She spat the last part out, and tears gathered in her eyes once more, but this time she didn’t bother to wipe them off. Instead, she finished:“Keep a close eye on the High Priestess, Hector. Because my guess is that if she hadn’t already been coming for your mate which—knowing Delphine—is highly un
Layla's POVAs soon as the words escaped me, I knew I had messed up big time, because Anya’s expression tightened with displeasure. Her eyes narrowed at me, and for an awkward beat I stood there frozen to the spot, not knowing what to respond or how to proceed from there.Then, faster than my brain
Layla’s POVKane and Anya continued to stare at themselves, seizing each other up even after it had become socially uncomfortable—and then some more.At some point it registered in my brain that they might have even forgotten I existed and was present. That was how intense their staring match was. I
“How are you finding the Sanguis Pack?” I asked, making small talk.Kane did not respond immediately. Instead, his eyes narrowed, like he was trying to decide if my sudden friendliness was a trap.I didn’t blame him for that, and he must have seen the sincerity in my eyes because after a short while
Layla’s POVThe feeling of Kane’s arms wrapping around me to slow down my fall hardly registered, and as he jostled around to get a better hold of me, the back of my head hit the ground and everything went black. I didn’t know how long I was out for, but eventually I began to come to, and my awaren
Kane paused for a moment, and his eyebrows furrowed thoughtfully. “I… I was wondering when we would finally come in contact with it. I didn’t think it would be so early…”He trailed off to look away from me, and something about his expression at that moment set off alarm bells in my head. But I tri
Layla’s POVI must’ve drifted off, because when I jerked awake on the sofa I could feel a crick in my neck that hadn’t been there when I initially lay my head down. There was also a vague sense that sometime had passed. For a moment my mind remained blissfully blank—unaware of the events of the aft
“Little wolf, are you—?”“Yes,” I answered, cutting him off before he could finish speaking. “Yes, please.”The last word poured out of me as my breaths fluttered in the air between us, and it was all the permission Hector needed, because in the next moment he was kissing me deep and hard, his mouth