For years I had been afraid, unable to defend myself as people scorned me, and dictated who I was, where I stood. But none of that remained the case now. I had my mother, who was flawed and awkward, but perfect, I had a cousin who slightly terrified me. I had a grandfather, who had sacrificed h
Dear readers, And that’s the end of it. Unbelievable, I know. I didn’t want to write an author’s note until I was absolutely finished with this, and now I am. The journey through telling the story of Hector and Layla has transformed me in ways I hadn’t thought possible—financially, mentally, cre
Layla’s POV“Shhh!” a familiar voice hissed inside my bedroom, and outside the room my fingers froze over the doorknob, not moving. “Someone’s going to hear us.”It sounded like my half sister Lu, and a sick pit opened up at the bottom of my stomach as soon as I heard my fiancé Alex reply her“And w
Layla’s POVI took a step back before I could stop myself as he approached, but the sound of Lu chuckling stopped Alex and he her, his face contracting in rage.“You bit—” he started, but before he could say another word to Lu, my father grabbed him by his collar, pulling him in close enough that th
Layla’s POVAt the question, my breath hitched in my chest and I felt a shiver run down my spine as his powerful voice washed over me. With tears streaming down my face I turned slowly to find Alpha Hector taking in the scene before him with a look of displeasure. His lips were pressed into a white
Layla’s POVFor a moment I could only watch in horror as the two men stood towering over me, one with his wrist secured firmly in the hand of the other. “How dare you do that in front of your Alpha?” Alpha Hector roared, and from him a ripple of barely repressed violence ran down the Pack bond. It
Layla’s POVThe next morning the house was silent, and mostly as my father and Reno were out serving out their punishment of double pack training. It was the most peaceful I could remember being in a long time and would’ve been perfect were it not for the fact that I could sense Lu’s sulking in spi
The training fields were not a place I frequented, and so for all I knew I was walking to my slaughter, and more than anything else it was this fear of the unknown that got to me.Hector was seated on a high, gilded throne-like chair on a raised wooden platform when I arrived, and my eyes locked on