Layla’s POVXavier's reaction to my revelation was delayed.First, he blinked at me, not immediately registering what I had said. It was like I could see the wheels in his mind turning over my statement. When what I said finally dawned on him, it was like watching a light bulb go on. Or in this ca
The silence in the room was almost deafening to my ears as I stared at him, waiting for a response, and some time passed before he finally let out a low whistle.“Remind me to never get on your bad side, Spitfire,” he said.There was a note of admiration in his tone, and I felt my shoulders relax by
Layla’s POVHector’s shoulders tensed as soon as he opened the door to find me staring at him wide-eyed. At that moment, I probably looked more like a deer caught in headlights than I had ever managed to in my life. But that was hardly my fault.As the fact that he was in the same space as me regis
There was only one problem though: Watching Hector suffer made me feel sick to my stomach. Apparently, Lea felt the same way.‘Why are you doing this to us?’ my wolf cried out inside me.I ignored the question, but she pressed on.‘This is bigger than you, Layla,’ she cautioned sagely. ‘This is abo
“I fucked up by not stepping in to protect you when I should’ve,” he continued, and a flash of regret passed his eyes as he added: “and I won’t even try to justify my reasons. But now, all I’m asking for is a chance, Little Wolf: To tell you everything you want to know and everything you don’t. To l
Layla’s POVSo now I was in a situation that I didn’t know how to get out of. As I sat motionlessly on the hospital mattress, staring blankly at the walls for up to ten minutes after Hector had left, I did some soul searching and realised that while the desire to escape the Pack was no longer as ur
Last year, I would’ve been on cloud nine, taking this as a sign of her accepting me. But I no longer had rose-tinted shades on. I could tell right off the bat that this was something she didn’t want to be doing… which begged the question of why it was even happening in the first place.Why was my s
Layla’s POVThroughout the next week, things continued in the same vein, and it didn’t look like they would be changing for a while.True to his word, Hector kept out of my way, and even though this set off a ball of mixed emotions inside me, I was determined to take advantage of it. Lu continued t