Hector’s POV I could feel all of the blood rushing up into my head as I watched the mayhem unfold in front of me; hear it like the sound of waves crashing against my eardrums as I squinted through the smoke to take in the death zone. Everything had been going as planned before the Hunters rained d
Sameer was dead, and I had felt him go. As this realization was setting in, another followed hotly in its wake. It was an all too familiar sensation of senseless terror that I batted away easily enough, but I knew what it meant and within moments my suspicions were confirmed as Hunters poured int
Layla’s POV With my heart in my throat, I and my Pack mates surged forward as one with Hector leading at the very helm of our counterattack; and when we clashed with the Hunters, ripples seemed to spread out from the contact point. From then onwards, chaos spread like wildfire. There were too man
As soon as I did, I started to run towards the bunker where all of the children and all those who wouldn’t be able to fight had been barricaded into. Some rogues, I thought, had joined forces with the Hunters—and if my suspicions were correct then they had played a big enough role in making sure th
Layla’s POV A sense of collective defeat seemed to linger in the air after Julian’s words as slowly, myself, Hector and our Pack mates straightened from our crouched fighting positions in surrender. The leader of the Hunters had played his cards masterfully, and as two Hunters dragged me by my un
I could feel my rising indignation, but then at that very moment a movement beside him caught my eyes and I turned to find my mother shaking her head at me. I didn’t need words to interpret the warning, and with a deep exhale I let the tension flow out of me even as Julian continued. “LUCKILY FOR
Layla’s POV Hector was so laser focused on barreling his way to me that after dodging the initial attack, the possibility of another following so soon after the first did not cross his mind. Under the usual circumstances this was not a mistake he would have made, but everything about the day so
Layla’s POV The words came as one continuous chant pouring from all of their mouths and together the Hunters swarmed towards all of us with their fists up, weapons unsheathed—not a hair out of place as they moved with a seeming hive mind. The shock of killing Julian had not worn off, and so I rema