King Alejandro: The Return of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha
Chapter 24

No. I don't remember.'

Her words rang in my head as she stared up at me, fear clear in her gorgeous eyes. I won't f*****g lie that my own heart was pounding as I pulled her into my arms, inhaling her intoxicating scent of hazelnut chocolate. I held her close, trying to control my own f*****g storm of emotions.

Doesn't remember...

What the f**k did that even mean?

How could she f*****g forget that Azura was not Scarlett and Elijah's biological daughter? That was not something f*****g small.

"Alejandro, is something wrong?" She asked.

I knew she'll be able to tell if I'm lying...

"Don't worry too much, let's head to bed, I need to leave early but I should be back by tomorrow evening." I said quietly. "You didn't answer the question." She replied, her heart thundering as she pulled away from

"Amore Mio, things will be ok, maybe it's just a side effect of him making you forget whatever the f**k happened when you went to the country house." I replied, trying to figure this shit out.

"I don't want to forget important things." She whispered, her hand on my chest "You won't." I replied. Taking hold of her wrist, I kissed her knuckles softly. "You won't."

I could hear the conviction in my voice as I reassured her, but the fear that I may be f*****g wrong was beginning to eat up at me inside. The cut along her head came back to me and I knew something was really f*****g wrong... She nodded, despite her thumping heart still racing. "Let's get to bed." I said quietly, cupping her face I kissed her hard. Deep down a niggling thought came to me, that what if... What if she forgot me? Just the thought of that happening made me pull her close, crushing her body against mine as I kissed her harder...

An hour later, after a round of hot passionate s*x, she had fallen asleep in my arms, yet I couldn't f*****g sleep. I was a f*****g mess of worry. I needed her to be f*****g ok... Maybe I was f*****g overthinking it, maybe nothing like that was going to happen, and maybe I just needed to chill the f**k out.

I slowly untangled my arms from around the gorgeous bombshell in my arms and got out of bed slowly, pulling on my discarded boxers and sweatpants. Grabbing my lighter and a cigarette packet, I left the room. I needed to talk to Elijah, even if I f*****g smelled of s*x I didn't really care.

Meet me on the back patio.' I mind linked him. Despite being able to mind link other Alpha's, it still f*****g gave me a slight headache. Moments later, Elijah stepped out, and I smirked, not missing the hickeys around his neck that peeped out from his T-shirt. His wet hair fell in his eyes.

It seemed like I wasn't the only one who had just had s*x.

He frowned and I knew he probably could smell the s*x off me. "What do you want that couldn't wait until you had showered?" He growled.

I smirked at him, lighting my cigarette as I cocked my brow. "What's wrong? Does it f*****g still piss you off knowing I just f****d your girl?"I taunted. Despite being in no f*****g mood to mock him, I couldn't help it. Sometimes shit just came out. His eyes flashed a cobalt blue, and I rolled my own. "Seriously, are you still doing this shit nine years on? I'm sure I've f****d her more times than I can even count-" "What the f**k do you want? Did you call me out here for this?" He growled murderously.

I smirked humourlessly.

"Actually, no..." My smirk faded and I looked at him seriously. "You know about earlier... When she asked about Azura... I asked her and she..." I ran my hand through my hair, staring up at the cloudy night sky. "And?" He asked, his anger dissipating, replaced with seriousness. "She couldn't remember anything more than you and Scarlett being her parents... Indigo.. what happened, nothing." I said, the fear settling into the pit of my stomach again. His heartbeat quickened and he looked pale. "But Raihana checked her... She wasn't cursed..." "No, she wasn't... But they did something. She's forgotten some parts of her past, I'm guessing it's when they made her forget whatever happened in there. But I'm just a tad f*****g worried that she may begin to forget more..." I swallowed hard, trying not to think of the worst f*****g case scenario... "She won't forget you." He replied quietly, placing a hand on my shoulder before removing it incredibly fast. I smirked before glancing at him. "I f*****g hope not because she's my f*****g lifeline." I said quietly. She was, without her I would f*****g lose my mind... Our eyes met and he looked at the sky, shoving his hands into the pockets of his pants. "I know... but I'm sure she's fine, get Raihana to check her over tomorrow." He said quietly. I nodded.

Yeah, I really f*****g needed to.

"Don't you often feel like the f*****g moon goddess does not want to leave us in peace?" I asked, sitting down on the steps and taking a drag on my cigarette. 5 He sighed heavily. "Yeah..."

