Chapter 40 The W Word


    November 3rd


    My view when I first woke was not the white bed sheets but the tall swaying trees of the forest. The


    cold air was biting at my feet making me shiver, but a thick nket enclosed my body and somebody


    warm and strong held me.


    My eyes widened as my situation sank in and I let out a sleepy groan.


    "Leo?" I asked catching the scent of the man carrying me. "What the fuck is happening?"


    "Ssssh, don''t worry about it E. Go back to sleep," he replied softly.


    Go back to sleep? So I''m not dreaming right now?


    I looked up at the sky to see stars strewn across the clear sky in little clusters and swirling ribbons. The


    deep purples and blues of the night were rich like the most pigmented paint and it all just seemed so


    surreal and dreamy.


    "Is this real?" I asked just to be sure as I reached my hand out of the nket to feel the gentle breeze


    dance at my fingertips.


    "I said go back to sleep," Leo said still in a quiet, but more authoritative tone.


    The night was still and calm but something about Leo''s tone put me on edge which of course put going


    to sleep out of the question.


    I listened to the crunch of his feet on thete autumn leaves and as much as the darkness would


    permit, I looked around trying to decipher our location.


    But soon enough, I felt theforting warmth of Leo''s body and the nket lure me to sleep and I


    didn''t wake up until the morning sunshine dozed my skin.


    I was in a room. Not unfamiliar but not my usual sleeping quarters. Leo was right next to me with his


    arm securely around my waist as he slept. The thick musk of the forest clung to him which paired with


    our change in location, were the only two things stopping me from believing I had imaginedst night.


    I gently woke him, by running my finger along his shoulders and he opened his eyes and snuggled into


    me.


    "Leo, you have some exining to do," I stated and he only groaned. "You smell like you spent half the


    night in the woods."


    "I did. But it''s nothing you need to worry about," he said softly.


    "Right," I replied with a sigh. "That''s not sketchy at all."


    "E," he said sincerely. "I just had to deal with something as Alpha."


    I nodded, "I understand. But you look dreadful. Get some more sleep, Leo."


    "Only if you''ll join me," he replied with a grin as he leant into my lips.


    I ran my hand through his hair, down his neck and to the end of his back as we made out. I loved the


    feel of his lips on mine, his fingertips brushing along the bare skin on my legs. Leo moved so that his


    arms were either side of me and our body''s chest to chest. We were so engrossed in the moment in


    fact that we barely noticed when somebody opened the bedroom door.


    "Oh god," I heard Be''s voice say. Leo looked over his shoulder at the door. Her eyes were wide open


    and so was her mouth.


    "Oh hey Bell..." Leo said running one hand through his hair.


    "Mom says breakfast is ready," she said quickly before immediately exiting and closing the door behind


    her.


    "That was awkward," Leo said.


    "You didn''t tell me this is your parents'' house!" I eximed.


    "Didn''t I?" he replied


    "At least it wasn''t Rosa," I said. "That would have been significantly worse."


    "We should probably go and eat," Leo said.


    "Hey kids," Rosa said as we entered the kitchen I noticed Be sat at the table eating an apple


    "Not really kids anymore..." She said taking a bit of her apple.


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    "Maybe knock next time?" Leo said.


    "There will not be a next time. What makes you think I''m ever going anywhere near a bedroom with you


    and E in again?" Be replied. "Scarred for life."


    "I made some pancakes for you two. Should fill you up fromst night Leo," Rosa said changing the


    subject and handing us both a te with a couple of pancakes on.


    "Thank you," I said. "What''s happenedst night?"


    "You don''t know?" Rosa said surprised and I shook my head. "Leonardo! Your poor mate deserves to


    know these things!" she scolded. "Tell her!"


    He sighed and rolled his eyes before swallowing his bite of pancake and taking my hand.


    "About half an hour after we got back home there was trouble at the Northern border," Leo said in a


    low, serious tone. "That''s why I had to bring you here. So that you could be safe whilst I dealt with it."


    "Ayas?" I asked.


    "Yes, about a hundred men," Leo answered gravely. "It was a military attack from Alpha Haden."


    "He has Lia, what more does he want?" I asked taking a sharp breath in. "Has he not messed with this


    pack enough."


    "He wants to see the destruction of this pack E. He wants to see me dead," Leo answered looking


    into my eyes.


    My eyes widened, "Why?"


    "We''ve always been rivals but remained civil until everything that happened yesterday concerning our


    Lunas. Now he has the freedom to do what he''s always wanted to do."


    The room was quiet, the only sound being Rosa was by the sink, ferociously scrubbing a pan as she


    breathed fast and heavily.


    "Does-" I began. "Does this mean war?"


    Leo gently squeezed my hands, kissed my forehead before he simply got up and left the room, every


    muscle in his body tensed and his face filled with worry.


    I will take that as a yes.