I’d been correct—I felt ridiculous and probably looked worse off—but at that moment, dancing felt right… and so good too.By the time the next Top 40 song rolled around, I was (in my humble opinion, at least) tearing it up on the dance floor as I made a fool of myself with Palmer (who’d given up her
Layla’s POVWith a sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach, I watched the man remain in the same position he had fallen in, and as the seconds ticked by with no changes I started to fear that I had just killed him.This was bad. No, not even that. Bad was an understatement, because if he died it wo
Layla’s POVTwo words, not even shouted, and yet the menace that seeped out of them made a shiver go through me. The human felt it too because he tensed, and in the next moment the acrid sting of fear burnt my nostrils over the sweat, cologne and alcohol. It was his, and as he shook his head the te
“Of course, Little Wolf.”“Wait here,” I ordered, tamping down the urge to steal another kiss from him as I turned.In answer to this, he smacked my butt playfully, and after shooting a death glare at him over my shoulder that didn’t seem to discourage him much, I tottered off to the bathroom.As so
Layla’s POVFor a moment I didn’t know what to do, and I stood rooted to my spot at the entrance of the bathroom, half-shielded from sight while I witnessed Jasper try to scramble up to his feet.He was almost successful (the operative word here being ‘almost’) and as he leveraged himself up with hi
I ignored the burning sensations that flooded my calves with each step. By the Goddess, I was going to be crippled if I didn’t get them off soon.The men tensed, their frames turning rigid until they turned to see me. I couldn’t imagine what I must’ve looked like in that moment, a shivering human gi
Layla’s POVMy taunting had the desired effect, because predictably, while I was still undoing my straps, the men let out cries of outrage and started to charge in my direction.There were five of them in total, and with their leader down that left four, with one staying back to hold Jasper while hi
Layla’s POV“You… fucking… whore!” he grunted finally, pulling back enough to deliver a hard blow that set the knots and bolts in my head spinning loose as my vision blurred dangerously.I felt the fight start to trickle out of me slowly, but I continued and as he rained down blows on me I tried to