Fate's Dark Side Chapter 513

The afternoon was intense. Leo and I lay in bed, spent from the orgasms. I was tired but tried to stay awake because every moment with him counted. He knew it too.

While my head was against his chest, I thought of Alpha Timothy and his granddaughter.

Although I did not know them, I knew the man was trying to be sneaky; I just felt it. Using the alpha challenge to sneak his granddaughter into Leo's house was extreme.

He could have just asked for help, but instead, he came up with the only solution favouring him.

Getting his daughter married to one of the most powerful men in our world.

Leo was the head of the King's council, the head alpha of the east. The man that got the King his throne. He was friends with the King and Queen. All the lords were his friends. His influence was throughout our world. He was bigger than Mountain and the east. It was too much of a sacrifice to request him to be mated to his daughter, claiming she would be a good luna. I wished I had been there; I would have chased her out. I might be easygoing to Leo, but my kind nature ends there. Rejected or not, he is my mate, and I wasn't willing to let him go unless he wanted to be free.

I rested my head on his chest and laughed at the Eduards internally. The man had made a genius move.

"How was your time while I was away?" Leo finally asked me, and even though he had just gone for less than twenty-four hours, I had a lot to say.

"Queen Tamia came to get me, and we hung out in the garden with her and their friends. Their children are adorable, Leo. I really had fun. They are fun to be around, and I did not feel any complex except lady Katya kept staring into my eyes. Lady Avery made her stop eventually. I knew she didn't mean to, but she could pretend." I said, and he laughed.

"So you do not hate Tamia anymore?" he asked, and I knew why he asked me that question. I had spoken against her the first time we met when he caught me stealing her things in his room.

"Well, I talked to her about the takeovers, and she wasn't aware it was happening. She promised to discuss it with the King. I feel awful for hating the woman. She is awesome, Leo." I said, and he was silent. Maybe I had said too much. She was his ex-wife, after all, so he already knew she was awesome.

I knew how he lost her, and the fact her things were still in the room they shared, and he still slept there alone spoke volumes. As much as I was into Leo, I was on my guard because I knew he might hurt me, not because he wanted to, but because it seemed he was yet to let go of Tamia.

He rubbed my back gently, and I tried to relax in his arms.

"Since you two are friends, I am sure you can help me send her things to the north when we go home," he said, and I froze and sat up to look at him. I wanted to be sure that he had spoken and that I wasn't hearing things.

"Are you sure about this?" I asked him, and he nodded.

"I have been trying to figure out how to do it, but I haven't been able to. This morning, I looked at her things in the wardrobe and knew having another man's wife's clothes in my closet was unhealthy. Makes me seem like a creep," he said and chuckled.

"I have moved on; it is time I start acting it out so people can stop thinking I am still hung up on her." He said and sat up in bed.

He caressed my cheeks gently and stared into my eyes lovingly.

"I want to know where this will lead to. I have invested a hundred per cent, Amelia. I do not want to mess this up," he said with sincerity, and I closed my eyes to feel his palm on my cheek. I rubbed my cheek against his palm gently, feeling safe.

"Leo," I said because his words had touched my soul.

"You are the first friend and family I will have, do not break my heart," I confessed. After all, even though I was carefree and looked as if nothing bothered me, I knew no matter how tough I was, losing him would break me in irremediable ways because I would never find a replacement for him.

He cared, even without the bond he cared.

When others would have chased me away, he took me in.

It was gradual and fast simultaneously, and I knew it was a battle. No one would care as much as Leo has cared. That much I knew because he saw me before everyone else could.