She went on to explain that my mother had created it to be a part of me as much as my powers. It had grown with me and would continue to do so for the rest of my life.I could feel her eyes boring into me when she finished, but I didn’t care as my chest caved in, my spine curving forward as I braced
Layla’s POVIt wasn’t even the fact that each session with Evie left me feeling drained and useless after we finished that happened to be the biggest problem. No. That would’ve been too easy—and when had I ever been lucky enough for that to happen?The biggest problem was that even after a week and
My neck grew warm at the attention, but I said nothing, pretending still like all of my focus was turned on the outfit in my hands rather than the man behind me. Eventually, Hector broke the silence.“Going somewhere?” he asked softly.The sound of his already deep voice turned husky from sleep warm
Our eyes met, and she gave me a small nod of acknowledgement that I returned.Then she spoke.“Come to get your hands dirty today, pretty boy?”The question caught me off guard, and I was left feeling even more so once it registered that she was referring to Hector, who gave a noncommittal shrug as
Layla’s POVI expected the fight to begin immediately, with Conan charging after Hector or vice versa, but that didn’t happen. In fact, neither man moved from their starting position as they stood considering each other, and this only made me more nervous.Hector was an Alpha in his own right, and
Conan’s body was a killing machine honed to perfection, and even when Hector hit him he seemed to barely feel it. It was like hitting a rock—a biologically enhanced rock—who would draw the fight out for as long as he needed to.“TAP OUT!” a woman beside me screamed suddenly, cupping her hands around
Layla’s POVHearing her call me up shouldn’t have made my stomach twist in on itself, filling up with dread, but it did—and this wasn’t a simple case of nerves either.I mean, I HAD come here to fight; switch things up as my visits to Evie’s had made me feel like I was going completely crazy. I had
But I continued to approach, and when I got close enough I threw a series of punches that he only clumsily fended off until my knuckles caught him under his chin, sending him crumpling to the ground with a muffled scream.I froze with my arm still raised in a punch that I never got to deliver, frown