Layla’s POVMy breath hitched slightly as soon as Hector gave the order, and his words reverberated through my body. I stared at him in open-mouthed shock. He had just told me to kneel, which was the greatest show of submission among our species.A simple bow was the norm, but even then I wouldn’t h
I held my breath in the long moment that followed as he stared at me with a blank expression, but then a look of resignation came over his features and I felt my heart dip with disappointment.He got up wordlessly, and I felt the hot sting of failure and embarrassment burn through me almost instantl
Layla’s POVHector was a dictator when it came to my personal training. He’d made that pretty clear in the first hour after he accepted me, with the whole push-up fiasco, but things only escalated from that point onwards.For starters, he kept me on a strict sleeping and exercise regimen. Every mor
‘Little Wolf,’ Hector said suddenly. ‘Are you there?’The sound of his voice echoing in my head down the mindlink startled me, because it was hard to ignore the sensation it always left me with, that he was standing right next to me even when he wasn’t.‘Yes Alpha,’ I said.He didn’t answer immediat
She had pretty much told me so herself, citing the fact that she heard Marcia Rockmountain (the same elderly matriarch of the Rockmountain clan who didn’t hesitate to condemn me to death) tell Reno to watch out for me, as I was ‘just like my whore mother.’The fact that she would even say that told
Layla’s POVI was at a loss for words as I struggled to make sense of Alex’s accusation. With his track record it shouldn’t have surprised me, but I found myself shocked at his audacity nevertheless. My Ex had been spoiled rotten by his family, and he was deluded enough to see himself as the victim
Maybe I hadn’t meant it when I said I felt nothing for Alex. Maybe I was grateful that he would no longer be able to hurt me anymore.But if that was true, why did I feel so uneasy leaving him behind?•The sense of disquiet didn’t last long. In fact, it left me as soon as I put some distance betwee
Layla’s POVHe decided that we would start with the basics, and since I was only just a beginner I trained in human form.“It’s important to learn to fight in both forms,” he explained, cutting off my protest with a stern look. “Not every battle you find yourself will require shifting, Little Wolf.