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.
“You’ll get eaten alive,” Hector said, “overwhelmed. I know you. You’d do best to stay indoors.”And that was that.His words were spoken in a fond tone that I should’ve found reassuring, but as I watched Hector swagger away from me to take care of other Pack issues now that our session had come to
Still, I looked serviceable, and after a brief debate I decided that I’d let my hair fall over my shoulders and back instead of the usual ponytail I often kept it in.I made my way downstairs to grab a quick bite, and as I was arriving in the kitchen Lu stepped out of her room and it was hard not to