To my surprise, Madeline gave me a hapless shrug.“Nothing, I intend to do nothing to you,” she assured without missing a beat, but I didn’t relax.I sensed that what she would say next even before she started speaking, and true to form, she didn’t disappoint.“Jasper on the other hand… Well, I can’
Layla’s POVEach time I thought I knew all there was to know about pain; some new sensation came in to wipe the old memory clean and take its place.This was the only thought I could muster before the torment hit me fully, a sob wrenching out of me as my connection to Hector instantly disintegrated
This was the last straw for Michael, who immediately got on the phone with his men. He was already shouting into the device by the time I came to, and at first the significance of his conversation didn’t register until I caught its very tail end: They had lost Madeline’s trail.The surge of panic t
Hector’s POVXavier and I were silent as he followed after the cab, keeping a healthy distance between us and them so they wouldn’t know that they were being followed.This wasn’t a hard thing to do, especially in the busy streets of New York, but he kept at it anyway, and as we followed I felt the
The cloud of alcohol around him was thick, cloying almost, and as soon as it hit me I felt an indescribable rage flow through me.My mate was being tortured by his leader on the grounds of some ill-founded experiment; meanwhile, the snivelling, pathetic human in front of me was out having the time o
Eventually, Xavier turned to face me. He spoke as though Nathan were not in the room with us.“He fears Madeline more than he fears us,” the young Alpha-to-be observed, “That is a problem we’ll need to take care of.”I interpreted that as being an invitation to step in, and had even taken a step for
Layla’s POVI was a bloody mess—Madeline and her goons had seen to that, at least.This was a fleeting thought, one I was only able to entertain in one of the rare respites that followed as I listened to the leader of the surgeons debate on what course of action to take next with me. His orderlies
This seemed to throw him off a loop, because he blinked, and his steps stalled somewhat for a split second before he resumed walking until he took his place beside Madeline.He was taller than her by at least an entire foot, but this barely seemed to register on the older woman who snaked her arms a