“Layla, I’m here to lend my help with Elaine’s rescue.”Immediately, all traces of good humour vanished from Malcolm’s features, and I saw him frown, sitting upright in his chair. Every part of him seemed alert now.“How?” he asked, and Michael turned to him, his lips quirking up in an almost-smile.
Layla’s POVIf I had thought that Malcolm was alert before, his former reaction was nothing compared to the effect that Michael’s revelation had on him now. My grandfather jerked, as though he had been struck by lightning, and his eyes bulged almost out of their sockets.I couldn’t blame him. There
Layla’s POVFortunately (or unfortunately) I didn’t have to wait long, because after those first initial seconds, Malcolm recovered his faculties and started to sputter. “WHAT IN THE HELL WOULD POSSESS YOU TO THINK THAT I’D BE CONTENT WITH JUST TWIDDLING MY THUMB AFTER EVERYTHING YOU JUST TOLD US?!
Layla’s POVTrue to his words, Michael returned back to the Blue Moon Pack within a few hours of his arrival. Xavier, Hector and I saw him off to the parking area where a sleek black BMW waited to zip him off, and after a cursory farewell to my mate and me, he pulled his son aside and they spoke fo
With some difficulty, I turned away from the power’s call, and opened my eyes to find Percy staring down at me with his boots positioned just inches away from my throat.“Yield,” he said calmly, and for a few moments I considered the proposition.I could get out of this. It wouldn’t be easy, but I h
Layla’s POVI don’t know how long I ran for. All I knew was that in what seemed to be the blink of an eye, I found myself sprinting out from the fields and into the Main Pack House on my way to Hector. Finding him had only gotten easier the more time I spent living with him, and instinctively, I tu
Layla’s POVBut first, some loose ends needed to be tied up. We set up a conference call with Michael McKenzie to hash them out, and as it turned out, the most important concerns were already taken care of by the Blue Moon Alpha, who used his Canadian contacts to sort out our necessities. Everythi
Hector didn’t respond, but there was no need for him to because the question had been rhetoric. In fact, not only was it that two people alone could pull off the whole thing, but also, that that would be the preferred mode of operation as this was more of a stealth mission than anything.“Calling a