Hector jerked violently in my arms as his entire body tensed up, and his eyes blazed open, darting as he sucked in a lungful of air. It was like I’d just used a defibrillator on him, like I was applying an electric charge to his heart to make it fall into its normal rhythm—and for a moment my plan
Layla’s POV I grasped and reached as far into our connection as I could, but at the end, for all of my troubles I was rewarded with nothing, absolutely nothing. Not even a trace of my mate seemed to remain, and as this realization set in I experienced a moment of sheer terror so bright it made ev
Hector was a stubborn bastard, and if I could ever hope to bring him back to me then it wouldn’t be by asking him nicely. ‘Hector,’ I boomed through the mindlink, not sure that he could even hear me. ‘YOU CANNOT LEAVE ME. YOU WILL NOT LEAVE ME.’ The colors around me dimmed by a fraction, and his t
Layla’s POV First I felt a hot flash of pain as Hector’s sharp teeth broke through skin when he bit, and I winced, fighting down the urge to pull away from him that instinctively came over me. If this temporary discomfort was what it took then I would face it head on, I resolved, steeling my nerve
Layla’s POV I was told later that I had slept for little over a week following the whole fiasco of reviving Hector, getting marked, and losing consciousness; some much deserved rest in my opinion, though to hear the Pack doctors and my friends speak of it, Hector had been insufferable to be around
His smell, the solid feel of him… hell his skin, ruddy and alive… seeing all of these things come together when he had been so close to death’s door… Well, I didn’t know when I started to cry, but before I knew it my face was wet and as I sniffled Hector pulled me closer to himself, petting my hai
Layla’s POV With a tucked-in T shirt, denim jeans, and hair cropped just below her chin, Elaine Holloway looked much better than she had when I last saw her… which wasn’t that high of a bar when I actually thought about it. I mean, she had been standing next to the man who kept her captive for al
My whole body felt as taut as a string, and tears stung my eyes as I watched her let her emotions settle. “Sorry about that,” my mother apologized after some time, swallowing. I noticed her hands in her laps, trembling. “I don’t… I don’t know what came over me.” She paused to gather her thoughts b