command, so I can ask him a few questions.” I continued. There was no point in filtering this shit, we didn’t have time to fucking waste.
Dad looked at me as if seeing me for the first time. “Of course, I’ll ask Emmet… but tell me Leo… why?” He asked quietly.
“You know why,” I replied quietly. “I didn’t trust anyone… in the end, we needed to fight for survival. Ourselves. I’m letting the past go and so I won’t bring that shit up again. I told you the truth and I intend to let the pack know as well, before Emmet’s trial.” “You want to tell the pack that you-“
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