Layla’s POVI stood frozen outside Hector’s office, unable to move as I heard him stumble through a confession to someone at the other end of the door.I couldn’t blink, couldn’t breathe even as it felt like my lungs were caught in a vise, so I remained there with my hand on the doorknob and my visi
But that wasn’t all. All of the calluses I’d gotten from the months of training were also gone, and even the scar from my fall off a bike when I’d been learning to ride one at ten-years-old had disappeared. From what I could tell, my skin was better than it had ever been before. There was not a si
Layla’s POV“… I want to explain.”His words, spoken soft and tenderly, trailed off after that, and when he saw that his statement had elicited no noticeable reaction from me his mouth opened and closed.It was almost like he hadn’t thought of what he would say next after and had now hit a wall.I k
His eyebrows drew up in confusion.“Are you—?”I shook my head, cutting him off. “No,” I said, “not really.”The words caught in my throat and for a moment my vision swam with tears at everything that was happening, and how easily I had almost succumbed to him just now.Goddess, I had never been so
Layla’s POVI sprinted out of the building, not stopping until I arrived at the path that led out of it to the rest of the Pack grounds, where the residences and the clinic were located. The path was some ways away from the imposing structure I had just come out of, and as my chest burned with brea
I stifled a gasp at the sight of his battered, bruised face, and perhaps the shock of it all was my tipping point, because my tears went from quiet sniffles to ugly, heaving sobs that would no doubt come back to haunt me.My vision blurred, and in the next moment I felt a presence come in front of m
Layla’s POVXavier blinked at the question, and in the next moment I saw a flash of regret go over his features and knew that he hadn’t thought before telling me he was leaving. This told me that it was something I wasn’t supposed to know, and as things went it made me even more curious to find out
For a moment the callousness of my thoughts surprised me, but I didn’t have a moment to assess them because Xavier had already begun to speak.He told me that if I’d truly meant what I said then he was going to respect my request, and I gave him a small nod.“Thank you,” I muttered.A stretch of sil