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
Layla’s POVWith my stomach in knots, my grandfather and I boarded a jet chartered for just the occasion to Quebec, and as we took off I mused over the muted goodbye I had shared with Hector.In the days since we agreed that only Malcolm and I would be leaving for the mission, he had been more atten
It came with a stocked fridge, but I was still not hungry and so after a cursory glance through its contents I helped myself to a box of crackers and some orange juice before locking myself up in my room.So far, so good, everything had gone according to plan, and a quick glance at the flashing neon
His voice was soft as he spoke, and when I told him that I hadn’t been aware of the fact that he cooked, he gave a dismissive wave.“I only dabbled in a couple of recipes here and there,” he said, “I was definitely no Gordon Ramsey.”Something in his tone betrayed the fact that he was much better th
Layla’s POVHours and hours of planning had led to the singular agreement that the best way to infiltrate the Fraser Pharma facility would be coming in right through the front gates. It was just the type of insanity that no one would see coming at first, and our entire plan hinged on milking out th