Nothing here had been touched recently, and as I shut the door softly behind me it registered that the only sound I could make out was that of a steady clock ticking away, coming from some corner of the room.There was no sign of Hector, but as I traced my fingers across rough leather bindings, rubb
Layla’s POVHector’s gaze was as intense as it had ever been as he watched me tense at his question, but save a slight tic that formed in his jaw he said nothing. Instead, he waited for me to confirm or deny the allegation, and as my mind raced I entertained the thought of lying to him and putting
“I’m sure there were ways you could’ve gone about being on my side without literally throwing me to the wolves.”Inside me, Lea gave a tired eye roll. ‘By the Goddess, Layla, do you have to be so melodramatic?’I began to answer this, but a low bitter laugh from my mate stopped me almost instantly,
Layla’s POVIt was a wild dance of tongue and teeth, a passionate exchange mirroring my inner turmoil as I stood on my toes, threading my fingers through Hector’s hair and holding him close.A part of me felt like I was caught in a fever dream, but the emotions were raging through me; the feel of my
“I’ll be fine, Layla. But I think I’ll need to get my injuries checked out before we go any further.” There was pause, and then he frowned slightly as he looked away from me to our surroundings. “Besides, it can’t happen here. Not like this.”A second passed before his words registered, and I flushe
Layla’s POVAs it turned out, the quick tour through the Blue Moon Pack that Palmer gave me turned out to be invaluable. Save a couple of wrong turns, I was able to make my way from the Pack infirmary to the cafeteria in record time. Once I arrived, I grabbed a tray off the tray stack and began to
Eventually, he let out a sigh, and when I turned to stare at him I saw that he had a look of contemplation on his features, like he was trying to decide whether or not he would tell me something.Throughout our interaction, it had been clear that Hector was battling sleep, and he must’ve decided aga
Layla’s POVDespite my initial musings about the sharp turn my life was about to take, things continued on as normal… though perhaps this was a stretch. Let me rephrase: Things were as normal as they would ever be, considering the fact that Hector had beat the living daylights out of the Blue Moon