72 Amelia''s Angle


    ~Leo~


    The moment we arrived at the mansion, I rushed inside. From the way Amelia sounded on the


    phone, I knew she was mad, and I could not me her. When I left for the airport and lied about


    showing y and Andrew the ce, I believed I had done the right thing then, but now I knew it


    was silly.


    I put myself in her shoes and realised I owed her an apology. Even though I did not want her to join


    me at the airport, I should have told her what I nned on doing. It wouldn''t have cost me anything.


    But instead, I chose to lie. I knew she had it in for me.


    "The omegas would show you all to your room; I am sure Amelia has allocated the rooms to the


    queen anddies," I said, and Sylvester nodded.


    "You are in trouble?" he asked, and I knew he would know the look. I reluctantly nodded, and


    Marcel and Theo startedughing.


    "Let me guess; you did not tell her we wereing?" Marcel said, and I shook my head.


    "Not that. "I said and sighed.


    "I did not tell her I was going to the airport to get our guest because we suspected they might be


    attacked," I said, and Marcelughed.


    "Same thing Leo. You couldn''t have told her if you wanted our arrival in the east to be a surprise.


    Going to your her, we will make ourselvesfortable. I am sure our wives panicked when they


    saw that attack, and the kappa drove them away. They must have transferred some of that panic to


    Amelia," He said, and his words did not make me feel better. I decided to leave them.


    I linked Amelia, and she told me she was in the room.


    I got to the room and decided to knock. I could onlyugh at myself after I had knocked on the door


    twice as if I were a guest.


    I felt too guilty.


    "Come in," Amelia linked me, and I entered the room.


    She was sitting on the couch in the room and wasn''t smiling.


    That was a bad sign.


    I should have bought her flowers beforeing home. Maybe that would have softened her mood.


    She looked at me, and I forgot that I was wounded. I had already started healing but knew I looked


    like a mess.


    She rushed towards me and led me to the bathroom. Then she took off the fabric Vino had tied on


    my side. The wound was still open, but it was healing. I guess the cut was deep.


    She did not say a word to me. She ran warm water on it and disinfected it with ethanol.


    She could have used the hydrogen peroxide, but she wanted it to hurt, and it did before wrapping a


    bandage around my waist to cover the wound. It would be healed tomorrow.


    Once she was done, She left me alone in the bathroom, and I had to gather the courage to face her


    in the room.


    "Amelia," I said, and she looked at me with blue wolf eyes.


    "You could have died out there," she said with a shaky voice.


    "I do not ask questions, I mind my business, and I let you have your secrets and tell me things when


    you want to, but that does not mean that you should do this," she said, and I was silent.


    "You just met Andrew and y. How can you entrust your life and that of our friends to them?" She


    said, and I was surprised that she did not trust them either.


    "I have no issues with y. I know he is sincere, but Andrew is a different case. Did it ever ur to


    you that he is on a mission to help the cult get us? What if he turned on you and y in battle?


    What if he is an informant and prepared them for this. You and our friends would have been in


    trouble, and I would have believed you were showing them the pack. It is wrong, Leo," she said with


    tears in her eyes.


    "This is not the time for romantic surprises. We are at war. You are supposed to tell me everything.


    Let me know everything so I will know what to do and how and when to chip in. It is very important,


    Leo." She said and sighed. Then wiped away her tears.


    "That night, while in the north on our way from the ymans, you were unconscious to see or


    understand what I went through.


    "They took the three of you out as if it were nothing and were heading for Linda, Avery and me. Had


    I not been a Stepanov, we would have all been dead. I wouldn''t have been able to get help," She


    said, stood up, and walked to where I stood.


    Her eyes were misty.


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    They were no longer blue, but tears were streaming down her cheeks.


    "Other than our friends from the North, I am the only person you can trust with your life Leo because


    I will only be hurting myself by hurting you," She said and touched my cheeks with her palm.


    "Do not do this again. I do not trust Andrew, and I want us to keep an eye on him until we know his


    true purpose. In fact, he had no business staying here, but since you have already granted him


    amodation, we need to be careful because he might be working for Yuri, and this might all be a


    n so Yuri can get the south and east on a tter." She said and chuckled.


    "How easy will it be to hand Yuri the south and east in exchange for aid and army to end Erik and


    secure the north and west? How easy will it be? They im they want to restore the Stepanov''s


    glory; I doubt it," she said.


    "If that is true, the real heirs are Alexei, y or me. Yuri has no im where we are concerned. I


    think the guy is shady.


    I might be wrong, but until proven otherwise, do not go with him anywhere and do not let him in on


    your real ns. It would go a long way, Leo," she said, and I knew she wasn''t lying. She was just as


    suspicious of everyone as I was, but she was subtle about it. Amelia would be a deadly enemy to


    have.


    "I am sorry, darling. I swear to you, I wasn''t thinking along those lines. I did not trust Andrew, but I


    did not know my actions would affect you like this. I am sorry," I said and bent to kiss her.


    She let me kiss her and held on to me tightly. I could not do what I wanted because of my wound,


    but I nned to make it up to her.


    We broke the kiss gently, and she led me to the bed.


    "I have been trying to take an afternoon nap since, but something alwayses up," she


    comined, and Iughed.


    "So, what do you think we should do about Andrew?" I asked her andy down. Shey with me


    and ced her head on my chest.


    "If Sylvester agrees with the idea of trading the south and east for Yuri''s support, then I think we


    should go with it; once Erik has been taken out, we move to take out Yuri too," she said, and I


    gasped. Her words made me sit up immediately and look at her.


    "Wouldn''t that be double-crossing an ally?" I said, and she shrugged.


    "If he was a good man, I wouldn''t think that way," she said.


    "But you heard what Andrew said about his character," I argued, and she chuckled.


    "Andrew''s standards are questionable. The man poisoned an entire settlement to get his way. He


    has been conquering packs and forcing people off theirnds. What he did in Pridewood is the


    height of his wickedness. Other than targeting the Volkovs, how many settlements have Erick


    actively wiped out?" she asked me, and I could not answer the question.


    "Exactly what I thought, Leo. Erik is fixated on getting revenge and taking over from the Volkovs


    while Yuri is killing innocent people.


    What would stop Yuri froming for everything once Erick has been taken out? Who will stop


    him? Did it ever ur to you that this is all part of a n and we are just unwilling and unsuspecting


    yers in Yuri''s game? " she said, and she made a lot of sense with those words.


    I did not think of it as deeply as she had, and she was right. Yuri was just as evil or even more so


    than Erik. What would stop the guy froming for the north and west once Erik is gone, and he


    has the east and south? Absolutely nothing. He would have all the power with no opposition. I felt


    completely stupid at that moment.


    "I see your point, Amelia," I said, and she nodded with satisfaction.


    "We do not need two kings. Sylvester is enough. Worst case scenario y and Alexei would be


    given lordship, and the natural order would be restored, but I think it would be stupid of us to work


    with Yuri and help him achieve his goal. He mighte for everything when we least suspect it,"


    She said, spelling out her reasons, and she smiled. I could see she was d that I saw things her


    way.


    "We will discuss everything with Sylvester and the others and maybee up with several ns


    before we choose which one we would follow.


    Iid back down, and she ced her head on my chest while I stroked her hair.


    Amelia fell asleep, but I couldn''t sleep.


    I was ashamed that I did not think things through, nor did I think of the angle at which things might


    go south. I was d that Amelia had enough information to think along those lines and figure out


    how to counter and prevent them from happening. Yuri was a killer. However, Andrew tried to put it.


    He was a monster.