He walked off and I heard the door open and shut behind him, leaving me alone in the garden. I stared up at the sky wondering what was to come. Something told me that Kataleya's kidnapping had just been the f*****g start of all th is shit... I ran my hand through my hair when I heard the door reopen and Elijah stepped out again. He sat down, leaving a metre gap between us, and placed down a case of six beers. "Sometimes a f*****g drink helps." He said, taking a can out and opening it with one hand before passing it to

me.

"Yeah, guess you're f*****g right. The only problem is a hundred of these don't f*****g help." I sighed, taking a gulp as he opened another can for himself. "Yeah, true."

We fell silent again, just sitting there in silence, drinking the beer. The smell of the fresh earth and grass mixed with the cool breeze was refreshing. The promise of approaching rain clung in the air.

I tossed my cigarette stub onto the ground and took another one out.

"Want one?" I asked, holding out the packet.

"Why the f**k not?" He shrugged, taking one and placing it between his lips. I smirked, now that was a f*****g first. I took the lighter out, lighting it for him before lighting a second for myself.

"I'm guessing Scarlett would f*****g blow if she knew I got you hooked." "I won't get hooked, besides she won't know unless you f*****g snitch." He remarked, taking a drag on his cigarette. "Is she with the girls again?" "Yeah, and Clara is currently with Dante. I'll be going back though." He remarked.

"I appreciate you two being here and shit, but with Liam working overtime you would need to go back." I blew out the smoke, slowly staring out at the swaying short grass.

"We'll go back when we need to, right now they have it covered, but if what you're saying about Kiara is true... I don't want to leave yet." He replied quietly.

I didn't reply.

Kiara... F**k I really hope she was going to be ok... We sat there silently going through three cans of beer each, making small jokes, or in my case - annoying the f**k out of him, but when the first drops of rain began to fall, we decided to head inside. Sometimes you just need that moment to sit back with someone who gets you.

It was the following day and I tried not to think about what she had said about Azura. It was maybe just a f*****g one-off and she was going to be completely f*****g fine. Elijah said he'd let Scarlett know to keep an eye on her whilst the both of us were out. The day ******g flew by, research after research got us f*****g nowhere. It was now late afternoon and I really f*****g hoped Kenneth, the fucker, had some answers in two days time - because I had f*****g nothing. "Alpha, high witch, Janaina is on the phone." Drake, my other Delta, held the phone out to me. Is it weird that I just realised that both my Delta's names and my Beta's started with a f*****g D? Maybe that's why they were all dickheads at times.

"Alpha?"

He snapped my attention out of my thoughts, and I gave him a scathing glare, taking the offered phone from him. "Yeah?"

"Hello to you, King Alejandro." "We can skip pleasantries." This woman was f*****g antagonizing.

"Well, I have checked on our side: There is nothing that we have discovered that linked Endora to the Feugo De Ceniza pack, so you can rest assured that it isn't something she has done. It may be something from the Rossi side, perhaps from your father's past." I frowned. So for once, that bitch Endora was not f*****g behind this. Then again, I couldn't f*****g rule her out entirely. She had f*****g messed up shit for us more than once.

"How f*****g sure can you be?"

"Very sure, I would not have called you if I wasn't, however, if anything happened after she was mated to your father, then I cannot speak for her. I am speaking of what she did before she found him. We looked into her parents' pack and everything else, but there is nothing. Whatever this Alpha wants, it's not because of Endora, I can assure you of that."

Her voice was firm and cold, like always.

"Fine. Thanks for looking into it. If you do replace anything else, let me know." "I will. We will continue to look into any way to locate the Djinn, but currently, I don't think we will replace a solution. It will be extremely difficult, and I fear that it is something you will have to figure out yourself."

"Yeah. I f*****g guess so." I hung up, rubbing my jaw as I frowned.

The silence in my room was f*****g loud.

My current plan of action was to replace the pup, see if the fucker comes for him. In that time; question the kid and grill him for any f*****g information possible, then replace the one behind it, meaning his father, and somehow get everything f*****g undone. A sudden thought occurred to me, I looked down at the phone and rang Janaina back.

"Hello."

"One more thing... Does killing a Djinn undo his magic?" I asked.

Silence ensued, but I didn't miss the small intake of breath.

"King Alejandro... You may be a Lycan... But you are treading an extremely dangerous path of thought. To kill a Djinn means suffering the consequences. There is always a price to pay to kill an immortal."

"You didn't answer my f*****g question. Will killing him, undo the curse?"

She huffed with irritation.

"Yes, because Djinns are immortal, as long as they live, their magic is intact. If they are killed, then yes, with it all their magic unravels too." She replied in a clipped tone. I sat back in my chair, placing my legs on the table, crossing my legs at my ankles. "Then you know my next question, right? How the f**k do you kill a Djinn?"