CHAPTER 48: HE SHARED A PART OF HIM

"Don’t leave Luca." I breathed out after I rested on the bed, he stared at me for a second, he did all he could for me, he took care of my wounds, gave me a bath, and made sure that I finished my soup.

Being alone is a bad idea, even if it’s safe now, sort of, I didn’t want to be alone.

"I don’t deserve to stay with you, I don’t deserve your forgiveness." Luca breathed out, all he had done was look away from me, he was filled with regret.

I don’t think it’s his fault that I was taken, the way I see it, even if we were happy, I would have still stepped into that room because I enjoyed being there, I loved seeing younger Luca, and the way I see it, I would still have been taken because he was busy.

"What happened was bad and you proved him wrong, all Conrad did was tell me how much you would never come for me, you would be happy that I am gone." I breathed out. "He wanted me to lose hope and yet I didn’t, I am glad that I didn’t do that." I breathed out.

I held his hand softly and finally, he found his place sitting by the side of the bed, he came for me and that’s all that mattered, I didn’t care about anything else.

Despite what happened between us, yes it still hurts but this proves that even if we have a huge fight in the future, if we have a future, he will come for me; he will make sure that I am fine no matter what.

"I doubted you, I believe the words of the enemies and not yours, I should have known better."

"Can we talk about something else, tell me how you found me." I breathed out.

Luca gave me a short smile, he looked like he wanted to cry, he reminded me of one of his portraits that I saw, the one where his brother was not in it, in my mind, it’s possible when his brother died, and his eyes, though it held power at a young age, it felt like he has lost everything and it looked the same.

"I don’t hate you, Luca." I smiled. "Call me forgiving or stupid but I don’t hate you, you doubted me and that still hurts because I thought you trusted me but you came for me and I think the pain Conrad put me through, is enough for me to forgive you because you felt all that I did." I chuckled

He stared at me this time with a smile on his face when he leaned in and placed a kiss on my lips.

"I want to do something, come with me." He spoke, I didn’t ask more questions when he helped me out of the bed and he stared at me with a smile on his face.

He led us into the living room and I saw him whisper something to Ares and in a few seconds, the room was filled with the different guards, some that I had never seen before.

"This is Olivia, my mate, the only woman I would be seen with, she means the world to me and what happened today, it will never happened again, she will never be taken, she would be treated like a queen, like the woman meant to be with the Alpha, if she is hurt so I am and I expect all of you to respect and care for her, we may not be married but being mates is more than enough right now, if I love her so do all of you, is I respect her, so do all of you, she comes before me in all situations, because one day she will stand by me and lead the throne, she is stronger than anyone you think, she has a white fur," he spoke and they stared at each other.

My heart bubbled with emotions and my eyes filled with tears, the way he spoke about me with respect, unlike Conrad who didn’t want anyone to know about me, it’s like he hid me, it’s like he didn’t ever want me to be known as his wife, when his friend came.

It’s always get everything ready and stay in your room because you are beautiful and don’t want anyone seeing you, with Luca with different.

I stared at him with a smile on my face.

"She is white and I am black." He spoke again and they glanced at each other, why did the color matter? "She is meant to always be with me and tell those that are not here, I don’t ever want to hear a bad word about this or about her, when you protect her you remember she belongs to me and if anything happens to her, you remember Alpha Luca would behead you." He spoke.

He didn’t stop speaking, he didn’t have to tell me he is in love with me, his eyes did, his words did and the way he respected me, the way all his men bowed to me, not because they were forced but because they respected me and respected the way he spoke about me.

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"No one has ever done that for me, Luca." I breathed out, my eyes glimmered with tears when he wrapped his hand around me and he pulled me closer to him, his eyes were on mine, his lips softly meeting mine when I pulled away with a smile on my face.

I didn’t want to lie down, I wanted to stay up with him. I wanted to dance the night away, I wanted to be happy with him, I wanted to just be there, it felt like I was in a fairytale, one that I always felt like I should have been.

"Do you forgive me for what I have done?"

"I did a long time ago." I smiled

Luca lay me on the bed, his eyes were on mine as he spoke, his hands grazing my thighs softly, as much as he wanted to touch me, he didn’t, he didn’t because if we got rough, my wounds would get worse.

"Where is Aria, did she try anything while I was gone?" I asked, I have a feeling she did, I didn’t see her when I walked in, she must have been warned a few times.

"She has Ares keeping her occupied, as much as he hates it, he has to do it and the distraction is good," Luca said.

"For Ares," I asked as he smiled, I didn’t want to ask what he was going through, I didn’t think it was my place to, and Ares would not want me in his business.

Luca still has not killed her even after I was kidnapped, that’s enough proof that he cares about me, no matter what Conrad would say.

Luca told me stories, I didn’t even know he would talk to much, he told me about his brother, I didn’t even have to ask he told me about him, and he told me how precious he was, how he took care of him

Before life was snatched away from him, how he wished that things didn’t happen that way, and how he wished that things got better, he told me how it would be if his brother were still alive, I guess they would have been a duo, they would do anything to take care of each other.

I enjoyed hearing all of this, this is a side of him he didn’t show to me all the time and I loved it.

"How about your parents, you never talked about them and you always avoid any topic that has to do with them Luca," I asked

"Because there is always never anything to say, anytime I recall about my father, the only thing I can remember from the past is the pain he put me through, he didn’t even care that my brother died, all he cared about was that, that would be make me stronger and mom, she hated me after what happened, I didn’t blame her byt she didn’t let me explain. She didn’t love me anymore." He spoke and my eyes flicked with tears.

He didn’t deserve that. He didn’t hurt his brother because he wanted to, he did it because he could not control himself and I know deep down he tried all he could

"She hated me so much, she could not stay in the same house as me, she wanted her own floor where she could not be able to look at my face for as long as she wanted, when she died, she was happier that she would be reconnected to her son."

"The fire killed them," I asked and he stiffened, like he was hiding something, I didn’t question it.

"I did n’t-you didn’t do anything wrong, you didn’t hurt your brother because you want to and everything that happened, it could never be your fault, it’s definitely not Luca," I whispered cutting him off.

I placed my hand on his and I pulled him closer to me, he needs to stop blaming himself.